Philip Walton
- 1582 La Coronilla Drive
- Santa Barbara, CA 93109
- 805.252.5724
- philip[at]philipwalton[dot]com
Professional Experience
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Web Content Editor
- Reliably ensured the consistency of design and functionality, across all browsers and platforms, for the millions of people who visit Westmont's Web site each year
- Transformed mostly-static content into a rich, media-filled site employing Flash, AJAX, RSS feeds, and social networking connections
- Personally tackled site-wide design upgrades for Westmont's 5000+ pages using valid, W3C compliant markup
- Converted standard, static page designs into fully-functional Wordpress themes that integrated seamlessly with the rest of the site
- Raised Westmont's Google ranking into the top ten for several crucial keyword searches
- Spearheaded the creation of YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook pages to expand our demographic outreach
August 2007 – Present
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Flash Designer
- Developed stunning, full-screen, highly interactive flash sites for numerous high-profile Las Vegas clients
- Consistently produced high-quality designs and animations under intense deadlines
- Worked as part of a team to quickly address critical and unexpected Web site changes as well as bug fixes
- Effectively balanced competing priorities while managing multiple projects
April 2007 – July 2007
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Graphic Designer / Office Manager
- Designed and developed the company's Web site from scratch
- Created multiple artistic renderings of architectural redlines and designed highly marketable presentations
- Assumed sole responsibility of addressing all office upkeep, including materials purchasing, computer and equipment supervision, and office procedural organization
July 2006 – April 2007
Representative Works
- Westmont College
This newly redesigned Westmont home page represents the first step in a larger endeavor to market more effectively to prospective students. Prior to this upgrade Westmont’s Web presence focused primarily on news, announcement, and updates. This face-lift brought, for the first time, a call to action and made the case for why a seeking student should attend.
The code is clean, accessible, and validates to W3C standards. The flash banner is optimized to only load the very next image it needs allowing for photography that’s both quick to load and visually stunning.
- Murray Duncan Architects
The first flash site I ever created was for Murray Duncan Architects almost three years ago. This goal of this most recent redesign was to retain the flash exterior but make the site much more visible to search engines as well as easily editable by company employees.
The site is one of the few flash sites where each “page” has its own unique URL. Users can use the back and forward buttons on their browser as they please and even bookmark sections.
- MDA Site Admin
This is the MDA site editor. Obviously this link will not let you edit the real site, but it will actually edit a demo version I have here on display. The site employs a great deal of AJAX to make the user experience extra friendly. Changing the order of projects is as easy as dragging and dropping, just like a real desktop application. To log in just use the password: architect.
Oh, and it's a demo, so feel free to play around inside.
- Recycling Video Game
I partnered with Westmont’s recycling manager to create this flash video game to help raise excitement and awareness of the college’s recycling program. The game was promoted as a competition for the students; the top scorer would receive a cash prize.
The uniqueness of the idea stirred up quite a bit of buzz and was featured prominently in several local newspapers.
- Grancino Editions
For the past 29 years, Grancino Editions has published performing editions of Baroque and Classical music, providing musicians the world over a glimpse at musical treasures otherwise lost to modern ears.
This Web site is their first step into the online marketplace. It’s elegance and attention to detail remains consistent with the publisher’s longstanding reputation.
- Reynolds Gallery
The Reynolds Gallery site was created to be as customizable as possible. The client wanted to be able to change everything from content to color schemes without having to know any flash.
If you check back from time to time you’ll probably notice the colors changing to match the look of the current show.
- www.motiff.net
I created www.motiff.net primarily as a way to share my music with friends and family. After graduating college I didn’t have as much time to write new music and as a result, I never finished the site.
I am currently in the process of making it into a usable template for others to be able to upload and display their own music.
- Bramblewood Press
Bramblewood Press is a different kind of publishing company, and they wanted a different kind of Web site. Their goal was to establish a strong first impression – one that emphasized their uniqueness. Their clients typically choose them because they are given a great deal of personal attention.
Language and Technology Proficiency
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Expert Level / Fluent
- HTML
- XHTML
- CSS
- Actionscript 2
- FuseKit
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Moderate Knowledge / Conversant
- Javascript
- jQuery
- AJAX
- XML
- Actionscript 3
- PHP
- SQL
Software and Application Proficiency
- Photoshop
- Flash
- Dreamweaver
- After Effects
- Illustrator
- Wordpress
- MySQL
- phpMyAdmin
- PostgreSQL
- phpPgAdmin
- phpBB
Education
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Bachelor of Arts in Music
- Honors: Top Graduate in Music
- GPA: 3.75
May, 2005
