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David Block

David Block

Irvine, CA, US

 

About 

I have over 17 years experience in website design and possess a B.S. in graphic design. 

 

My online design portfolio can be found at http://www.AllAboutBlock.com.
Also, have a look at the following links. These are sites that I created from the ground, up.

http://www.veros.com
http://www.pmc2012.com
http://www.veroscredit.com
http://www.riskwire.com
http://www.handable.com

Elsewhere:

Employment 

Veros Real Estate Solutions, Santa Ana, CA, Graphic Designer

Responsible for the design of Veros.com, VerosCredit.com, PMC2011.com, PMC2012.com, PMC2013.com, RiskWire.com, and other web properties. Worked with Umbraco (CMS) to maintain, organize, and update Veros.com. Developed logos for a variety of products. Used Flash, After Effects, and Premiere to develop video and web content. Customized social networking pages wherever possible to carry that brand through to all associated pages. Designed a series of marketing materials including brochures, trade show magazines, signage, etc.

Oct 2010 - current
 

Experian, Costa Mesa, CA, US, Sr. Web Designer

At Experian Consumer Direct (Consumer Info), as the Sr. Graphic Designer, I was responsible for the design of FreeCreditReport.com (circa 05-08) and a number of other websites. I'm proud to say that I helped define a brand for freecreditreport.com in a relatively short period of time. FreeCreditReport.com, now known as FreeCreditScore.com, became one of the most consumer-recognized brand names in America. I've developed hundreds of banner ads, icons, and landing pages for partners such as AOL, American Express, Discover Card, Hotmail, MSNBC, CNN and more. While the bulk of my work here is web-related, I've produced off-line ads, brochures, and logos as well. In addition to my design duties, I took on administration of the Digital Asset Management application, Canto Cumulus. This includes ingesting and metatagging over 50 gigabytes of digital files. I was also responsible for training and assisting coworkers to utilize the application.

In July of 2008, I received a promotion to Sr. Web Designer for the Digital Advertising Services department. My primary responsibilities are to maintain the Experian brand integrity and support the design needs of the rest of my team. Some of the projects include producing Flash presentations, storyboarding and voice-over for Flash animations, as well as designing offline collateral, and various inter/intraoffice graphics, graphics for PowerPoint slides, and fulfilling design requests on an as needed basis.

Jul 2005 - Jun 2010
 

HTM Logic Web Services, Lake Forest, CA, US, Owner/Designer

This was a family owned web development company I ran in partnership with my father. My responsibilities were to generate new business, design all websites, and develop all graphic materials for clients, as well as maintain and updated content on all sites.

Feb 1994 - Aug 2004
 

Friend Communications, Anaheim, CA, US, Web Designer

Developed all graphic materials for the corporate and consumer websites, created designs for hundreds of template-driven sites, designed direct marketing email campaigns, and all printed collateral.

Jan 2002 - Jun 2004
 

VFinance.com, Lake Forest, CA, US, Lead Designer

Created all graphic materials and managed content. This website was the first of it’s kind in this genre, and to this day, remains the number one resource for Venture Capital online. VFinanace was created and owned by HTM Logic, a family owned and operated web design company, and was sold to an Investment Banking firm in 1998, who hired HTM Logic to continue maintaining the site on a three year contract, after which our involvement in further development was changed to an as-needed basis.

Jan 1994 - Dec 2000
 

Education 

The Art Institute of California - Orange County, Costa Mesa, CA, US, Bachelors, Graphic Design

Graphic Design
Layout Design
Advertising Design
Logo Design
Web Design
Photography
Typography

Jul 2001 - Sep 2004
 

Areas of Specialization 

Skills