Joshua J. Polk

HIGHLIGHTS

www.joshpolk.com7698 Creekside Drive, Fishers, IN 46038

joshpolk@gmail.com765-532-1871

Proven experience designing and developing successful print, web, animation, and other multimedia.Developed projects implementing innovative design, typography, user experience, programming, audio, and video.

A continuous learner. Tries new ideas. Compelled to improve. Problem Solver. Well spoken. Team friendly.Extensive teaching and curriculum writing experience covering a wide array of technical, web, and design topics.

EXPERIENCE

Courses: Web programming with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, databases, portfolio, Photoshop and Lightroom, web imaging techniques, illustration, perspective, design, typography, digital imaging, multimedia scripting, digital audio/video, 3d modeling and animation, Flash and video games (scripting, art, and development), various Adobe Creative Cloud.

Mentored, coached, and evaluated other faculty. Presented for all-faculty conference. Oversaw tutoring center.

Writing and constructing content for courses including web programming/design, imaging, animation, interactive design.

Art Inst i tute of Pi t tsburgh Onl ine, Assistant Professor (6/03 – present)

Contributing to curriculum and content management teams.

MSK Advert is ing, Digi ta l Developer (8/15 – present)Developing banners, micro-sites, and other projects in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Flash/Animate, JSON, CMS, etc.In-house photographer for company events and web site headshots (Nikon).

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Department of Defense, Visual Informat ion Special ist (7/05 – 5/08)Worked at the Pentagon designing and producing visual presentation products for high level government officials.Created multi-tier information campaigns including innovative web, graphic, and interactive products. Additionally:

Acted as project lead for complete redesign of directorate web site. Recognized by the Deputy Director and Chief of Staff for its success, despite rushed timelines and conflicting agendas between dozens of sub-groups.Worked within a team to develop concepts for media projects involving Flash, XML, video, animation, and exhibits.Joined Lean Six Sigma process study involving graphics and video team customer service. Provided insight and suggestions for improvement in production efficiency while maintaining our creativity.Attended an eight-week training course, Tomorrow’s Intelligence Professionals, which addressed team building, leadership, writing, and effective communication.Collaborated with subject matter experts to create eLearning interactive training modules for government policies.

JoshPolk.com Mult imedia, Freelance Developer (1/09 – present)Designing and developing web, app, identity, and print projects. UX design through wireframes and prototyping. Created multimedia and animation work for MediaSauce, Basement Motion + Design,Tactic, TourDesign Creative.Photography featured in Indianapolis Star, Sophisticated Living, and Musk4 magazines.

Compaq Computer Corporat ion, Web Database Programmer (5/01 – 8/01)Developed a web interface for a complex relational database containing engineering qualification data.

Purdue Universi ty Athlet ics, Graphic Designer (8/02 – 8/04)Designed for a team of promotion managers creating graphics for flyers, ads, brochures, web, multimedia, magnets, posters, and a large variety of promotional items for 18 varsity sports.

Big Idea Product ions, Game/Internet Developer (5/00 – 8/00)Designed and implemented web games and applications for a children’s media company (VeggieTales producer).

Walt Disney World Company, Col lege Program (8/97 – 1/98)

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Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN Computer Graphics, Master of Science December 2004, GPA: 4.0 Graduate Thesis (Directed Project):

EDUCATION

Engineering Projects in Community Service (1996-2000). Led teams that designed and created innovative children's games and modified toys for children with disabilities, taught computer applications to a local children clinic's staff, and was a member of the EPICS student advisory council.Founded Alpha Tau Omega fraternity chapter on the Purdue University campus.Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity.Computer Graphics Student Council.Studied drawing and art history in Florence, Italy.Purdue Ballroom Dancing Competition Team.

Additional Activities:

Art Institute of Washington, Arlington, VA Commercial Photography Classes, 2007-2008 Courses: Principles of Photography, Computer Illustration, Digital Photographic Illustration.

Physical Computing - Serial Input and Output Control of Interactive Multimedia

The problem to solve was getting input and output devices to control (and be controlled) by multimedia software, and demonstrating examples of this in action. As a primary application of this technology, a partnership was created with the Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) Wabash Children’s Center team. Previous work by the team consisted of building an interactive spaceship that acts as a simulator, toy, and edutainment tool. The end result was developed input and output functionality, demonstrated in the EPICS spaceship’s hardware and software.

Interdisciplinary Engineering "Multimedia Engineering,” Bachelor of Science in EngineeringMay 2000, GPA: 3.0

Purdue Universi ty, Graduate Teaching Assistant/Mult imedia Consul tant (8/00 – 5/02)Advised undergraduates in engineering, web programming, and multimedia for classes and group project teams.

Ivy Tech Community Col lege, Instructor (1/15 – 5/15), (8/09 – 12/09)Taught Photoshop and 2D animation course (Flash).

Indy Photo Coach, Instructor (9/11 – 2014)Group/Private lessons in photographic post-production and compositing using Photoshop, Elements and Lightroom.

Other Teaching.. .

Internat ional Academy of Design and Technology, Instructor (4/05 – 7/05)Taught 3 courses: Web Design, Digital Imaging (Photoshop) and Multimedia (Flash).

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTAdobe Max 2013-2016 : Adobe Creative Cloud, HTML/CSS/JavaScript, responsive web design.Photoshop World 2014, 2012, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006.Indy Photo Coach: Fundamentals, Experience Booster, Lighting, Lightroom, Zoo, Posing, 2011-2014.Indy Dev Group: LESS, Bootstrap, Greensock, jQuery Mobile, PhoneGap, 2013-2014.KelbyOne Photography Training, 2016, 2011. Photoshop CS5 for Photographers, 2010. Flashbelt 2010, Flashforward 2008, Blog Indiana 2009, Sandbox Video Game Symposium, 2006.SIGGRAPH 2008, 2006, 2005, 2003, 2001, 2000, 1999.Intelligence Community Educational Simulations and Serious Games Symposium, 2007.DIA Intelink Web Programming Classes: HTML/CSS and Web to Database Integration, 2006.Lynda and KelbyOne training: Photoshop, Lightroom, Flash, Dreamweaver, InDesign, photo, web design, etc.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS / SERVICE / ACTIVITIESAcquired Top Secret SCI clearance for highly confidential government work.Commended by Director and Deputy Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency for project work on Public Service Recognition Week.Assisted web site redevelopment team for Northview Church.Provide volunteer graphic design services and photography for Northview Church.Guest lectured for Butler University (visual communication design) and Flash Indianapolis group.Over 37,000 YouTube video tutorial views.Church basketball league team captain. Third grade inner-city math tutor.Traveled to 47/50 states in the U.S. as well as over a dozen foreign countries.

Senior Level:HTML, Animate/Flash/ActionScript, Photoshop, Lightroom.

Junior Level:ASP, PHP, MySQL, JSON, content management systems, objectoriented programming.

SOFTWARE AND PROGRAMMINGIntermediate Level:Dreamweaver, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat, CSS, JavaScript, XML, WordPress, After Effects, Premiere Pro, Camtasia, Captivate.

Studied and used in past, but not recently employed:3d Studio Max, Maya, C, Visual Studio.

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