Resume for Simon Reynolds
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Being the resume for Simon Reynolds

20 Andrews Street
Burwood VIC 3125
Australia
Mission statement 

To provide fully featured design and development of the highest standard, on time and within budget.

Skillset 
Programming languages:
TechnologyJavascriptAJAXJSPHTMLActionscript
Skill level4½ Stars3½ Stars3½ Stars4½ Stars4½ Stars
TechnologyMySQLPHPcross format  
Skill level3½ Stars3½ Stars3½ Stars  

Software:
ProgramPhotoshopIllustratorAfter EffectsFlash (animation)Dreamweaver
VersionCS3CS3CS3CS3CS3
Skill level5 Stars4½ Stars3½ Stars4 Stars4 Stars
ProgramCinema 4DBryce 3DSound ForgeAcidphpMyAdmin
VersionXL 106842.1
Skill level3½ Stars3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars3½ Stars
ProgramMS OfficeAcrobat   
Version20073D 7   
Skill level3½ Stars4½ Stars   
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Professional Experience

2006 (1/2 year contract) Tumen River Vocational School
English / Flash Teacher

Tumen, China
Role Summary
  • Authored and presented multimedia learning software.
  • Taught four classes in twelve lessons per week.
  • Tutored extra credit students in advanced flash coding.
Key Achievements  
  • Of the top five students in the school, four were students tutored by myself.
  • Developed customised flash activities based on the defined curriculum for my own students, which were then implemented in the school intranet.
Key Skills Employed  
  • Group Management and motivation of non-performing members - Student retention rose by over 50% during my period at the school
  • Resource Management and Databasing - Implemented new student tracking database saving days off the past reporting method and providing day-by-day performance reporting from a complimentary in-class marking system and simple interface software.
  • Technologies - Javascript / Html / Actionscript / PHP
2003- ongoing: Freelance as RenWerx creative enterprise
Graphic / Web Design – Owner Operator  
International
Role Summary
  • Flyers / Promotional media.
  • Illustrations.
  • Flash presentations / games.
  • Technical Consulting.
Key Projects - Applications, Web Development and CDROM  
"Carson Painting" - Designed and developed all aspects. Melbourne, Australia 2009
  • Customised flash image cycler with auto collate and import.
  • Custom php mailer with error reporting.
"Tower Defence" - An action packed Flash game, where you defend against waves of enemies. Melbourne, Australia 2009
  • Stores yor ranking so you can return later and still retain promotions.
  • Options for upgrade galore, boost towers, buy guns and modules and grow your economy.
  • Minimum specs: P4, 2Gig RAM, 256Mb Graphics.
"Tim's English" - PHP website - Working mockup minus content. Melbourne, Australia 2008
  • Nested iframe with custom PHP and Javascript.
  • Designed and developed in house.
"Sixth Sense automotive accessories" - Flash website. Melbourne, Australia 2008
  • Flash interface with custom PHP plugins.
  • Designed and developed in house from initial concept art by David Able.
"Earth Hour" - Flash skyscraper banner. Melbourne, Australia 2008
  • Flash animation with link to organisation homepage.
  • Designed and developed in house.
"Ma Vie" - Prototype media publishing, with a gameplay interface. Quebec, Canada 2007
  • Flash interface with custom Javascript and PHP plugins.
  • Scripted animations for path variability and file-size management.
  • Designed and developed all interface elements to display various usercontributed media.
"Duckshoot" - Flash game. Melbourne, Australia 2007
  • Flash interface with XML scoreboard.
  • Designed and developed in house.
"Car Shark" - Flash game. Melbourne, Australia 2007
  • Flash interface with XML scoreboard.
  • Designed and developed in house.
"T.R.V.S english exercises" - Designed and developed flash activities to compliment curriculum. Tumen, China 2006
  • Built activities around relevant chapters of book.
  • Bi-weekly in-class presentation.
"T.R.V.S student tracking" - Streamlined recording and reporting system. Tumen, China 2006
  • Built interface from curriculum reporting requirements.
  • Added graphical output for all data including automated report generation.
"Donaldson Coal" - Designed presentation for Hong Kong fundraising trip. Sydney, Australia / H.K, China 2005
  • Interactive maps, graphs and tables.
  • Ultimately successful with construction commencing on schedule on three of four proposed seams.
Key Projects - Graphic Design and Illustration  
"Mermaids" - Coloured Pencil designs for conversion to sewing patterns. Brisbane, Australia 2008
  • Original artwork.
  • Two patterns, "Midnight" and "Joy".
"Racing Extra - race promotion" - Promoting magazine's coverage of an upcoming race. Melbourne, Australia 2008
  • Original artwork from provided photos.
"Fontana Footy Fever" - Advertising 2007 AFL Grand Final promotion. Melbourne, Australia 2007
  • Original artwork.
  • In-store poster and black + white double sided flyer.
"Remarkable Audio" - Logo design for car / home audio dealer. Melbourne, Australia 2006
  • Original artwork.
  • Logo and Character design.
"Dial - a - Romeo" - Logo and concept design for Camberwell Pizza shop. Melbourne, Australia 2004
  • Original artwork.
  • Logo and renovation designs modelled and rendered in house.
"Dig It" - Concept art for children's TV pilot. Sydney, Australia 2003
  • Original artwork.
  • Logo and Character design.
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Education
Swinburne University of Technology - 2003-2005

    Certificate IV - Multimedia Authoring coding stream

SAE College

    Certificate III - Multimedia Design

Personal Information
Personality
  • Outstanding work ethic - I"ll get the job done, whatever the workload.
  • Easy going, but not afraid to speak up.
  • I honestly care what you think, I realise that key to delivering requirements is listening well and understanding them in the first place.
  • Respect and honesty, to me, are the cornerstones of right minded living.
  • A great deal of experience communicating with people with a limited English vocabulary.
Interests
  • Computers in general
  • Fantasy / Surrealist art
  • Macro management and strategy games
  • Extending my coding abilities
Hobbies
  • Fishing
  • Bushwalking
  • LAN Gaming
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