Vincent has over 6 years of professional experience in graphic design, multi-media design, and web-development. He has successfully applied his skills in a wide-range of industries in the United States and Europe: banking, conferences, entertainment, action sports, non-profit sector, social networks, retail, travel and fashion. He is currently seeking full-time employment and freelance projects where he can apply his creative drive and enthusiasm for design and the arts, and to continue building on his technical skills and expertise.
November, 2007 – March, 2008
DFS Galleria, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Contract Web-Designer
DFS Group Limited is the world's leading luxury retailer catering to the traveling public.
The New DFS galleria site was launched in February 2008 and was awarded site-of-the-week by the moodie report.
Responsibilities:
Successfully completed the Design and front-end development of the LUXE Travelguide, static XHTML pages and DFS promotional Eblasts.
URL: http://www.dfsgalleria.com
June, 1999 – Present
Free-lance Designer
Completed and involved with a wide range of design projects mainly doing Web-Design but also, Logo Design, Print, and Email Design for a wide-range of industries in the United States and Europe: Information Technology, Communications, Fashion, Entertainment, Action sports, Retail, Social Networking, and Travel. Clients include DFS Galleria, ABN AMRO, Dutch Skateboard Federation, Bonhams & Butterfield, and EQSOR communications .
Portfolio URL: www.bladiblah.com/portfolio
June, 2005 – July, 2006
Gamelink, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Web Designer-Production Artist
Gamelink is a major e-commerce company part of Mama's LLC.
Responsibilities:
Worked closely with the lead designer and web-developers as a core member of the in-house creative department for Gamelink and associated marketing clients. Developing concepts and delivering the final designs and code with extremely tight deadlines and quick turnaround. Responsible for the design and production of promotional graphics, web pages, marketing e-mails and interactive banners. Also responsible for the front end coding of design projects using xhtml, css, and flash with the aim of adhering to current web standards and producing cross platform compatible html marketing emails.
URL: www.Gamelink.com
June, 2003 – September, 2004
World travel
Traveled overland from Amsterdam to Indonesia and back, via 24 countries.
URL: www.bladiblah.com
May, 2002 - June, 2003
ABN AMRO Trust, International Trust Affairs, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Content Manager
ABN AMRO Trust specializes in Management, Administration and Services for a broad and international client base.
Responsibilities:
- Design of the New ABN AMRO Trust Web-site and the ABN AMRO Trust Intranet site.
-Keeping the AAT intranet and web sites up to date and running.
-Writing weekly articles for the AAT intranet, and quickplace sites.
-Assisting the multimedia manager in the development of the new AAT web site.
- Designing flash animations for various ABN AMRO Trust sites.
-Assisting and advising the communications manager in the technical development of the new AAT intranet-site.
-The restructuring and re-design of the AAT quickplace knowledge-sharing site.
URL:www.abnamrotrust.com
January, 2001 - March, 2002
Veracast Communications, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
Webcast Technician
Veracast is a webcasting company that specializes in creating, producing live and on-demand webcasts for large-scale investment banking conferences. Major clients include Banc of America Securities, Salomon Smith Barney and Thomas Weisel Partners.
Responsibilities:
-Determining the exact production requirements and making sure that the correct equipment is shipped to the specific destination in a timely manner.
-Coordinating the encoding set-up and testing of on-site production, Network, encoding stations, back-ups, QA, and on-site encoding.
-Coordinating and producing on-demand Video events. Encoding, creating metafiles, and meeting tight deadlines.
-Designing and producing interactive flash animations for webcast events according to the client's specifications.
URL:www.veracast.com
July, 2000 - November,2000
The Odyssey, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
Production Artist
The Odyssey is an Internet-based educational non-profit. The Odyssey's aim is to use the Internet to promote global awareness among youth and involve them in activities to create positive change in the world.
URL:www.ustrek.com
February 2000 - June, 2000
Red Sky Interactive, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Intern
Red sky is an award winning interactive adevertising agency.
URL: www.redsky.com
1998 - 2000
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, USA.
BA in fine Art with and emphasis on conceputal information design.
1994 - 1998
Orange Coast college,Costa Mesa, California, USA.
AA degree in illustration and Design.
1989 - 1994
Haarlemmermeerlyceum, Hoofddorp, the Netherlands.
HAVO level.
Applications: Photoshop, Imageready, Illustrator, Flash, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Director, Premiere.
Scripting: Able to hand-code CSS, HTML, XHTML, ActionScript. Experience in using JavaScript, XML, AJAX, Ruby on Rails, and various JS libraries such as scriptaculous and JQuery.
Operating Sytems: Proficient in both Windows and Mac Platforms.
Fluent in English, Dutch and German.