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Houshang Dee Livian
PO BOX 2735
Monterey, CA 93940

831•521•4176
Email: housh@houshanglivian.com

OBJECTIVE
To venture into web development as a balanced artist and programmer with a fresh creative professional approach. By taking charge of a senior position in the field of Web Development that challenges me to learn and develop with a company or companies. Granting me the opportunity to continue my dedication to fast paced, high-end, innovative web development.

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS

  • One plus years experience in Web User Interface Design and Content Engineering.
  • Two plus years of Marketing Agency Experience.
  • Three years experience in Project Management.
  • Four years experience with Team Leadership.
  • Ten year background in Fine Arts and Graphic Design.
  • Lifetime of experience in being a three-dimensional creative thinker, capable of thinking through complex visual and programming constructs.
  • Committed to professional development and customer satisfaction.
  • Exceptional ability to absorb new computer programs and programming languages.

SKILLS
Artistic Skills: Expert Life Drawing, Portraits, Character Development, Color Theory
Program Languages: HTML, Javascript, Perl, Actionscript, Cascading Style Sheets, XML, PHP
Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, Linux, Unix
Graphics Programs: Macromedia Flash, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Macromedia Freehand
Other Programs: Adobe Pagemaker, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Macromedia Director, Adobe After Effects, Macromedia Fireworks, Adobe Dimensions

EXPERIENCE
05/00 – 10/02 - Full Steam Marketing and Design
Dynamic Media Developer

  • Use of Dreamweaver, hand-coded HTML, and Javascript to create content rich web experiences.
    http://www.ci.salinas.ca.us/
  • Use of Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Macromedia Fireworks, and Macromedia Flash to create intuitively designed graphic interfaces and elegantly optimized and compressed web images.
    http://www.salinasairshow.com/
  • Use of Macromedia Flash and Adobe Dimensions to create Web-based 2-D animation, 3-D animation, and interactive CD-ROM’s.
    http://www.steinbeck.org/
  • Use of Perl programming language to create various CGI web applications on a Linux Server including:
  • Database Listings Program: Allows client ability to add and delete various listings that are dynamically viewable on the web. Possible uses are as Event Calendars, Job Listings, Or News Stories.
    https://secure.fullsteam.com/fullsteam-cgi/DrIndex/DrIndex.cgi
  • Client Side Single HTML Page Editor: Grants client ability to edit a single page of content on their site using a web browser and through a password protected program. Currently in use at Natividad Hospital, Gill’s Onion’s, and Monterey County’s Common Ground.
  • Client Browser HTML Uploader: Grants client ability to update a webpage. Using HTML exported from a Microsoft Word or Excel Document. This program formats the uploaded HTML file into a template and FTP’s the file to the remote site. Currently being used by the Hartnell College Western Stage.
  • Database Driven E-Mail Broadcasting Program: Uses CRON function of Linux to update a database of e-mail addresses, extracted from e-mail that's been received by the client. Allows client to have a constantly expanding e-mail database and a web-based e-mail broadcaster to send information to every e-mail address. Currently being used by the Vitamin C fan club site.

12/99 – 05/00 - CTB/Mcgraw Hill
Desktop Publisher/Illustrator

  • Use of Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and Pagemaker to construct CTB test booklets.
  • Creation of Illustrations for school test books, Grades 2 through 12.

1997 - Something Close to Heaven - A film by Dustin Black
Storyboard Artist

  • Responsible for rendering crucial scenes for the Director to get ideas of lighting and views.
  • Character generation and costume sketches.

EDUCATION
1/99 – Present - Monterey Peninsula College- Monterey, CA
General education classes for personal enrichment.

8/97 – 4/98 - The Atelier - Oakland, CA
Study of Master’s technique in Classical Realism Painting.

8/96 - 12/96 The Academy of Art of San Francisco- San Francisco, CA
Pursuit of deeper studies in Fine Art; applied techniques in charcoal medium.