Robert C. West
Designer and developer with over ten years of graphic design, illustration and web development experience.
1837 Sepviva Street Philadelphia, Pa., 19125
T 817.689.4028
Relevant Experience
DEVELOPER, BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB, SEPTEMBER 2010-CURRENT
As part of BMS Studio, manage the design and implementation of several projects for the web and touch-screen devices, using modern web technologies including HTML with CSS and JavaScript, and Actionscript 3.0.
FLASH DEVELOPER, MRM WORLDWIDE, JUNE 2010-SEPTEMBER 2010
As part of the creative team, design and implement Flash banner ads and various other website components for multiple corporate clients, including Electronic Testing Service, Sepracor and Bristol-Myers Squibb.
FREELANCE GRAPHIC ARTIST AND WEB DESIGNER, CURRENT
Independently designed and implemented websites, including mysugarmonkey.com, mattrourke.com and philadelphiapollingproject.com.
FLASH DEVELOPER, SAP.COM, 2009-2010
As part of the Global Web Services team, created Flash content in Actionscript 3.0 for sap.com in over 80 countries, including banner advertisements, interactive maps, and an accordion menu navigation system for the site’s custom video player.
NEWS ARTIST/ILLUSTRATOR, THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, 2002-2009
- Reported, designed and illustrated information graphics, including full pages on the new Liberty Bell Center and the Comcast Center.
- Created hand-drawn and digital illustrations for all sections of the paper and designed front pages for the Sunday edition.
- Collaborated with writers, editors and designers on coverage of breaking news stories like Hurricane Katrina and the Space Shuttle Columbia crash.
- Served as the paper’s graphics editor on night and weekend shifts.
- Expanded the Art department’s online coverage by creating interactive graphics featured on philly.com.
NEWS ARTIST/ILLUSTRATOR, THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS, 2000-2002
- Created daily and project information graphics. Also produced feature illustrations in various mediums for use on section fronts in nearly every section of the newspaper. Solely responsible for graphics and illustrations for the weekly Discoveries science section.
- Worked on extra edition put out by the news staff the morning of the September 11 terrorist attacks.
- Reported on location for graphics by taking photographs, drawing sketches, and gathering reference materials for use in news graphics.
GRAPHICS EDITOR, THE ARLINGTON MORNING NEWS, 1999-2000
Developed information graphics as the paper’s sole graphic artist/editor. Oversaw the publication’s overall design, while producing all of the news graphics and features illustrations used in the paper.
GRAPHICS ARTIST, NOVIKOFF FURNITURE COMPANY, 1998
Created line drawings of the company's entire line of modular office furniture for use in a product brochure and price sheet.
Other Experience
ACTIVE DUTY, UNITED STATES NAVY, 1993-1994
Handpicked to serve as Captain’s Yeoman on board the USS Kitty Hawk, prepared and maintained the Skipper’s personal correspondence including official letters, messages, and personal invitations, in addition to shipboard damage control and firefighting duties. Awarded Navy Achievement Medal for superior service.
SOFTWARE SKILLS
Adobe CS4 Suite including Illustrator, Photoshop, Flash with Actionscript 3.0, Acrobat, Dreamweaver, Fireworks and Indesign. Digidesign Protools, NewTek Lightwave 3D. Poser Pro. XHTML with CSS, MySQL, XML. ArcGIS Desktop mapping suite.
AWARDS AND CONFERENCES
- Columbia Scholastic Press Association, 2nd place black and white infographic. Southwest Journalism Congress, 2nd place black and white infographic. Society of Professional Journalists, Philadelphia 2nd place news graphic.
- ESRI quick course on ArcGIS. Poynter Institute conference on informational graphics. Various Society for News Design quick courses.