Resume

Erik Gorczynski

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Education:

2004 - 2007

Johns Hopkins University, Computer Career Institute - Baltimore, MD

• Master Certificate, Graphic Design
• Master Certificate, Web Design/Animation
• Master Certificate, Video Editing/Motion Graphics
• Master Certificate, 3-D Graphics/Animation

1994 - 1997

University of Central Florida - Orlando, FL

• Bachelor of Arts, Advertising/Public Relations

Non-Degree

WEB - Baltimore, MD

• Self-Employment Entrepreneurship Training

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Skills:

Web Production Specialist highly proficient with both Macintosh and PC operating systems.

Web Design/Code: Proficient with Adobe Dreamweaver, Flash, HTML, CSS and CMS.

• All HTML, CSS and Javascript (Jquery) hand-coded for streamlined table-free SEO code.
• Enterprise-level production for various sites including higher-education, non-profits, e-commerce, portfolio sites and information-rich websites.
• Substantial experience creating templates and consulting on the implementation of Content Management Systems including Ektron, RedDot, Sitecore, Drupal and Wordpress.
• Design and coding for Mobile websites and Responsive Design websites.
• Utilization of current “best-practices” as dictated by the W3C and top Search Engines.
• Proficient at creating cross-browser (and early browser version) compliant websites.
• Experienced utilizing XML for AJAX, PHP and Flash.
• Creation of 508 Compliant and handicap accessible websites.
• Experienced utilizing third-party APIs and Google APIs including Google Map integration, social media plug-ins, urchin tracking and Analytics.
• Experienced encoding, embedding and streaming audio and video via Javascript, Flash Video and Quicktime.

Graphic Design/Presentation:Highly proficient with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks, InDesign, Acrobat and MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).

• Focus on Vector art for scalability and usability.
• Web and Print Production experience includes extensive understanding of CMYK and RBG file formats and translation between the two.
• Proficiency with all versions of Adobe products up to and including CS5.

Project/Production Management: 6 years experience consulting with Website Project Managers on various enterprise-level websites as well as over 6 years of Project/Production Management experience for film and video production.

• Create and maintain schedules. Manage deliverables, coordinate assets from both in-house departments and third-party vendors.
• Manage multiple projects at a time utilizing products such as BaseCamp, Redmine, Google Docs and proprietary in-house systems.
• Create wireframes for client review.

Video/Motion: Experienced with Final Cut HD, Motion, Adobe After Effects and Premier.

• Experienced with pre-production, production, and post-production.
• Experienced with special effects including blue/green screen shooting for film and video, motion tracking and compositing.

3D: Experience with 3D Studio Max and Maya for modeling and animation.

• Skilled at model creation for use with animation and video.
• Experienced utilizing Vector art for 3D modeling and logos.

Other: Writer with experience producing scripts for training videos, P.R.’s and copy for web and print.

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Related Work Experience:

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Awards and Honors – won either as a team member or individual:

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Recent Projects:

*references available upon request