Wade Hampton

experience

FDT Design · Freelance Developer & Designer · March 2011 - Present

The Fare Group

• Custom Wordpress Theme Development, including HTML, CSS and JQuery.
• Customization of Property Plugin for searching and creating property listings.

Opera Solutions

• Developed a user interactive microsite for Opera Solutions.
• Currently redeveloping Opera Solutions main site with a full redesign.

More Than Us · Freelance Developer & Designer · December 2010 - Present

Avistar

• Custom Wordpress Theme Development for high volume CMS-driven site.
• Custom template development, including HTML, CSS and JQuery.
• Worked directly with designers and client to develop effective user interfaces and content delivery solutions.

eSafeDocs

• Custom Wordpress Theme Development, including HTML, CSS and JQuery.
• Development of user calendar, contact library and file upload and sharing, within the members section of website.
• Managed offsite team for Calendar and File Upload development.

moonit · Freelance Designer & Developer · October 2010 - February 2012

Designed and developed of various online marketing tools for Astrology based relationship website.

moonit iPhone App

• Created wireframes and flow chart for new iPhone Application.

Star Match Game

• User experience design and development of a celebrity mini match game based on astrology.

the Love Calculator

• User experience design and front end development of an astrological compatibility micro site.

Various Freelance Creative

• Designed website for International Healthcare staffing company.
• Developed standardized WordPress theme, working closely with SEO specialists to raise online awareness.

• Custom Wordpress Theme Design & Development for a Brookln based Tutoring Company.
• Custom template development, including HTML, CSS and JQuery.
• Store signage and window display design.
• Design of various marketing materials for publicity.

• Designed large scale light box advertisements for international chain of full service spas.
• Redesigned of website homepage and the template structure for site, excluding the product pages.
• Content Management template development.

• Designed sections of Tom Brady's presonal website under the direction of an award winning creative director.
• Comped pages in flash for the flash development team.

The Episcopal Church · Art Director/Lead Designer · 2003 - Oct 2009

• Responsible for leading the visual direction of online and print projects for the Episcopal Church.
• Designed and oversaw production of all visual materials for tri-annual Episcopal Church General Convention, including news websites, convention booth layout, large banner displays, various signage, marketing materials and merchandise.
• Worked within team to design and develop an online media tool for showing live and on-demand video, for aggregating news and blogging resources, incorporating social networking and instant messaging.
• Worked as a project manager and information architect for design and development projects.
• Oversaw all aspects of design and development for an Episcopal News Agency.

AOL | Time Inc · Designer/Front-End Developer · 2002 - 2003

• Designed look and feel for AOL's "New Programs" area of their Media Networks website and developed templates for the interior pages.
• Worked within a development team creating and implementing front-end templates for AOL Kitchen Assistant.

Sotheby's · Front-End Developer/Designer · 1999 - 2000 & 2002

• Developed front-end templates and integrated into dynamic pages for Sothebys.com auction website.
• Designed buttons, forms and user interaction for the design team.
• Created better practices for coding standards guideline to be used by developers and trained junior front-end developers.

education

Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, GA - Painting and Drawing
University of Georgia, Athens, GA - Drawing and Art History

skills

Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, HTML, CSS, jQuery, PHP, Flash, Wireframes, Photography, Screen Printing, Electric and Upright Bass