Jason A. Doerck
- j.doerck@gmail.com
- +1 619.206.3437
- More Info: http://doerck.net/
- VCF
Skills
- Development: HTML, CSS (SASS), JS (jQuery), Ruby on Rails, LAMP, JSP, CVS/SVN/GIT, WordPress
- Software: Adobe Creative Cloud, JetBrains IDEs
- Other: Agile Development, CMS Development, iBook Layout, SEO, Sound Design, Music Composition
Select Professional Experience
Self-Employed
Web Developer / Sound Designer / Recording Artist
1990 to the present
- Web development in PHP/MySQL, Rails & JSP
- Front end responsive layouts employing latest HTML, JS & CSS technologies
- Sound design & multimedia
- Original soundtrack composition & remixes
- Recording artist with 10+ released albums
- Clients include Westfield, Wired Reviews, CBS Interactive, Björk, Creative Commons, The Discovery Channel & ResMed
CNET Networks, Inc.
Global leader in online media, information and news
August 2002 to June 2008
Manager of Web Development
November 2006 to June 2008
- Managed developers and producers, driving projects from conception to deployment
- Oversaw a nationwide team of 7 employees
- Directed the development of 12+ CNET micro- and vanity sites per year
- Drove technical development of the first new CMS at CNET in 8 years
- Produced sound effort estimates for large scale projects for partners and external clients
- Provided Lead Website Developer expertise to business partners and development staff
- Recruited new talent and guided existing employees
- Env / Tech: JAVA/JSP, PHP, JS (Moo), AJAX, CVS, FreeMarker
Production Manager
April 2006 to November 2006
- Managed production team providing editorial project workflow across the CNET Redball brands
- Served as liaison to the design, product and editorial teams to insure bug-free, on-time feature publishing
- Developed procedures and systems to expedite the publishing process cutting the production times of articles by 25%
Senior Web Developer, Music & Video Downloads
July 2005 to April 2006
- Designed, developed, implemented, tested, and maintained aspects of the JSP codebase
- Contributed expert knowledge of HTML, CSS, and cross-browser and cross-platform issues companywide
- Employed programming principles such as conditional statements, looping constructs, variables, functions, and relational database concepts
- Produced sound effort estimates for small projects, bug fixes, and enhancements; and assisted engineers in resolving operational issues
Senior Web Developer, MySimon.com
August 2002 to July 2005
- Designed, implemented, deployed and maintained the live production JSP codebase
- Contributed and shared expertise of CSS, XML and cross-browser issues companywide
- Provided business partners and external advertising partners with sound effort estimates for medium to large-scale projects, bug fixes and enhancements
Panmedia / Learn2
Senior Staff Technologist
June 1998 to March 2000
- Coded dynamic, content driven sites in PHP
- Actualized proprietary web formatted animation with XML, graphics and markup
- Clients included Hewlett-Packard, Thelen Reid and Priest LLP & Learn2
One/Eleven
Audio Engineer / Traffic Manager
March 1995 to June 1998
- Recorded voice-over talent, created sound effects and delivered final commercials
- Managed duplication and shipment of commercials to 100+ radio and television stations
- Developed comprehensive intranet database of clients and stored media
- Built and maintained studio website which featured audio clips and videos
- Clients included Hewlett-Packard, Quicken & St. Ides
In Color
Production Manager / Colorist
January 1990 to November 1994
- Provided art direction and technical guidance to staff and partners
- Liaised with key clients and vendors
- Colorized comic books via proprietary software package
- Computerized and traditional film pre-press layouts
- Clients included Image Comics, Dark Horse Comics & Harvey Comics
Education
Introduction to Flash
Academy X
June 2004
AA in Anthropology
Palomar College
August 1990