Megan A. Beam

4 State Rd. Box 133, Media, PA 19063 

(954)MEGAN15  ~   MeganABeam@gmail.com   ~  Web site: http://meganism.net

 

OBJECTIVE

 

Obtain employment at a creative design company who cares about the integrity of their services while also having fun.

 

 
 
 


EDUCATION

 

The Art Institute of Pittsburgh

§  Web Design and Interactive Media certification (Graduation December 2008)

§  GPA: 3.6/4.0

§  Concentrated in Web Site Development, Screen Design & Graphics, Interactive, Telecommunications, Computer Animation for Multimedia & Web, Database Systems,  and Introduction to Programming

Software & Skills:

§  Proficient user in Adobe CS3 & CS4, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash

§  XHTML, CSS, PHP, ActionScript 2.0, ActionScript 3.0, Basic knowledge of JavaScript, XML

§  Web, Graphic & brochure design, Photo editing

§  Database Design, MYSQL, PHPMyAdmin

 

 

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

 

Expert Solutions                                                                May 2009 - December2009
Senior Web Developer                                                                Exton, PA

Content upkeep of client web sites, building new HTML and CSS.  Screen Design, demonstrating the importance of visual hierarchy and designing clean, user-friendly navigation and content.  Storyboards for new clients, offering different ideas & options to improve their new site.  Logo & Print Design, in collaboration with the Creative Director in the production of client flyers, brochures, posters, business cards and related documents.

 

 

Atlantic States Property Services, LLC                      April 2009- Present

Web Designer                                                                                  Philadelphia, PA

Content upkeep, repairing site inconsistencies including refining navigation bar, footer information, and text alignment.  Redesigning residential pages with improved user-friendly applications.

 

 

Earth & State                                                         April 2008 – November 2008

Multimedia Web Designer                                       Media, PA

Modifying and enhancing current site for better user experience (Flash).  Content upkeep.

Creating and adjusting wedding registries, uploading them in PDF form at owner's request.  Training owners to update sites, teaching the difference between .fla and .swf.  Showing importance of keeping files organized and in the right folders, saving as the right kind of files so when they are uploaded to the site, they work correctly.

 

 

Abiding In Him Ministries                                        August 2008 - September 2008

Art Director                                                                    Woodbury Heights, NJ

Managing graphic designers.  Training for screen design, fonts, colors, white space, usability, establishing a visual hierarchy.  Creating notes and guidelines to remember for web design.  Encouraging storyboards, and "mapping" out the site.