JOHN LASCURETTES EXPERIENCE 4515 NE…

JOHN LASCURETTES                                EXPERIENCE

4515 NE 41st Ave                                Specialist--Interactive Web Designer: Providence Health System
Portland, OR 97211                              8.2005 to present
phone: 503.290.4013                             · Evangelized usability/accessibility as business need for Catholic health organization.
portfolio: http://emological.com/               · Specialized in usable and accessible markup using advanced CSS and (X)HTML.
e-mail: http://emological.com/contact/          · Created easily re-purposed templates for special events.
                                                · Introduced highly accessible "zoom" layouts via a style switcher.
OBJECTIVE                                       · Tight integration to regional IS from within Marketing and Communications.
Generate creative and appropriate solu-         · Upgrading of outdated markup throughout CMS system.
tions to complex design puzzles in an           · Served primarily the Oregon region; also served Health Plans and system-wide shared
ever-evolving and healthy work enviorn-            regional services.
ment.
                                                Sole Proprietorship: John Lascurettes Design
RANT                                            11.2002 to present ­ Freelance and Contract work
Traditionally trained and technically savvy,    · Evolved beyond just visual design and took on XHTML/CSS development work.
I am the rare breed of designer that has        · Created XHTML & CSS templates for HollywoodVideo.com's redesign.
embraced both low-tech, hands-on design         · Provided direct-marketing e-mail design for You Software.
and high-tech, digital design. I believe that   · Designed an interactive product selector for Palm.com's store.
all good design is about provlem solving        Clients include: PalmOne, Hollywood Video, You Software, Peasant Pies, California
and communicating while maintaining             Province of Jesuits
superior aesthetics for the targeted audi-
ence, regardless of the medium                  Creative Director/Owner: Draft Six Experience Design
                                                4.2001 to 11.2002
EDUCATION                                       · While collaboratively authoring a creative brief for a website redesign, we refined a
Bachelor of Arts General Design                    more focused brand and mission statement for SFGMC, taking it from three pages of
Graphic Design Emphasis                            conflicting focus down to a single statement.
San Jose State University, California:          · Took Palm.com's undocumented styles, wrote the copy, created source files and orga-
Concentration in typography, print design,         nized them into an online style guide.
corporate logo & identity design. Support-      Draft Six's focus is marrying end user needs and expectations with customer's business
ing fields of study include photography,        model and goals into intuitive, easy-to-use designs.
illustration, advertising, print production,    Clients include: Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer, Palm, San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus
and industrial design.
                                                Creative Director: Cyberplex (Acquired i-Socket 2.2000)
CORE COMPETENCIES                               5.1999 to 4.2001
· Creative Direction                            · Started as Art Director and took over management of i-Socket's design team after
· Design                                           Cyberplex acquisition. Managed five designers.
· Managing small design teams                   · Designed and directed design for Fortune 500 companies.
· Electronic publishing experience              · Was the head designer in charge of the brand new Handspring.com site in 1999, gath-
  since 1988                                       ering design and marketing requirements; site was launched within three months time,
· Expert in browser-agnostic CSS and               product-unseen until shortly before launch.
  (X)HTML markup                                · Interfaced with creative managers from the other international and regional offices to
· Codes CSS/HTML by hand                           support distributed-matrix model of production.
· Experience editing and integrating with       Clients include: Handspring, AMD, Charles Schwab, Cisco Systems, Microsoft
  PHP, .NET, JavaScript, Apache and CGI
· Program Familiarity:                          Graphic Designer: OnlineFocus, Inc.
  · Photoshop & ImageReady                      10.1996 to 2.1999
  · Illustrator                                 Concept and design of websites for fortune 500 companies. Very first projects: look and
  · Freehand                                    feel for FedEx Asia online and Promus Hotels Corp. brands (Hampton Inn, Embassy Suites
  · Microsoft Office                            and others). Projects were carried out within dedicated teams. My duties made me project
  · Quark X-Press                               lead of all graphic concerns for a project.
  · InDesign                                    Clients include: FedEx, Sun Microsystems, Apple, Fujitsu, CNA Insurance, Cooper Lighting
  · BBEdit
  · Dreamweaver                                 Graphic Designer/Assistant Art Director:
· Other skills:                                 Siemens Business Communication Systems, Inc.
  · Photography                                 12.1993 to 10.1996
                                                Concept and design of corporate high-end collateral. Art direction of photography,
AWARDS & HONORS                                 illustration and pre-press.
· Finalist in Lindt Chocolate "American
  Spirit" National Design Competition.          Designer/Production Artist: Jerome Callens Advertising and Design
· Logo competition winner for Channel 6,        1989 to 1993
  Walnut Creek. The logo was fully imple-       Traditional (paste-ups and overlays) and Computer-based layout, design and production.
  mented in all station identification.         Clients include: 24 Hour Fitness Centers, San Jose Downtown Association, Susan Hammer
                                                for Mayor of San Jose (1989)