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Hours: 333 450
Assignments: 19 21

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Location:
Udhagamandalam, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, India (GMT+05:30)
English Skills: (self-assessed)
5.0
Member Since:
May 8, 2008
Last Worked:
December 24, 2008
oDesk Ready:  
Yes
 
 
 
 
Affiliated with: TypeHost
Feedback:  (4.85 of 5)
Total oDesk hours:
450
Location:
Udhagamandalam, India (GMT+05:30)
Member Since:
May 8, 2008
Last Worked:
December 31, 2008
Current Assignments:
3
Total Assignments:
21
 
 
 
 

Jeffrey S. - Web Design / Graphic Art - Drupal - Open Source CMS Design - TypeHost Website / Graphic Designer, India

I am an American web designer and graphic artist with 13 years experience working on both mac and pc platforms. Most of my work has been in Dreamweaver, Flash, and Photoshop traditionally, however over the last 3 years, nearly all of the web development work has been in Open Source Content Management Systems (CMS) such as Drupal, Joomla, and WordPress. I currently live in India, in the Nilgiri mountains, and am working to set up an IT outsourcing company. We have a new team in...
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Recent Work History & Feedback
Buyer ID From/To Job Title Paid Feedback
47480 06/2008 - Present Web designer for travel site (FLASH) $903 (fixed-price)
50033 12/2008 - Present FAST JV PROJECT $62 (4 hrs @ $16.88)
41135 08/2008 - Present Drupal Development $125 (fixed-price)
45770 12/2008 - 12/2008 Very basic Drupal page with shopping cart $586 (fixed-price)
59357 10/2008 - 10/2008 Migrate existing site into Drupal $858 (57 hrs @ $15.00)
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oDesk Tests Taken
Name of Test Score Percentile Date Taken Duration
English Test (Sentence Structure) 4.75 92% TOP 10% 05/10/2008 14 min
Editing Skills Certification 4.10 87% TOP 20% 05/10/2008 22 min
Technical Writing Skills Certification 3.60 83% TOP 20% 05/10/2008 30 min
Search Engine Optimization Test 2.90 77% 05/10/2008 37 min
Adobe Photoshop 6.0 3.40 71% 05/10/2008 35 min
Recent Candidacies
Job Opening Title Initiated By Date
Drupal Site for Hip Hop Magazine Provider January 6, 2009
Drupal 6 theme port from Drupal 5 Provider January 6, 2009
Drupal Social Network Site development Provider January 4, 2009
Develop new Corporate Website using Drupal Provider January 3, 2009
Editor in Chief for Online Publishing Startup Provider December 31, 2008
Drupal Expert needed for online peace contest Provider December 31, 2008
Drupal Project Buyer December 30, 2008
Drupal/Ubercart theme/site Development Provider December 19, 2008
AIML chat bot creator Provider December 18, 2008
Senior Drupal Developer Provider December 18, 2008
Job Category Interests

Web Development

Writing

Graphic Arts & Design

Audio / Video & Multimedia
Skills
Skill Experience Level Last Used Description
Design/Flash 10 yrs 4.0 2008
Drupal 3 yrs 4.0 2008
HTML/DHTML 10 yrs 4.0 2008
Photoshop 10 yrs 4.0 2008
PHP/MySQL 3 yrs 4.0 2008
SEO 3 yrs 4.0 2008
Tech Writer 10 yrs 4.0 2008
Certifications
Date Earned Name Score Percentile Organization Description
2008 Certified Adobe Photoshop Designer [oDesk]     TypeHost Adobe 5.0, 6.0, & CS
2008 Certified Drupal Administrator [oDesk]     TypeHost Drupal 4.x, 5.x, & 6.x
2008 Certified English Editor [oDesk]     TypeHost English Copywriting - Composition, Editing, & Proofreading
2008 Certified SEO Consultant [oDesk]     TypeHost SEO Campaigns - Analysis, Link Building, & Promotions
2008 Certified Tehnical Writer [oDesk]     TypeHost Tech Writing & Content Development
Employment History
From To Company Title/Role Description
05/2008 Present typehost.com Web Designer / Graphic Artist / Team Lead India Outsourcing - Web Design & Hosting
09/2006 11/2007 Avatar Web Design Web Designer / Graphic Artist / Independent Contributor + Web Design: specializing in Open Source Content Management Systems
+ Platforms: Drupal, Joomla, Gallery, SMF, WordPress   
+ Design Work: Oddcast / SitePal Avatars
+ Software: Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia Dreamweaver, PHP, MySQL  
10/2002 08/2006 Soma Graphics Web Designer / Graphic Artist / Team Lead + Web Master & Graphic Design Work
+ International Export – Nepali Handicrafts 
+ Management & Logistics - local artists, workshops, and art dealers 
+ Duties: Photography, Digital Archiving, Research, HTML Publishing 
+ Software: Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia Dreamweaver  & Flash
09/1995 12/1999 Ketamedia Web Designer / Graphic Artist / Independent Contributor + Web Design & Graphic Arts
+ Creation of Print Advertisements for Magazine & Newspaper Publications
+ Business Cards, Menus, Calendars, Direct Mail Campaigns, Coupons
+ Software: Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia Dreamweaver  & Flash
Other Experience
Teaching English Abroad (ESL):
SHIN SUNG JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, An Yang City, South Korea (2000)
837-16 Kyungi-do - Anyang, South Korea 041-016
+ Third Grade Middle School English Conversation Instructor 
+ Longman “Take Off” book and course materials
Teaching English Abroad (ESL):
CHO LANGUAGE INSTITUTE, (2001-02) - Pohang, South Korea 
+ English Conversation for Middle School, High School and Adult Students 
+ Advanced “Free Talking” for Adult Students 
+ Introduction to English Composition
Teaching English Abroad (ESL):
POHANG IRON AND STEEL COMPANY, (2001-02) - Pohang, South Korea 
+ Business English Instructor for POSCO 
+ Students: POSCO Engineers, preparation for going abroad & research 
+ Books Used in the Course: “BBC English”
Teaching English Abroad (ESL):
CLUBFRIEND.COM – KOREA, (2000) - Sanbon, South Korea 
+ Advanced and Intermediate English Conversation Instructor – “free talking” 
+ Developed course content, discussion topics and extracurricular activities
Teaching English Abroad (ESL):
KO’ONTIK ACADEMY, (1997) - San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico 
+ Introductory English Grammar and Conversation Course 
+ Taught hotel and restaurant workers for business applications
Education
From To School Degree Area of Study Description
09/1995 06/1996 California Institute of Integral Studies - CIIS Other Philosophy, Cosmology, & Consciousness
09/1988 05/1992 University of Virginia Bachelors Religion
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Hourly Assignment History
Buyer ID From/To Job Title Paid Feedback
50033 12/2008 - Present FAST JV PROJECT $62 (4 hrs @ $16.88)
59357 10/2008 - 10/2008 Migrate existing site into Drupal $858 (57 hrs @ $15.00)
52120 07/2008 - 09/2008 Drupal & PHP Web Development $343 (25 hrs @ $13.89)
50033 07/2008 - 09/2008 Tattoo related articles. $2,392 (191 hrs @ $12.50)
53157 08/2008 - 08/2008 Build a Fun Social Community Web 2.0 Site on www.Ning.com Experienced, Efficient , Reliable Programmer needed $2 (1 hrs @ $13.89)
52970 08/2008 - 08/2008 Drupal gui expert. $431 (31 hrs @ $13.89)