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I like to be creative and I like to code. I mix them together to design & build amazing mobile apps.

My 12 + years working online includes: 6 years of mobile design / development, 8 years as owner / designer at Squad, 4 years as owner / director at Glue and 1 year on a Ruby certificate at UW.

SKILLS: Mobile, CSS3, HTML5, Ruby, JavaScript, Webkit, UI/UX, Animation, Design & Development
Experience
Mobile Developer / Designer
@Freelance
Focused on mobile design & development.

My clients, teams and projects include:

• Xbox
• Expedia
• T-Mobile
• Zapd
• Bayan Branch
• Workamajig
• Sencha Touch
• Jquery Mobile
• Pinch / Zoom
• Jive
• Zenprise
• Push.io
• Radius
• Seattle.js
• The Superformula
• Loyola College
• Explore.fm
• GroupToDo

I've presented, lead teams, designed, tested and built mobile apps, web and native, for PhoneGap, iOS, Android Webkit 2.x+, Firefox Mobile, Chrome Mobile, Opera Mobile & Mini, WebOS, Windows Phone 7 and 7.5, Blackberry 6 & 7, and many more.
Location
Tacoma, WA
Dates
May 2010 - Present
Website
http://JordanDobson.com
Owner / Designer / Creative Director
@Squad
Details
Creative Design & Development since 2002.

Branding + Web + Design + Print + Motion

Squad closed for business in December 2010.
Location
Seattle, WA
Dates
January 2002 - December 2010
Website
http://MadeBySquad.com
Owner / Product Designer / Developer
@Glue
Details
Glue was a mobile focused product designed & developed under Squad, Inc used by over 20,000 artists and musicians.

http://Gluenow.com
Location
Seattle, WA
Dates
April 2005 - June 2010
Website
http://Glue.Pro
Owner / Designer / Creative Director
@MerchSquad
Details
A full service e-commerce platform designed and developed by Squad, Inc serving hundreds of artists and musicians.
Location
Seattle, WA
Dates
June 2001 - June 2010
Designer / Owner
@VectorSquad
Details
My first startup which was focused on providing cutting edge concepts for artists and labels in the music industry.

Vector Squad's varied services were eventually split up to create Squad, Glue and MerchSquad.
Location
Seattle, WA
Dates
January 2001 - January 2002
Designer / Animator / Developer
@Dayfather
Details
At this small three person startup, I created flash sites from concept to completion. Many of the projects were very experimental and included liberal amounts of animation sequences.

This is the job that taught me how to run a business and push me to start my future business ventures.
Location
Seattle, WA
Dates
October 2000 - May 2001
Junior Designer / Developer
@PhotoTrust
Details
This position started as an internship through Bellevue Community College where I was able to use many of the skills I learned from my Multimedia Design degree. After my internship and graduation PhotoTrust hired me to continue the work I started.

I created many mini sites based around their main photography site using flash, HTML and Javascript.
Location
Bellevue, WA
Dates
August 1999 - October 2000
Education
Certificate in Ruby Programming
@University of Washington
Classes included Ruby, Ruby on Rails and Ruby Metaprogramming.
Location
Seattle, WA
Dates
September 2008 - June 2009
AA in Multimedia Design
@Bellevue Community College
Details
Location
Bellevue, WA
Dates
August 1998 - June 2000
Eastlake High School
Details
My electives were focused on media design and photography.
Location
Sammamish, WA
Dates
August 1996 - June 1997
Penn High School
Details
My electives were focused on media design, photography, video production, graphic arts and print design.
Location
Mishawaka, IN
Dates
August 1993 - June 1996