Rich Allen
Graphic Artist / Web Designer

3835 W. 29th Ave.  Denver, CO 80211
303-455-2256 - cell: 504-669-8674
rich@artzdesign.com
www.artzdesign.com - www.richallenstudio.com/richbio/
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I am a Web Programmer and Designer with a BFA in graphic design and 10 years experience in Web Design and development. I have been involved in all aspects of web design and marketing. I also have 15 years experience with interactive multimedia, video production.

I taught college level graphic design, and desktop video production, drawing, figure drawing and painting. 

I am well versed in Windows, Microsoft IIS, Mac, Apache Server, PHP, MySQL, SQL and ASP using Dreamweaver. 

This is a list of the types of projects that I have been involved in: 

- Design and program over 80 full business web sites, many with database functionality. 
- Program database driven directories and catalogs using ASP, PHP/MySQL and Cold Fusion in Dreamweaver.
- Program database driven E-commerce solutions in ASP and Cold Fusion using Dreamweaver and Ultra Cart.
- Install ODBC / DSN database connections with ASP search engines tools.
- Design complete Flash interface and applications. 
- Design and place Flash and animated gif banners.
- Completed multi color, print projects using Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Quark Xpress and InDesign.
- Designed over 50 corporate logos & develop corporate image packages.
- Develop Interactive Multimedia / CD ROM promotional materials, and Kiosks, with Auto start in Flash and html. 
- Design search engine placement and marketing submissions. 
- Implement and design E-mail marketing pages, and broadcast programming. 
- Implement 508 Accessibility regulation compliance. 
- Design internet and intranet portal and kiosk interfaces and programming with ASP and Cold Fusion, using Dreamweaver. 
- Redesign and maintain over 60 websites.

Experience

- 2000 - 2007 Art Z design 
Designed over 80 web sites for small to medium size business, and designed and developed several interactive multimedia kiosks for the Woodland Park Zoo, Zoomazium exhibit. I also designed and programmed an interactive multimedia CDrom for Rocky Mtn Blood and Morrow Transplant Program.
www.artzdesign.com

- 2000 - 2004 The Creative Group 
Denver contract design recruiter 
www.creativegroup.com

- 2000 - 2004 MicroStaff 
Denver contract design recruiter 
www.microstaff.com

- 1997 - 2000 TEK / Web Arts 
Lead designer fo a Denver web design firm
no longer in business. 
Heather Lutze (my supervisor) 303.841.3111

- 1995 - 1997 Sportline Sporting Goods 
Art Director, and Web designer 
303.421.6751

- 1993 - 1997 Denver Institute of Technology
Instructor - Desktop Publishing, Illustrator, Business Practices

- 1982 - 1993 Aims Community College, Greeley Colorado 
Instructor - Desk Top Video Production, Photoshop, 3D rendering
Ken Sauer 970.330.8008

Software I am proficient with:  

- Macromedia Dreamweaver
- Macromedia Fireworks
- Macromedia Flash
- Macromedia Freehand
- Adobe Acrobat
- Adobe Photoshop
- Swift 3D
- Sonic Foundry Sound Forge
- Sonic Foundry Acid
- Sonic Foundry Vegas
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Outlook
- Netscape Messenger 7.2 and 8+
- Mozilla Firefox
- Opera
- Microsoft Windows XP / 2000 / 2003 Enterprise Server w/IIS
- Mac OSX
- Omni Page Pro 
- HTML, DHTML
- ASP (Dreamweaver)
- MySQL (SQL Yog)
- ODBC
- MS IIS

References:

- Heather Lutze (Lutze Consulting) 303.841.3111
- Ken Sauer (former department head at Aims Community College) 970.330.8008
- Dennis Sheridan (former Supervisor at TEK Consulting) 303.465.5001