Hi! I'm Thomas Buzelli

{ Web development + Design + Photography }

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A little about me

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I’m a UI/UX designer and front end developer from Orange County, CA.  While my main area of expertise is web based, I also offer graphic & print design and have recently taken to photography.  Interactive design and development is my passion and I take great joy turning problems into simple elegant solutions.

Recent Work

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Work Experience

  • ACTIV Health

    Front End Developer

    Was the lead UI/UX developer for both of our Hybrid Apps. Our Apps were built using AngularJS, Node.js, Cordova, and Ionic and were available for both IOS and Android systems.

    Responsibilities:

    • Worked closely with Art Director to Design wireframes, user flows, and hi-res comps.
    • Took final design comps from PSD to HTML and CSS.
    • Created Global stylesheets that were able to be used across all of our platforms.
    • Front end development using HTML, Css/Sass, Javascript, and AngularJS.
    • UX tests to test the usability of across iOS and android devices

    Skills Used:

    • HTML5/CSS3
    • Sass & Less
    • Grunt
    • AngularJS
    • Javascript
    • jQuery lite
    • GIT

  • RD&M Creative Agency

    Lead Web Designer | Front End Developer

    Worked directly with clients to plan, design, and develop website projects from start to finish. Most of our projects were small business branding sites and the majority of them were built on Wordpress. I started at this company as an intern and worked my way up to lead designer in just 3 years.

    Responsibilities:

    • Communicated with clients from all different types business to best plan out their branding strategy.
    • Created branding assets and logos.
    • Designed and setup email marketing campaigns.
    • Designed Business cards and other print material.
    • Designed full high-res compositions for final review by clients.
    • Set new clients up with hosting and domain names.
    • Took design comps and developed them into custom Wordpress sites.
    • Created documentation for the clients CMS.

    Accomplishments:

    A site I deigned for House of Sillage was awarded a Top Consumer Product at the OC Addy awards.

    Skills Used:

    • Photoshop
    • Illustrator
    • HTML5/CSS3
    • Sass & Less
    • Wordpress
    • jQuery
    • Hosting and DNS
    • Campaign Monitor

  • Accurate Title Group

    Graphic Designer | Email Marketing

    My desire for design first began while working for Accurate Title when I was put in charge of the email marketing department in 2010. My responsibilities included designing the HTML emails for our newsletter, brochures, and the business cards for our company.

    Responsibilities:

    • Create branding assets for the company including business cards, print flyers, and logos.
    • Design and send our email marketing newsletter.

    Skills Used:

    • Photoshop
    • Illustrator
    • Campaign Monitor

Education

  • Saddleback

    College

    Associates of Science Degree in Web Design

  • Dana Hills

    High School

    High School Diploma

Development Skills

HTML5

CSS3

Sass/Less

WordPress

jQuery

AngularJS

Git

Grunt

PHP

MongoDB

Usability Testing

Prototyping

Design Skills

Photoshop

Illustrator

Lightroom (photo editing)

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