Daniel Heck, Web Design and Development

Skills

Scripting/coding:        HTML5, CSS3/SASS, PHP, Bootstrap 5, JavaScript, jQuery

Design applications:    Adobe Photoshop, Adobe XD, Figma, Sketch, Adobe InDesign, Maya, Adobe Premiere, Intuiface

Web CMS:                   Wordpress – Advanced Custom Fields and Custom Themes

UX design skills:          User Research, User Personas, Pain Points, User Flows, StoryBoards,  Wireframes, functioning Prototypes and other tools to communicate interaction and design ideas

Other Skills: Google Analytics, SEO techniques/practices, Accessibility Standards, ADA compliance, W3C Standards

Other Technologies:   Unix, MySQL, Git, SQL, Json, Slack, Shopify 

Education

School of Visual Arts, NY, New York, Master of Fine Arts in Computer Art

Bates College, Lewiston, ME, Bachelor of Arts
Honors: Dean's List 1994-95 

Awards

  • First Place in “Websites, Budget over $750,000” category of the New England Museum Association 2008 Publication Awards for the Flash interactive app Norman Rockwell: an Interactive Timeline 

  • Second Place in “Mobile Apps, Budget over $750,000” category of the New England Museum Association 2014 Publication Awards for Norman Rockwell: Happily Ever After

  • Honorable Mention in “Websites, Budget over $750,000” category of the New England Museum Association 2010 Publication Awards for Norman Rockwell Museum Website

Certifications

  • Currently enrolled in the Google User Experience Design Certificate

  • LinkedIn Certificate as an Advanced Wordpress Developer

  • LinkedIn InDesign Essential Training

Employment

4/22 - Present Webmaster Salisbury Association – Salisbury, CT

  • Content Manager for the Salisbury Association website – https://www.salisburyassociation.org

2/22 - 3/22 Freelance Web Design Contractor, Mungy, – Stockbridge, MA

  • Updated Kimama Half Moon website using WP-Bakery - https://kimamahalfmoon.org/

1/22 - 2/22 Freelance Web Designer, Developer Bagel and Brew – Lenox, MA

  • Currently creating the visual and interactive user experience for the Bagel and Brew website - in progress https://bagelbrew.netlify.app/

  • Current designs build in HTML, CSS3, Javascript and Bootstrap 5.

5/21 – 10/21 Freelance Web Designer, Developer Salisbury Association – Salisbury, CT

  • Designed and coded the visual and interactive user experience for the Salisbury Association Fall Festival website - https://salisburyfallfestival.netlify.app/

  • Current designs build in HTML, CSS3, Javascript and Bootstrap 5. Will port to Wordpress

 

2/15- 2/20   Norman Rockwell Museum Digital Engagement Department: Digital Engagement Specialist and Content Manager

Content Manager for the Norman Rockwell Museum website as well as sister websites.
www.nrm.org website. (Wordpress CMS)

  • Updated exhibition pages

  • Posted blog material

  • Designed and built homepage slider material

  • Updated widgets and performed other site maintenance

Sister websites include www.rockwellcenter.org, www.illustrationhistory.org, www.frankschoonover.org

2/06- 2/15   Norman Rockwell Museum Communications Department: Webmaster and Interactive Media Designer

  •  Performed web content management and maintenance duties with Wordpress and hand coded HTML and PHP to build legacy Museum related micro-sites as well as updating and maintaining the home website (www.nrm.org):

  • Happily Ever After: Designed and programmed a QR Code based interactive experience July 13 - October 18, 2013

9/04-2/06 Web Design and Development Consultant, Prospect Marketing

 www.prospectmarketing.com Designed and developed a database driven Berkshire tourist attractions web site in PHP and MySQL: www.berkshireattractions.com.

Gallery Interactives for Norman Rockwell; Museum - UX and UI design, ActionScript 3 programming:

  • Kiosk game for Heroes & Villains: The Comic Book Art of Alex Ross. Categorize the history of comic books featuring Super Man through the Golden, Silver and Modern comic book ages. September – February 2013.

  • Kiosk interactive that displayed supporting material for the exhibition Over the Top: American Posters from World War I. Clickable politician's speeches, famous war related songs of the time, as well as cartoon images relating to the war. Summer 2016.

  • Kiosk of “interactive books” for the exhibition Witness: The Art of Jerry Pinkney. Three interactive books that use sound and music in interactive ways to make the stories come alive. Summer 2013.

  • “3D Animation Creation Exploration” for the exhibition “Ice Age” To The Digital Age The 3D Animation Art of Blue Sky Studios. This in-gallery interactive demonstrates parts of the computer animation creation process. Demonstrates 3D modeling , 3D texturing and 3D lighting, June  - November, 2011

  • Kiosk game for the exhibition William Steig: Love & Laughter in which the user creates interactive doodles with material taken from William Steig's own collection of doodles. Summer 2007.