Organic Interfaces Web Design & Info Code

My name is Justin Bird and I am a web developer. In my years of design and production work I have been fortunate to have been employed by SightSpeed, Native Instinct, Streamline Social and Propane Studio. My web work gravitates around Drupal and Wordpress CMS, mostly because of their flexibility and power and also their amazing community of developers.

In recent years the mobile and tablet market has dramatically exploded, forcing us designers to rethink our workflow entirely. Add to that the super fast development of browsers supporting the latest in CSS3 and HTML5. The result- responsive and adaptive design is becoming a must if you want to reach your users optimally across screens and devices. These techniques ensure the user receives the best experience for their device.

My current work focuses on these technologies where possible. While not all projects are appropriate for responsive and mobile first approaches, all can benefit from a degree of treatment in these areas. Reach out if you have any questions.

Education

• Ex'pression Center for New Media, 2002-2003

  Emeryville, CA, Bachelor of Applied Science in Digital Graphic Design

• Iowa State University, 2000-2001

  Ames, IA, Computer Science Major

• K-12, West Des Moines School District, 1987-2000

  G/E w/advanced placement in Biology and Computer Science

Technical Qualifications

• Presentation: CSS
• Markup: HTML/XML
• Translation: PHP/XSLT/C++/Perl
• Content: Drupal/Wordpress
• GUI: Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator/Maya
• Interactivity: Javascript/JQuery/AJaX
• Editors: BBEdit/Coda/Eclipse
• Repositories: Git/CVS/SVN

Work Experience

• Employment @ San Ramon Web Services, April 2014 - June 2015

  • Foster Care Training

    

  • AG & Associates

    

  • Calvin Associates

    

  • Ferber Law

    

  • Oakland Police

    

• Employment @ Propane Studio, October 2013 - February 2014

  • Covidien Portal

    

• Employment @ Streamline Social, January 2013 - July 2013

  • In the Weeds

    

• Independent Contractor, November 2009 - December 2012

  • Organic Interfaces

    

  • 777

    

  • Luscious Hawaiian

    

  • Jellyfish Frequency

    

  • Kimochis Portal

    

  • PaulBird.tv

    

  • Incubator

    

  • TiedyeJohn

    

  • LuxArt

    

  • Trauma Informed Care

    

  • Ouroboros

    

• Employment @ Native Instinct, August 2007 - October 2009

  Sites we have rebuilt from scratch and launched

  • RosaPharma

    

  • iLoop Mobile

  • N.i. Portfolio

    

  • N.i. Extranet

    

  • Cytel

    

  • FlipVideo

    

  • FlipVideo

    

  • Radiesse

    

• Employment @ Sightspeed, June 2005 - May 2007

  Main completed tasks: upkept and developed front-end implementations/redesigns of corporate website, account management website, purchase processing website, and video mail viewer for an internet video conferencing application development company.

  • Sightspeed - Corporate

    

• Employment @ MADD World Media, June 2004 - October 2004

  Worked with clients like T-mobile, Motorola, and Verizon Wireless. Assisted the lead designer to complete the following web campaigns:

  • GreenDayConcerts.com
  • SimplePlanConcerts.com
  • BlackEyedPeasTour.com

• Internship @ MADD World Media, April 2004 - May 2004

  Worked with clients like Declarity, Bank of Alameda, Motorola, and Verizon Wireless. Assisted the lead designer to complete the JetConcerts.com web campaign. Assisted producers to create the following sites:

  • BankOfAlameda.com
  • Declarity.com

  Created media content for Motorola cellular phones.

• Internship Project @ Attik, March 2004

  Three week motion graphics internship project for Nike. Did on-site photography as well as animation in After Effects using said photos.

• Employment @ Medical Industries America, 2001-2002

  As the Production Assistant I helped the manager with the warehouse database and did tasks for the assembly lines.