Susannah Sahim
Web Illustrator, Web Designer
susiesahim@paperdemon.com
San Jose State University (SJSU) (August 2001 to May 2007) – BFA Art, Illustration (Dean’s Scholar)
Silver Creek High School (SCHS), San Jose (August 1997 to May 2001) – Institute
of Management and Technology
(Computer Science)
Central County Occupational Center, San Jose (August 1999 to May 2000) – Multimedia Design
Web Design, Web Illustration, Web Infographics, Leadership, Web Development, Freehand Drawing, Painting, Storyboarding, Branding, SEO (Search Engine Optimization).
XHTML, XML, CSS, PHP, JavaScript, DHTML, SQL, XSLT, jQuery, Photoshop, Flash, Illustrator, Corel Painter.
July 2008 to present - Web Designer
June 2007 to June 2008 - Associate Web Designer
November 2006 to May 2007 - Web Specialist Intern
May 2006 to August 2006 - Graphic Design Intern
Google, Inc.
Micheal Lopez
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043
Illustrate Google holiday logos.
Design icon sets for web application interfaces.
Create illustrations for promotional landing pages
Design icons for use in Google applications and static pages.
Create product icons for various Google services
Build tools/scripts to increase productivity of graphics team tasks
Document processes of the graphics team.
April 2005 to May 2006 - Webmaster
High Five Comics
Michael Sanchez
http://www.highfivecomics.com
http://www.captainradonline.com
Note: this website is no longer available. Please see sample screenshots on the Web Dev page
Developing customized web comic software with easy to use backend
Building website templates and creating graphics under the art direction of Michael Sanchez
Implemented my own Forum/BBS software with a custom comic book look
June 2003 to present – Co-Webmaster (Volunteer)
Shrunken Head Man Animation/Illustration Club (SJSU)
http://www.shrunkenheadman.com
Demonstrated leadership skills as an officer of the club
Collaborated with co-Webmaster for the club, Zachary Knoles
Learned clean HTML design practices (separating formatting from documents)
Learned CSS language
Created searchable resource links database
September 2002 to present – Webmaster, Owner
PaperDemon.com Art and Writing Community
http://www.paperdemon.com
Learn and practice knowledge of CSS, JavaScript, DHTML, PHP, and MySQL
Earned “Cool Site of the Day” for March 11, 2006 (http://coolsiteoftheday.com)
Manage Moderators
Generated traffic of 29,000 unique visitors per month and increasing
Developed all the PHP software which runs the site
User logins
Artwork: image uploads, searchable, categorized, scripts generate thumbnails
Writing: html document uploads, searchable, categorized, multiple chapters
Critique threads for both artwork and writing
Forum/BBS
Email notification of new critiques
February 2003 to December 2004 – Webmaster
Meridian Computer Satellite Wireless
Sam Mortazavi (408) 979-9084
1584 Meridian Avenue
San Jose, CA 95125
http://www.mericomp.com/computer/
Provided on-site computer services, including teaching clients computer skills
Created a MySQL and PHP driven website
Designed flyers and logos
Animating and producing a successful internet Flash parody show called Zarbon’s Masterpiece Theater at http://www.zarbononline.com
Writing Photoshop tutorials
Selling original artwork on products http://store.paperdemon.com
Available upon request.