Curtis Blake
www.curtisblake.com 
303.817.9035
arrive@curtisblake.com
240 Marble Street #304
Broomfield, CO 80020


Skills

Design
•  Engaging UI/UX design with a “customers first” approach 
•  Page layout with emphasis on brand identity and design consistent with brand collateral
•  Exercising a careful balance between aesthetics and “user mastery” interface design Development
•  Front end integration of rich media content with proven user interface principals, overall enhancing the user experience  
•  Efficient and usable design with emphasis on meeting standards compliance for the best cross platform performance


Work History

Christy Sports, LLC. – Lakewood CO  July 2005 – Present 
E-commerce Department   Web & Graphic Designer

Responsibilities & achievements include:
•  Page layout and visuals for Christy Sports online retail website
•  Chief of email campaign design and development
•  Designing and maintaining layout and visuals for co-branded sites
•  Graphic design for a two year magazine ad campaign 
•  Co-designing company logos and online branding
•  Designing and developing company micro sites including company splash page


Freelance History
 
Meghan Shaw Photography
Littleton CO, October 2010
Web designer & developer
Flash/XML wedding photo website
meghanshawphotography.com

Matthew & Tania Blake
Salt Lake City UT, August 2010
Web designer & developer
php/MySQL wedding website
mattandtania.com

Flavor Rules 
Denver CO, May 2008
Web designer & co-developer
HTML/CSS small business website
flavorrules.com

Zenith Magazine
Denver CO, June 2005
Graphic designer
Two page magazine spread

The Red Lion Restaurant
Boulder CO, March 2005
Graphic designer
Take home tri-fold menu

Divine Basics
Denver CO, August, 2005 
Web designer & developer
Print collateral, webpage design, 
email campaigns

Project CASE
Brighton CO, February 2004
Web designer & developer
php/MySQL driven website

Windsor Mountain
Windsor NH, December 2004 
Video editor & DVD author
Two DVD memorabilia set
 

Education

The Art Institute of Colorado, Denver, CO
September 2006, Bachelor of Arts, Interactive Media Design


Proficiencies

Design:

Photoshop
Illustrator
Flash
InDesign

Development:

Dreamweaver
HTML/CSS
php/MySQL
JavaScript
JQuery
Actionscript

Video:

Premiere
After Effects


References & CD portfolio available upon request