Jordan Dobson

Freelance Mobile Designer & Developer
Location: Tacoma, WA
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Biography

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
Freelance
Mobile Developer / Designer
Focused on mobile design and development.

My Clients & Teams include:

• Xbox
• Expedia
• T-Mobile
• Workamajig
• Sencha Touch
• Jquery Mobile
• Pinch / Zoom
• Jive
• Zenprise
• Push.io
• Radius
• Seattle.js
• The Superformula
• Loyola College
• Explore.fm
• GroupToDo
Dates:
May. 2010 - Present
Location:
Tacoma, WA
Website:
http://JordanDobson.com
Squad
Owner / Designer / Creative Director
Creative Design & Development since 2002.

Branding + Web + Design + Print + Motion

Squad closed for business in December 2010.
Dates:
Jan. 2002 - Dec. 2010
Location:
Seattle, WA
Website:
http://MadeBySquad.com
Glue
Owner / Product Designer / Developer
Glue was a mobile focused product designed & developed under Squad, Inc used by over 20,000 artists and musicians.
Dates:
Apr. 2005 - Jun. 2010
Location:
Seattle, WA
Website:
http://Glue.Pro
MerchSquad
Owner / Designer / Creative Director
A full service e-commerce platform designed and developed by Squad, Inc serving hundreds of artists and musicians.
Dates:
Jun. 2001 - Jun. 2010
Location:
Seattle, WA
VectorSquad
Designer / Owner
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.
Dates:
Jan. 2001 - Jan. 2002
Location:
Seattle, WA
Dayfather
Designer / Animator / Developer
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.
Dates:
Oct. 2000 - May. 2001
Location:
Seattle, WA
PhotoTrust
Junior Designer / Developer
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.
Dates:
Aug. 1999 - Oct. 2000
Location:
Bellevue, WA
Education
University of Washington
Certificate in Ruby Programming
Classes included Ruby, Ruby on Rails and Ruby Metaprogramming.
Fields:
Ruby + Rails
Dates:
Sep. 2008 - Jun. 2009
Location:
Seattle, WA
Bellevue Community College
AA in Multimedia Design
Fields:
Media Production & Animation
Dates:
Aug. 1998 - Jun. 2000
Location:
Bellevue, WA
Eastlake High School
My electives were focused on media design and photography.
Dates:
Aug. 1996 - Jun. 1997
Location:
Sammamish, WA
Penn High School
My electives were focused on media design, photography, video production, graphic arts and print design.
Dates:
Aug. 1993 - Jun. 1996
Location:
Mishawaka, IN