Zak Weiland
Zak Weiland
Interactive Designer, Front-End Developer
I'm an Interactive Designer currently working at Lightburn. I'm constantly working to understand and translate user behavior to create the best possible marketing solutions for the brands I work with. Building and designing sites is a huge part of my life, at home and at work. I also love music y las bicicletas! Checkout my LinkedIn for recommendations and email me for my portfolio. Thanks for reading!
Experience
Senior Designer / Front-End Developer @ Lightburn
February 2010 - Present
• Currently Senior Interactive Designer working on a variety of Integrated Marketing and Digital Campaigns, E-commerce sites, Digital Products, and CMS.

• Experienced in prototyping and wireframing, performing usability testing, writing web copy, and managing small teams.

• Specialties: Interactive Design, User Interactivity, Web & Graphic Design, Front-End Implementation of Email Marketing Templates to fully-customized dashboards, Mobile & Responsive Design.

• Advanced: HTML5/CSS3, jQuery/JavaScript, .NET, Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator
Location:
Milwaukee, WI
Senior Designer / Front-End Developer @ Integrated New Media
January 2008 - February 2010
• Lead front-end designer/developer for Integrated New Media, recently renamed Fyin.com.

• Art Direction and implementation of sites, built on .NET and PHP, for many B2B, law, technology, and construction service companies, as well as design for E-commerce companies using AspDotNetStorefront.

• Developed interactive web applications for a wide array of clientele and markets.

• Managed groups of junior designers and developers to design and implement .NET E-commerce platforms and internet marketing materials.
Location:
Milwaukee, WI
Junior Web Designer / Front-End Developer @ Integrated New Media
January 2007 - November 2007
My first position directly out of college consisted of working with the Owner/Creative Director on comps and layouts for both web and print. Creating Flash ads and other online marketing material and building/implementing standards based E-commerce and marketing/micro sites.
Location:
Milwaukee, WI
Web Designer @ UWSP - Web & Media Services
January 2005 - December 2006
• As a junior at UW-Stevens Point, I was one of two people chosen to be the first web developer/designer on the brand new Web & Media Services staff.

• My first year I helped design and build the first new website for UWSP in over five years. I worked hand-in-hand with clients to create fully-dynamic, media-oriented, and engaging sites that are still in use today.
Location:
Stevens Point, WI
Education
B.A. Web & Digital Development
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
August 2002 - December 2006
• Graduated Cum Laude
• Member of the National Honor Society
Location:
Stevens Point, WI
High School
Lincoln High School
August 1998 - May 2002
Focus:
• Graphic Design
• Engineering
Location:
Wisconsin Rapids, WI


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