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9143 NW 40 Place
Sunrise, FL 33351

954.748.8587 (h)
954.662.4513 (c)

dirk@vankempema.com
links
Established sites:
•  Cal-Am
•  Cagan Crossings
•  Simka Sweets
•  Roxy Satellite & Wireless
•  Florida Center for Cosmetic Surgery
   
Conceptual works:
•  877WebTour.com Site Redesign
•  Seta Corporation Corporate Site Redesign
•  City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida
•  Motorola Intranet Branding Portal
•  Old Flash Introduction to VanKempema.com
•  Marketing Relief
•  Marketing Relief (Member's Section)
experience
Web Content Developer. September 2001-August 2002
Seta Corporation, Boca Raton, Florida
•  Administated the development and deployment of content and graphical elements used to support palmbeachjewelry.com and site syndications including JC Penney, Spiegel, Newport News, Brylane and Chadwicks
•  Trained co-workers in HTML email creation and distribution techniques for marketing purposes

Web Designer. July 2001-August 2001
Motorola, Sunrise, Florida
•  Contracted to design and develop an intranet portal to promote and new corporate brand identity for the Commercial Government and Industrial Services Sector

Webmaster. April 2001-June 2001
City of Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
•  Maintained and managed the Official website of the City of Fort Lauderdale
•  Proposed ideas for a site redesign, targeting more efficient navigation and a cleaner look and feel
•  Implemented the use of templates and style sheets to improve site consistency

Director of Online Media. October 2000-March 2001
Senior Web Designer. February-October 2000
Roxy Satellite & Wireless, Miramar, Florida
•  Managed a team of designers responsible for the look, feel and functionality of all online media, including marketing and promotional projects, as well as the creation and maintenance of a dynamic e-commerce website based on an Oracle database
•  Delegated projects to individual designers, supervised progress to meet deadlines, and performed quality assurance checks before giving final approval

President/Founder July 2000-present
Design Dreaming, Inc., Pembroke Pines, Florida
Freelance Graphic/Web Designer. 1994-July 2000
•  Conceptualized and designed websites, web graphics, and IAB banners and buttons for various clients to meet specific needs
•  Prepared graphics for print such as logos, business cards, brochures and silk-screens
•  Commissioned to photograph weddings, models, landscapes and abstracts

Freelance Contractor. 1998-2000
Ameritech, Mount Prospect, Illinois November 1999
•  Updated and maintained intranet pages, including page and site layouts, graphical development, content editing and HTML coding
Arthur Andersen and Andersen Consulting, St. Charles, Illinois 1998-99
•  Assisted project teams by creating graphics for online learning materials
•  Instituted macros and templates, improving word processing standards
education
Bachelor of Arts. Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa 1994-98
•  Double major in Commercial Art/Advertising and Communications
•  Concentration in Computer Graphics, Layout and Design
skills
Proficiency on all PC and Macintosh platforms.
•  HTML
•  JavaScript
•  ActionScript
•  Macromedia Dreamweaver
•  Macromedia Flash
•  Adobe Photoshop
•  Adobe Illustrator
•  CorelDRAW
•  35mm and Digital Photography