Marte Thompson  Cupertino, CA 95014  (408) 667-9751
Portfolio: www.design48.com | marte48@gmail.com  
Google Sites portfolio website:   https://sites.google.com/site/martethom/ 
 
Synopsis: After thirteen years at Lockheed (1980 - 93) as a technical illustrator and commercial artist, I have been an independent contractor for over 20 years. Previously a graphic designer and technical illustrator, I now build Photoshop page mockups, layered and unlayered, and assist in the creative graphic design and planning process. I am primarily a Front End Designer-Developer, although I am often called upon to make front-end modifications to server-side files. My role, since 1999, is to build the initial HTML/CSS pages from pdf visual mockups. I work closely with the server-side engineers to set up tableless divs so that they can apply the java code. I have also built on a number of CMS platforms, such as Sharepoint (Visa) and GoogleSites (Salesforce and Complete Genomics.) Most recently, I am focusing on Bootstrap grid-system engineering for responsive design, as in the PWS/HP mobile web project.

Job Titles include: Technical Illustrator, Graphic Designer, Web Designer, GUI (Graphical User Interface), HTML Programmer, Sharepoint Developer, UX/UE (User Experience), Front End Web Designer, Front End GUI Developer, etc.

Professional Overview 

·	Front End Web / User Interface Design Engineer for over 15 years.
·	More than 20 years of experience as a computer graphic designer, with 15 years of hand coding for the browser. Experienced with cross browser diagnostics and W3C validators and optimizers, as well as developer’s toolbars for both IE and Firefox. 
·	Front-end UI engineering skills: HTML , XHTML, XML, JavaScript, both table and tableless page design, CSS, wireframes, GUI screen flows, web page mockups, Photoshop, Illustrator.
·	Years of experience supporting server-side engineers with front-end work. (However, I am not a JSP or server-side engineer.)
·	Ability to apply visual design guidelines and mockups to create modern visual designs - demonstrated in portfolio.
·	Experience in project management: Production Lead and Assistant TechPubs Coordinator - 7 years at Lockheed-Martin SSD Technical Publications Group (1986 - 1993.) Responsible for training co-workers on computer graphics software. Also trained co-workers at Oracle in HTML and Dreamweaver (1999.)
·	Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, ability to work independently or under minimal supervision. Self-starter; attentive to detail; thorough and meticulous professional. 
·	Experience working in many types and sizes of design and engineering team environments, assisting in web strategy and design/redesign of sites and micro-sites, online apps, and embedded ad streams. 
·	Freelance, Contract or Permanent basis - W2 or 1099. 

Skills Summary
Interactive Languages - HTML, XML, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, DHTML, AJAX, Jquery, Bootstrap, HTML5, CSS3.
Willing to work with other javascript frameworks.
Tableless Div Page Design  - I code CSS classes, ids, styleguides from scratch, modify existing CSS.
Tables (Sharepoint and Google Site builder templates generate tables, so table know-how is still valid.)
Photoshop - 15 years image optimization for the web
Illustrator - 15+ years - vector based drawing since 1986
Interactive Flash 6 years - vector drawing tools (I am not an Actionscript developer) 
Quark/ InDesign (print/pdf) - 12+ years
Dreamweaver - 8 years (I do not rely upon Dreamweaver)
Sharepoint - 4-month contract at Visa in Foster City, CA.

My online portfolio reflects:
• A thorough understanding of interaction design principles 
• Strong, clean, clear, contemporary visual design sense
• A portfolio with examples of complex visual design with a high degree of ease-of-use 
• Expert level experience with Photoshop or similar graphic design tools 
• High level of proficiency converting graphic files to HTML, XHTML & CSS
• Ability to create clear and clean prototypes in appropriate applications 
• Keen understanding of usability principles 
• Applied knowledge of interaction design best practices and standards 
• Outstanding written and verbal communications skills 

Professional Experience: 1980 – 2015  (Permanent, Contract and Freelance)  
Excellent references upon request

Between all of my corporate contracts through the past 20 years, I have freelanced for private individual non-corporate clients whose personal contact information I do not post on my resume.

Monterey Bay Plein Air Painters Association MBPAPA - Webmaster 2015 - current - I have just completed a redesign and rebuild of the MBPAPA website, an organization of 90+ member artists. I built new HTML/CSS pages using the Bootstrap responsive CSS framework. Role: UI/UX/UE Designer and HTML5 Developer.

Actiontec - Sunnyvale, CA 9/2/2015 - 9/30/2015 This short term contract required building the custom icon set and page layouts for a software developed by Actiontec to accompany one of their electronic innovations. Reporting directly to the VP of Software, I built the required visuals using Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. Role: UI/UX/UE Designer and HTML5 Developer.

PWC/HP - 6/22/2015 - 7/17/2015 - Pricewaterhouse Coopers employed me to build a search portal for HP in Mountain View, CA. Using Bootstrap as a grid-templating system, I built pages and made enhancements to a prototype web search portal. I hand-coded HTML5, CSS3, javascript (jquery) and Photoshop in a customized Bootstrap responsive template, for focus on the mobile web. Role: UI/UX/UE Designer and HTML5 Developer.

CompleteGenomics 2/4/2014 – 6/6/2014 -  Google Sites Consultant  DNA-sequencing biotech firm in Mt. View, CA employed me as a consultant contractor to build/migrate an existing wiki (Confluence) to Google Sites. Hundreds of pages needed to be re-formatted and migrated to a new intranet portal. I met with team leaders to collect requirements and scope, and trained team members in the operation of Google Sites. Role: Google Sites Designer and Developer.

In October of 2012 my 92 year old mother fell and broke her hip and shoulder. I took off a year to take care of her. This "missing" and "unproductive" year has caused some potential employers to pass me up for new projects. 

PMG Pederson Media Group - 5/8/2012 - San Francisco, CA - A one-week contract that lasted three days, due to my speed in delivering a solution that met all requirements, for a small design firm that was understaffed, overwhelmed, and behind schedule. Mobile web application development. Samples on website. Role: UI/UX/UE Designer and HTML5 Developer.

Dell/NASA on Google Sites: 3/2012 - 4/2012 Front-end design and development 
I was contracted for a short-term project building an intranet portal for Dell/NASA on Google Sites.  I designed and built templates and 40+ pages. Web 2.0 features were added from the Google library of widgets. Like so many of my projects (Salesforce, Intuit and Stanford to name a few) they were only budgeted for one month for the front-end design and development. As usual, I finished ahead of schedule, exceeding expectations. Role: Google Sites Designer and Developer.

Tellabs, Santa Clara, CA 12/2011 - 1/2012 - 1-3 month project. 
A short term webdesign and development project coding in HTML5, XHTML, CSS2,3, javascript and Photoshop. Building several new pages for the new storage software application. Working from PDF mockups. Role: UI/UX/UE Designer and HTML5 Developer.

VISA , Foster City, CA 6/2011 - 9/2011 - 1-3 month project. 
Three month contract - webdesign and development project coding in XHTML, CSS, javascript and Photoshop. Built new pages for the intranet to be hosted on Sharepoint. Working from PDF mockups, turning them into HTML and Sharepoint templates. Assisted other Sharepoint designers and developers create new HR pages in Sharepoint.

Salesforce, San Francisco, CA - 5/2011 - 6/2011  
A short term onsite project building an intranet portal with Google Sites. I built initial comps, templates and icons to construct several hundred pages in Google Sites. I also built a click-thru tutorial in order to quickly bring non-programmers up to speed on building in Google Sites. I came very highly recommended by a previous M&A manager at Salesforce. 

Salesforce San Francisco, CA - 10/2010 - 11/2010 
A short-term project with Salesforce in SF creating a website using Google Apps. Merging two departments of the company into one department also entailed creating a new website to serve both M&A and FOCUS internal groups. I built the site, then trained an employee of Saleforce to take over the maintenance of the site. They said that I exceeded their expectations. HTML, CSS and Photoshop. 

Moblyng Redwood City, CA - (6/2010 - 8/2010) 
A social games / mobile apps startup specializing in Facebook/Weeworld games adapted for hand-help devices, such as smart-phones and iPad. I wrote front-end code (html, css, photoshop) 

McAfee - (3/2010 - 6/2010) 
I was employed as a contract front-end engineer at McAfee in Santa Clara, CA. I supported a team of server-side engineers building online apps for the McAfee websites and intranets. Funding was cut from my projects due to the merger with Intel.

EDS (an HP company) Mt. View, CA - (12/2008 - 7/2009) 
The Symantec IT group in which I worked since 10/2007 was acquired by EDS/HP in December, 2008. 
My job description and duties remained exactly the same as at Symantec (xhtml, css, javascript, photoshop). 

Symantec - Mt. View and Cupertino, CA (10/2007 - 12/2008) 
Working from PDF (Photoshop) comps and wireframe specs provided by the creative services, marketing and business analysts, I built new pages in web standard XHTML and wrote w3c-validated CSS according to the proscribed "look and feel" of the Symantec corporate website. I also modified existing pages using existing CSS or by creating new CSS classes. My front-end work supported a team of server-side java engineers, who wrote in jsp code for the dynamic functioning and database of the online application. I resolved cross-browser (IE and Firefox) issues while building the xhtml and css. I also provided Photoshop and javascript assistance as needed, such as for the windowshade widget, tabs, navigation menus and buttons, overlay panels, forms, tooltips, select boxes, etc.  The projects that I worked on were for MySymantec and PartnerNet. 

vimo.com - Los Altos, CA - (6/2007) 
I created email ad designs in Photoshop and HTML for a health insurance broker. Various concept comps (roughs) from stock photography.

AICPA - CPA2Biz - Santa Clara, CA (2/2007 - 4/2007) 
AICPA is the online store for the Association of International CPAs. I built new and modified web pages for the new website. Eclipse, Merant PVCS, Dreamweaver, Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2005, testing in various browsers, XHTML, CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), Photoshop, in a jsp page environment.  

McAfee: Santa Clara, CA - Interactive Web Developer - (11/2006 - 1/2007) 
Table / tableless design, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), XHTML, XML, XSL.  Photoshop for image optimization and page mockup. Code version control and content editing in Accurev CMS development environment. Previous website design was in table structures, I assisted in re-formatting into tableless CSS, pages involved extensive XHTML, jsp and javascript Previous website design needed to be updated to new design templates. 

Stanford University - Palo Alto, CA - Interactive Web Developer (8/2006) 
Table and tableless design, CSS, XHTML, Photoshop image optimization, content editing: I formatted 99 pages from Word doc content to XHTML for the Stanford Challenge part of the Stanford website in under three weeks. TeamSite content management was used to load all of the pages.

Apple.com - Cupertino, CA Interactive Web Developer (7/2006) 
Table and tableless design, extensive CSS, XHTML, DHTML, Photoshop image optimization. Editing, proofreading/QA, and writing content for Apple.com. Legacy pages of the Apple Support website needed to be updated in standards-compliant XHTML and tableless div structure. 

FileMaker: Santa Clara, CA - Interactive Web Developer - (5/2006 - 6/2006) 
Website CMS environment - new page design and maintenance in advance of new product release. Tableless design/extensive CSS, XML, XHTML, DHTML, Photoshop image optimization. 

Intuit: Mt. View, CA : Contract Interactive Web Developer - (12/2005 - 2/2006) 
Built dynamic interactive HTML/JavaScript Intuit web content for retail sites, including BestBuy, CompUSA, Staples, OfficeMax, etc. Extensive CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) Also modified Flash demos, created graphics and buttons in Photoshop, and created several comparison charts in Adobe InDesign, exported as downloadable PDF files. 

SNP Communications: SF, CA - Contract Flash Graphic Artist - (9/2005 - 10/2005) 
Interactive Flash project (online training guide) for SNP client, Sun Microsystems. 

Silicon Valley College: San Jose, CA : Digital Media and Storyboarding Instructor - (3/2005 - 6/2005)
Taught two six-week intensive courses: InDesign (Desktop Publishing) and Storyboarding (Freehand sketching and illustration.) Built online curriculum and student portfolio sites. 

Lockheed-Martin, Sunnyvale, CA (Recruiter: Deloitte & Touche) - 7/03/2003 - Design and creation of SAP/LotusNotes online training course.  My task was the conversion of PowerPoint presentation courseware into HTML version. Principal software tools: HTML, Javascript, CSS, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, and PowerPoint. 

NASA, Ames Research, Moffett Field, CA - 6/15/2003  Design and creation of website for the Exobiology Principal Investigators' Conference hosted for NASA by SETI. Tools: HTML, Javascript, CGI, Photoshop. 

Gobosh, Inc. San Jose, CA (Sun VAR) Permanent Senior Web Designer - (11/2000 - 9/2001) 
Created several client sites using HTML, DHTML, Javascript, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Photoshop, and Macromedia Flash. (Company went out of business with the dotcom crash) 

Oracle Corporation: Redwood Shores, CA - Contract Web and Computer Graphic Designer - (1997 and 1999)
(1999) Contract. Consultant designer in the redesign of the intranet site “Dashboard”
(1997) Contract. Created 200+ Adobe Illustrator technical drawings. 

Computer Curriculum Corporation: Sunnyvale, CA - Contract Photoshop Graphic Designer (1996)
Created a suite of original characters in Photoshop for the interactive GUI of a children's educational CDROM for CCC, a division of Simon and Schuster in Sunnyvale, Ca. (samples on Design48.com) 

SEGA of America: Redwood Shores, CA - Digital Animator and Illustrator - (1994-95)
Created 2D digital Animation, concept art, fantasy cartoons and backgrounds for games. 

Lockheed-Martin: Sunnyvale, CA - Technical Illustrator and Commercial Artist - Assistant Art Director (1980 - 93)
Technical Illustrator and Commercial artist. Secret clearance. Permanent fulltime position. Technical illustration 6 years on drafting table, 7 years on computer. (13 years permanent position)

Education:	
BA, 1976 from San Jose State University
IT courses: De Anza, West Valley, and UC Extension, Stanford Continuing Studies, and online courses and tutorials. I am largely self-taught on the job, and I continue to learn by myself by building versions of my own website.

Mobile Web - course in mobile web and HTML5 at Stanford Continuing Studies. (10/2014 - 12/2014)
Javascript - course in javascript and HTML5 at Stanford Continuing Studies. (4/2015 - 6/2015)
Bootstrap - tutorials on YouTube are excellent.