Rose Z. Moonwater   Email: rzmoon@cruzio.com

Résumé

Summary

More than fifteen years of web design and development experience, including design of collateral such as logos, ads, page layout for print and for the web, and implementation of sites including DHTML navigation, PHP/MySQL, Perl/CGI form submission, JavaScript enhancements, Flash, Drupal, WordPress, jQuery, etc.

Technical Skillset

Highly proficient in the following:
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe InDesign
  • HTML coding by hand
  • WYSIWYG editors
  • PHP
  • MySQL
  • CSS
  • JavaScript
  • Flash
  • WordPress
  • Drupal
  • Joomla!
  • Microsoft products
  • C++
  • Perl and CGI
  • Unix, Windows, and Macintosh systems
  • FTP
  • Cross platform browser issues relevant to DHTML, CSS, etc.
  • Technical problem solving and troubleshooting
  • Resolving user issues
  • Finding, duplicating,tracking, and testing bugs
  • Communicating technical issues, orally or in writing
  • Administration of LAMP web servers
  • Liaison for 70 school and district web site webmasters

    Professional Experience

    Santa Cruz County Office of Education
    Webmaster Supervisor        1/2002 - present
  • As Webmaster for the TICAL project (Technology Information Center for Administrative Leadership), a website for school administrators in the state of California, redesigned the TICAL site to run on open source software, with dynamnic content, jQuery panels, dynamic PHP/MySQL updates, boolean searches, authentication in certain sections, rounded corner design, and a 3 column plus header and footer design. Also redesigned The Santa Cruz County Office of Education website, developed policies and procedures for hosting of county school sites, and developed infrastructure for use of open source technologies, including apache webserver, PHP, and MySQL backend. Duties include design of new websites utilizing content management systems (CMS) such as WordPress/Drupal/Joomla!, dhtml, css, javascript, and PHP/MySQL, streaming video, and administration of web server applications, and MySQL, and integration with social media tools and software.


    • rzmoon.com
    Website Design and Development        1996 - present
  • Freelance graphic and website design and development. Design services from concept through implementation in print or on the web. Development and production, including website maintenance and upgrades, HTML, DHTML, JavaScript, CGI and Perl scripts, all graphics. Also print ready design and production for newsletters, brochures, software manuals, etc. Sample URLs at http://www.rzmoon.com, in the sites section.


    • MetaCreations Inc.
    2D Project Lead Technical Support        11/96 - 5/00
  • Technical support for cross platform 2D paint programs, web tools, and graphics-oriented software. Lead for intranet development team
  • Lead technical writing of FAQs for the web
  • Technical edit of documentation
  • Vantive Database implementation, including policies and procedures and training of support team
  • Lead liaison for quality assurance of shipping software


    • Nova Controls
    Art Director, Technical Writer, Graphic Design Production        ( 1/96 - 9/96 )
  • Produced two 50 page software manuals. Interviewing software engineers, technical writing, designing, laying out, and formatting of manuals, through to print. Software testing and debugging.
  • Trade show posters, presentation materials, ad series, direct mail pieces, and packaging materials.
  • Print buying, tracking, and expediting.
  • Development and production of packaging.


    • United Way of Santa Cruz County
    Editor         ( 12/94 - 9/95 )
  • Compiled text, created graphics, designed and formatted styles and page layout for 1995 Community Resource Directory. The Directory is a 320 page guide to resources for social service providers and community organizations.


    • M.F.C.C. Therapist
    Self employed in private practice as a licensed Marriage, Family, Child Counselor
    7/90 - 8 /94

    Registered intern supervised by Alan Javurek, PhD.
    9/88 - 7/90

    Staff Counselor and intern
    Family Service Association of Santa Cruz
    6/85 - 3/89

    Cabinetmaker, Carpenter, and Bookseller
    Santa Fe, Los Angeles, and Santa Cruz, CA
    4/77 - 9/88

    Education and Training

  • Classes in Perl, PHP, C++, and Java programming languages, MySql database, graphic design and Macromedia Flash through UCSC Extension, San Jose State University Professional Development courses, and Cabrillo College.
  • Desktop Publishing Certificate, Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA.
  • M.S. Clinical Counseling, Cal State University, Hayward.
  • B.A. Liberal Arts with concentration in Psychology, Antioch University, Los Angeles



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