Experience
Freelance DJ Gigs
I’ve played various venues from Boogaloo, Avalon Hollywood, Bardot, medium sized concerts and private parties... etc.
• Learned about club DJing
• Performed in front of people
Mar 2015 - Present
ionmatika
Los Angeles, CA
Operations Manager
In this position I was requested to do various things to prepare 15 DJs for events that were scheduled. I made sure things were put where they belong and in a timely clean manner. This included packing DJs gear, checking cable bags, preparing speakers & lights, training other DJs, and Repairing gear when needed. I was also required to perform as a wedding dj. Understand gear to debug/fix any problems when people were on events.
• Prepare 15+ DJs
• Gear Management and organization
• Train new DJs
• On call support for events
Aug 2021 - Dec 2022
Complete Weddings
Grand Rapids, MI
Front of House, Audio Tech
I mixed the band on streaming, FOH, Small events, Live events. There were many speaking events, band events, and conferences. I used various mixing consoles and equipment with a large team on Hollywood blvd in one of the original theaters. Attendance was around 2000 every week.
• FOH for large band/concert venue
• Broadcast and mixing background
• Stage support and grip
• Load in gear
Nov 2016 - June 2020
Mosaic Hollywood
Los Angeles, CA
Lead Graphic Designer & Web
Custom designs created for a jewelry eCommerce site and for marketing. Photoshoots, product photography, photo touchup was also involved in creating a seamless trendy brand.
• Social Media designs based on client's specs
• Custom graphics & branding created for sites
• Product photography and model photography
• Photo coloring
Mar 2017 - Feb 2018 (11mo)
Le Depot Dore
Los Angeles, CA
Graphic Designer for Marketing products
This was a short project for a promotional awards banquet that was to be held.
• Photoshop graphics
• Advertisement specialty services
• Product design of award
April - Aug 2017 (4mo)
Millenial Magazine
Los Angeles, CA
Lead UI/UX Designer, Graphic design
A custom UI/UX experience created to help fashion designers sell more products by connecting them with big box companies.
• Custom Wireframes & User Stories
• Graphics & photography created for sites
• UI/UX for 4 sites front end and back.
• A/B testing
Sept 16 - Mar 2017 (6mo)
HOFB
Los Angeles, CA
Sr. Web Programmer/ UI UX Designer
Created e-commerce solution for comic store with multiple locations. Implemented custom subscription service for current customers.
• Magento solution with custom design
• Custom JavaScript & PHP
• AWS used to maintain services
April 2014 - Mar 2016 (2yrs)
PHAT Collectibles
Los Angeles, CA
Lead UI/UX Designer/Front End Web Programmer
Completed a bunch of projects for this company. Mainly design work with some coding when it was available. Used Photoshop, Illustrator, HTML 5, JavaScript, & CSS3. Developed many sites with custom design for Wordpress.
• UI/UX Design with inDesign
• Wordpress HTML/CSS/PHP
• Custom JavaScript & PHP
• Designs created using Photoshop/Illustrator
Feb 2015 - July 2015 (5mo)
Screen Push
Los Angeles, CA
Lead UI/UX & Mobile Programmer
Worked with a team using github to create a chat application for mobile & web. Developed cross platform mobile application in phonegap with JavaScript, jQuery mobile, backbone js, CoffeeScript, & Ruby Rails.
• Supported Ruby programer
• Designed UI/UX for Web & mobile app
• Tied Ruby Ajax calls to mobile app
• Worked on building out features that I defined in UI/UX docs
May - Dec 2014 (7mo)
Medroster
Los Angeles, CA
Lead UI/UX Front End Programmer
Responsible for creating the user interface for Applymap. Direction given from team of programmers and marketers. All resources from marketing to website were my responsibility.
• Designed user flow for the product
• Worked with marketers to do A & B testing
• All design of logos and products
• Video and Music created for site
Oct 2013 - May 2014 (7mo)
Applymap
Los Angeles, CA
Front End Programmer
Managed automobile manufacture websites that required Javascript, HTML and CSS. Worked on e-books for e-learning program that was implemented.
• Created new websites from PSDs
• Did research for e-books and e-learning
• Responsible for creating designs for e-books
Jul - Oct 2013 (3mo)
Ripe Media
Los Angeles, CA
Web Developer & Programmer
Created multiple responsive designed websites using technologies such as Twitter Bootstrap, & Laravel. Daily meetings with clients from respective fortune 500 companies. Developed sounds for iOS application that was in development.
• Developed responsive websites that worked with mobile as well as web.
• Responsible for transitioning PSDs to HTML5, CSS3 and jQuery.
• Created synthetic noises for projects that required sounds.
Mar - June 2013 (3mo)
XTOPOLY
Orange County, CA
UI/UX Project Coordinator!
Managed a mobile UI/UX document in Axure for client. Responsible for maintaining communication between team members. Managed screens from designer while updating structure and design. In charge of building gamification system in order to entice change in market.
• Following-up and analyzing 100+ page UI/UX report in Axure.
• Created wireframes and comps in Photoshop and Illustrator.
• Implemented a gamification system based on usage evaluation and client needs resulting in an 80% increase in customer usage.