I started my adventures in graphic design with newspapers. I battled those daily deadlines for nearly a decade, starting in the advertising department, then working my way into the newsroom to handle front page and overall styles and layouts.

I spent eight years working for a small specialty calculator company. There, I was mentored by an incredibly talented Adobe Illustrator wizard named Charles Nemitz. I also learned the ins and outs of producing for big box stores and trade shoe material.

I spent four years working Assemblyman/HBO star Dennis Hof. He brought be in to rebuild several large outdated websites. While there, I also created a shared dynamic spreadsheet process to keep track of the hundreds of independent contractors working at his locations. I also took on IT duties, although I still don’t feel I was qualified to do so. I kept it all running, though!

Speaking of being unqualified, Most places I’ve worked have made me rebuild their websites. Some of my favorite builds have changed over the years, as websites do. Many for the world famous Hof mentioned above, I won’t share here… for reasons.

Healthy Communities Coalition

While they eventually decided I was not a good community health worker, and they terminated me for it, HCC sure did love the website I single-handedly created for them. Such a coalition is very difficult to sort out and stuff into a website. To this day, they are still mostly using the site as built.

Building into the limitless dimensions of responsive web design is one of my favorite challenges nowadays. I still have a lot to learn about SEO, but I’m packing new good practices as I can into my brain daily.