w imagehereas the web is a wonderful and witty collection of wild works, it is my goal to work a worthy end and wander the waterways of the world of web design and add to the weighty wonderings of a wild world. We are not wallowing in a well of wistful whining if we wonder aloud whether our websites are worth even a weekend visit. While the weak and willful amongst us will forever wish that the welfare of our businesses will not be wrecked if we do not wrestle with the winds of change, I would be wrong not to want to waive a warning flag. And so, I welcome you to witness the wizardly works of design by Josh W.

about me

Experience
2006-Present: Multiple Clients
{ Freelance Web & Graphic Designer }

Recent clients include: WeFi, FJC, Bar Ilan University, and ADSC.

2007-2008: MyStudiyo
 { Creative Director }

At MyStudiyo, I was responsible for all aspects of the design and front-end coding of our website and web application. While I was creative director, we designed and redesigned the website 3 times due to the evolution of the product. We created a fun and easy-to-use editor to create online quizzes. We produced more than 20 skins for the web-based quiz player and we created many custom-branded skins for premium customers. I worked very closely with the development team who created the application in PHP and javascript. Using HTML, CSS, and javascript, we were able to design and build a beautiful, flexible product.

2005-2006: PurchasingInfo/MHSVM
 { Creative Director }

PurchasingInfo was a startup company where I was responsible for designing and coding the UI for the PurchasingInfo software application and for creating conceptual mocks and working prototype sites for a variety of new web-based business ideas on a daily basis.

1998-2005: ICQ Ltd.
 { Art Director }

At ICQ, I was responsible for managing a team of in-house graphic designers as well as working with external design firms. While I was Art Director, we released 4 new client versions, redesigned the website 3 times, created countless promotions for new services and products, designed the UI for a number of web and client based services, and came up with Yellow Joe (aka Abulele) who was my personal favorite character for the ICQ Greetings.

Education
1994-1998 Rutgers University
 { BA Fine Arts with Concentration in Graphic Design and Photography }
{ Graduated with Honors }

Skills
{ Extensive Knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator, Freehand,
Quark, Flash, HTML, CSS, Standards-Based Design }
{ Familiarity with Javascript and Actionscript }

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