Brandon Schmittling
received his BA in Digital Arts and Sciences
from the University of Florida and is working
as staff designer for Free Range Studios
in Washington, DC. He has worked
as a web and print designer for the Star
banner & Gainesville
Sun Newspapers, the University of Florida,
WebFirst, and HZDG. Brandon
has also been a freelance designer and consultant
for more than 6 years with his own company,
Cluster Media.
Brandon 's skill set is unrivaled. He has
planned and produced video for TV/Broadcast,
entire feature DVD's and served in directorship
positions for Gator Growl and Dance Marathon.
He is comfortable using web/multimedia programs
for advanced projects including CD-Rom development
and kiosk design. Brandon has worked on database-driven
web projects, custom software, and produced
collaborative marketing materials when needed.
Brandon is focused, adaptive, and capable
of taking on a variety of job responsibilities.
He is well informed and can make competent,
critical decisions related to his field.
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| Bachelor
of Arts in Digital Arts and Sciences,
Digital Worlds Institute, University
of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 2004 |
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| Section
508 Certified, Web Accessibility
Standards of the U.S. Rehabilitation
Act |
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Web
Designer for Free Range Studios
2007 - Present,
http://www.freerangestudios.com |
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Web
Designer for HZDG 2005 - 2007,
http://www.hzdg.com |
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| Web
& Creative Designer for WebFirst,
Inc. 2004 - 2005, http://www.webfirst.com |
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| Founder
and Creative Director of
Cluster Media 2000 present,
http://www.cluster-media.com |
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| Multimedia
Designer, Multimedia Specialist,
Syncreta Associates, 2004
present, http://www.syncreta.com |
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| Multimedia
Content Producer, Career
Resource Center, University
of Florida, Gainesville,
FL, 2001 2004 |
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| Technical
Committee Chair, Kappa Sigma
Fraternity, University of
Florida, Gainesville, FL,
2002 2004 |
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| Video
/ Web Chair, Dance Marathon
University of Florida, Gainesville,
FL, 2003 Present |
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| Graphic
/ Web Designer, College of
Health & Human Performance,
University of Florida, Gainesville,
FL, 2004 |
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| Video
Director, Gator Growl, Produced
by Blue Key, University of
Florida, Gainesville, FL,
2003 |
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| Intern,
Gainesville Sun Newspaper,
Gainesville, FL, 2002 |
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| Intern,
Ocala Star Banner Newspaper,
Ocala, FL, 2000 |
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| Project
based... |
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| Information
Architecture, Wire Framing, Interface
Design, Asset Management, Lunch
Ordering and Fulfillment, Site
Maintenance, Collaborative Media,
Ethnographic Research, Launch Party
Planning, Requirements Gathering,
Proposal / RFI Writing, Standards
Development, Foosball Tournament
Bracketting, Documentating, Client "Fire
Fighting", Image Doctoring & Touch-ups,
Happy Hour Coordinating, On-Site
Software & System Training,
Web & Video Motion Graphics
and Animation |
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| Software
packages... |
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| SiteCore,
Dreammweaver MX, Fireworks MX,
Contribute, Flash MX, Photoshop
CS, Illustrator CS, Acrobat, GoLive,
ImageReady, Type Manager, LiveMotion,
Microangelo, Word, Powerpoint,
Excel, Outlook, Visio, AfterEffects,
Premeire, LiveStats, GoldWave,
ReelDVD, TopStyle, Sorenson Squeeze,
Reason |
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| Languages & Technologies... |
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| HTML,
XHTML, PHP/MySQL, Cascading Styles,
Javascript, ActionScript |
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| Around
the office... |
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| Research,
Demos, Teaching, Puppeteering & prop
comedy, Troubleshooting, Furniture
Moving, File & format conversion,
Obscure song recognition, Industry-pulse
checking, Standards Bearing, MP3
Organization |
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| Some
experience with... |
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| Server
maintenance and behavior, Email
and site connection issues, Compressing
and Streaming Video, Home brewing,
Digital Photography, mySQL, Networking,
Computer upgrades, Removing Soy
Sauce stains, .Net Platform, ColdFusion
Environment, DHTML, Mobile Operating
Systems & Browsers |
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(240) 687-6967
Clients
References
Projects
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| Brandon
was awarded the "Silver Award
for Best Redesign" during the
Third Annual Greystone.Net "Best
In Class Awards" (Caesars
Palace, Las Vegas) for his work with
All Children's Hospital in Tampa.
Read more about the Best In Class Awards. |
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Brandon
is recently listening to...
Invitation Songs
The Cave Singers
Broken Social Scene Presents Kevin Drew
Broken Social Scene
Pet Grief
The Radio Dept.
Underwater Cinematographer
Most Serene Republic
Destroyer's Rubies
Destroyer
Five Roses
Miracle Fortress |
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| Brandon
was quoted in a report by U.S.
News and World Report entitled "The
new hot jobs on campus" (by Justin
Ewers), an article from the popular
feature "America's Best Colleges
2003". |
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Brandon
is working on...
Strengths
Movement
Alternative educational
strategy rewarding
student strength
instead of weakness
The AidRelay
Bulletin Board and
direct Aid effort
to help future disaster
victims
Darfuri Leaders Network
Online space to unite
all of the Darfuri
Diaspora groups in
the United States |
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| Suzan
Hutchins from Syncreta Associates
recently gave Brandon a rave
review: "About the website....well,
it is just terrific. It looks
first class, really, easy to
get around and use, colorful,
and clearly thoughtful. We [Syncreta
associates] are very proud to
be a part of it!" |
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Brandon
was awarded the Career Resource
Center Director's Award of Excellence
for 2004. "[Brandon] has always
been not only a helping hand, but
in most cases a competent partner
in making sure that the students
at the University of Florida get
as much out of the CRC as they
can." William Lewis,
Information Systems Director |
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