Shawn O’Connor
EDUCATION:
December 2008The Illinois Institute of Art – Chicago, Chicago, IL
Bachelor of Fine Art, Interactive Media and Design
December 2006The Illinois Institute of Art – Chicago, Chicago, IL
Associate of Arts
FREELANCE WORK:
Freelance Web Design/Development, Various Clients and Contacts
- Freelanced for Thirdwave LLC helped finish and worked on countless projects
- Converted images to working HTML/CSS
- Designed and implemented user interface design widgets
- Completed projects according to design documents
- Leveraged Joomla, to realize a client’s vision into a working website and complete CMS
- Design websites to fit clients needs
EXPERIENCE:
February - May 2009Website Intern, WTTW. Chicago, IL
- Coordinated the uploading of new Chicago tonight media content to the WTTW website
- Made a usage statistics database, a way to view, sort, and update it using PHP on a MAMP server
2005 - 2006Lab Assistant, College of Lake County. Grayslake, IL
- Ability to determine the nature of computer hardware and software problems, and to communicate technical guidance and information to users
Summer of 2005 and 2006Sports field maintenance, Waukegan Park District. Waukegan, IL
- Worked as part of a team to prepare ball diamonds and soccer fields for league and tournament play
- Ability to analyze situations accurately and adopt an effective course of action
Summer of 2004Press operator, Waukegan School Districts Summer Print Production. Waukegan, IL
- Learned the fundamentals of print production and industry standards
- Ability to maintain and operate a printing press
ACTIVITIES:
2007 – 2008Member of Click Interactive at The Illinois Institute of Art - Chicago
August 3-5 2007Attended DEFCON 15
- Learned network and physical security skills
2006Participated in the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest
2005- Present Active with College of Lake County Computer Club
- President of Club 2005 - Fall 2006
- Established and maintained the Clubs Website 2006
2004Eagle Scout
SKILLS:
Software
- Highly Proficient:
- Adobe CS4/CS3 Master Suite
- Microsoft Office 2007
- Knowledgeable:
- Pro Tools
- Final Cut Pro 6
Development Environment
- Highly Proficient:
- HTML
- XHTML 1.0
- XML/RSS
- CSS
- MySQL
- PHP
- JavaScript
- Ajax
- jQuery
- Knowledgeable:
- Actionscript 2/3
- Apache Server
- ColdFusion
- Joomla
- WordPress
- Java
- Windows Server 2003/2008
Operating Systems
- Highly Proficient:
- Windows XP
- Windows 7
- Macintosh OS X