Preferred Skill set

• Professional photography, handle lighting, and make expert use of Photoshop for post-processing, adding effects, etc.
  Illustration, vector and non-vector,
  - Professional illustration experience
  - Highly proficient in creation and modification of vector graphics using Adobe Illustrator and Flash, vector shading to produce realistic objects.
• Logo Design
  -Must be able to design, process, and modify logos at an expert print-ready level, using industry standard tools.
• Pre-Press Prep
  - experience in working with process and spot colours, and experience in production of print-ready materials.
• Typesetting and Layout
  -experience required in InDesign, Quark, HTML, and CSS for publishing.
• Flash Animation/ActionScript programming
  -Animate self-illustrated vector creations, work with guide-paths, and show web-published works to demonstrate proficiency.
  -Experience in sound-editing tools to create/modify sounds, mix, and insert into flash content.
  -Create dynamic ad banners using ActionScript, and embed video clips, produce mouse-over expanding ads, and make and use of XML, spreadsheets and RSS feeds to populate them.
  -creation of simulated 3D product walk-thru with a simple interface that visitors may use to view products from all sides.
• Web Development
  -Advanced knowledge of website layout in HTML code, and be proficient in CSS, and mindful of current web-standards.
  -Ability / experience in
• A)dynamic web applications using HTML forms, XML, PHP, SQL, Pearl, and JavaScript.
  B)trouble-shoot existing website code, and fix/update where needed.
  C)programming practices, and re-usable coding practices and techniques.
  D)offer technical solutions and enhancements to improve website user experience, and be able to implement those ideas.
  E)write easy-to-use web applications to streamline data-collection processes.
  F)creating and managing databases.
  3D modeling
  -Experience with 3D modeling
  Concept sketches/3D illustration
  - 3D concept sketches (by hand) for new products with realistic material shading (pencil and pen).
• 3D Package design
  -Experience in production of designs that wrap around boxes, create innovative package designs, card holders and press packages (leave-behinds), pop-up business cards, and small-format fold-able 3D media for distribution.
  Instructions and Help Documentation
  -experience in creating diagrams and product walk-thru to be printed instructions for existing products.
  -production of  HTML/Javascript/Flash based interactive tutorials as accompanying documentation to be placed on the web.
  Content Creation / Editing
  -Experience editing and creating textual content for a variety of applications.
  Instruction and training - Be able to train co-workers in Adobe and Microsoft products, and general computing environments.