Bob Zavala

13 8 7 7 1 4 1 s t Av e . • Clackamas, OR 97015
www.bobzavala.net
bobzavala@gmail.com
310.406.7694

Strengths
• Over five years experience designing and developing web interfaces and advertisements
• Extensive knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator and Flash on Macintosh and PC platforms
• Intermediate experience creating and integrating jQuery, Javascript and Django applications
• Strong intuition, creative problem-solving skills and ability to unite multiple departments toward a common goal
• Self-motivated, organized and able to multi-task effectively in a high-pressure, deadline-driven environment
• Detail oriented with a genuine thirst for knowledge and willingness to learn new and emerging technologies

Experience
VictoriaAdvocate.com • Victoria, TX • June 2008 - December 2009
Web Designer / Junior Developer
• Established and directed a committee of three to completely redesign VictoriaAdvocate.com while emphasizing usability,
consistency and standards compliance resulting in a 67% increase in traffic over the course of a year
• Designed and co-developed front-end Django and AJAX applications for hyper-local sports site Advosports.com
• Trained Editorial staff on usage of Ellington CMS
• Produced and coordinated many successful email campaigns one of which contributed to a 30% increase in traffic to
MarketplaceVictoria.com and another that achieved over 50% click-through rate
• Designed logo, business cards and web advertisements for MarketplaceVictoria.com

Cashman Professional • Las Vegas, NV • July 2007 - January 2008

Web Designer / Junior Developer
• Co-designed, co-developed and maintained ColdFusion application used for interdepartmental job-tracking,
communication and report-building
• Fixed bugs and added enhancements to existing web-based applications created in Flash, ColdFusion and ASP
• Custom-tailored Flash template for company client: www.highland-photo.com
• Organized and consolidated all company domains with one registrar
• Designed business cards and letterheads for Web and Imaging Department staff
• Oversaw production and coordinated with outside vendors for printing of Siegfried and Roy's 2008 calendar

795 Photo, Inc • Los Angeles, CA • April 2006 - June 2008

Computer Tech / Retoucher
• Digitally manipulated and scanned photographic material for clients
• Researched and ordered hardware and software for new business
• Calibrated workstation monitors, Fujix printer, and Imacon scanner on a bimonthly schedule
• Setup entire company network with Ethernet connections to five workstations, a file server, and the Fujix printer

Tools
Photoshop XHTML / CSS MySQL / PostgreSQL Microsoft Office
Illustrator jQuery / Javascript SVN Mac / PC / Linux
Flash Django / Python Google Analytics

Education
Associate of Arts
Northwest Vista Community College

Achievements
3rd Place for SNPA Best Web site for Newspapers under 50,000 circulation - VictoriaAdvocate.com
2010 Bronze ADDY for AEP Texas Flash advertisement