Curriculum Vitae
Web & Graphic Designer
Personal information
| Name | Zivile GUDAITIENE | |
| Telephone | +370 657 70091 | |
| zivilegu@hotmail.com | ||
| Nationality | Lithuanian | |
| Date of birth | 1976 07 16 | |
| Gender | Female |
Summary
I have over 5 years of experience in professional web and graphic design. I'm designer with professional experience in both corporate and creative environments, extensive artistic and computer skills. I focus on combining form and function: aesthetic design in a usable interface. I have worked as part of a design team as well as independently.
Skills
Knowledge in the listed applications & languages:
- Adobe Photoshop (excellent), Macromedia Fireworks (basic)
- Adobe ImageReady (excellent)
- Adobe InDesign, PageMaker(excellent)
- Corel Draw (excellent), Macromedia Freehand (basic)
- Macromedia Dreamweaver (excellent)
- Macromedia Flash (good)
- (X)HTML, CSS (excellent)
- Flash Action Script (basic)
Core strengths:
- Graphic design for web from corporate and government to creative styles
- Graphic design, books, brochures, leaflet and print preparation
- Web animation
- Working with the pen tablet
- Logo, identity design
- Software interface (icons, buttons)
- PowerPoint templates
- Information architecture, usability & Web Standards
- Online courses design
Work Experience
Web & graphic designer - September 2004 to Present
Beti design - Vilnius, Lithuania
Website design. Animating banners in Flash. Designing printed materials: brochure, leaflet, book, CD covers. Identity, logo, stationery, business card design.
Web & graphic designer - September 2004 to Present
Kaunas Technology University, Distance Education Centre - Kaunas, Lithuania
Website design. Print and multimedia material targeting to adult students. PowerPoint templates. Animating banners in Flash.
Designer - April 2004 to September 2004
Baifoteka - Kaunas, Lithuania
Website design. User interface design, buttons, architecture for software solutions. PowerPoint templates.
Specialist - October 2002 to January 2004
Centre of Information Technologies of Education - Vilnius, Lithuania
Ministry of Education and Science website administration.
Freelance Designer - 2002 to Present
Managing website projects and dealing with clients. Designing website architecture and layouts, navigation. Hand-code and validate (X)HTML and CSS for cross-browser compatibility.
Education
Master of information and communication, publishing
Vilnius University, 2002 - 2004
Art teacher qualification
Vilnius Pedagogical University, 1995 - 1999
Bachelor of Natural Sciences, chemistry
Vilnius Pedagogical University, 1994 - 1998
Languages
English (good)
Russian (good)
Lithuanian (mother tongue)
Conferences, workshops
Usability in Education Web Sites, conference "Information Technologies 2007" .
Kaunas, Lithuania, January 2007
"Design for people", masterclass of Artemy Lebedev, head of bigest design studio in Russia.
Vilnius, Lithuania, November 2006
Membership
Member of National Association of Distance Education
Interests
Literature, art, alternative cinema, cycle, swiming, cooking.
References
Available upon request.