Brian Green

Owner / CodeMaster

Portland, OR, USA
BHG Creative is a small freelance business that specializes in creating websites, collateral, and identity for small businesses. Ultimately our goal is to design interactive media installations using Java, C++, and other associated cloud technologies.

Work Experience

Pro Photo Supply

Sales Associate

Responsible for selling cameras and camera supplies for both film and digital. Part time while attending the Art Institute.
August 2004 - April 2007 Portland, Oregon, United States

Portland Trail Blazers

Web Marketing Intern

Assisted the Web Marketing team with website updates including player profile pages, photo galleries, the "Taco Bell Slam Dunk of the Game", and the news feed. Also assisted in the testing of the Trailblazers online community located at http://www.iamatrailblazersfan.com.
November 2006 - April 2007 Oregon, United States

BHG Creative

Owner / Creative Guru

Owner and operator of BHG Creative. Handles all day to day responsibilities of the business including programming, design, billing, and client communication.
April 2007 - Present Oregon, United States

Timberline Tool

Webmaster/Graphic Designer

We assist in the monitoring and reporting on website traffic and performance in addition to creating HTML email templates and newsletters for e-mail marketing campaigns. We also develop web-site mock-ups for clients to ensure quality control and client satisfaction before project development phase. Executing and monitoring standards for user interfaces, page design and graphics development. Soon we will be transitioning into web application development.
June 2008 - Present Montana, United States

PNW-ISA

Webmaster

Oversees website development, updates, and design. Handles all postings, content creation, mailings to members, and a user database of 1700-2500 that fluctuates with membership enrollment. Handles support for online course registrations and other online payment methods.
June 2009 - Present Silverton, Oregon, United States

Education

Whitefish High School

High School Diploma

September 1992 - June 1996 Whitefish, Montana, United States

University Of Montana

Bachelor of Arts

• Major in Literature
• Minor in Communications
• Designation of University Scholar (Graduated from Honors College)
September 1996 - May 2001 Missoula, Montana, United States

Rocky Mountain School Of Photography

Summer Photography Intensive

11 week photography intensive spent shooting film, developing prints in the darkroom, and using light to capture imagery. Instructors worked with groups of 30 students to explore ideas and concepts related to photography.

Skills gained included:

• composition principles
• DSLR operation
• darkroom skills
• digital scanning, printing, and understanding of how photoshop is used in photograpy
June 2002 - September 2002 Missoula, Montana, United States

The Art Institute Of Portland

Associate of Arts - Graphic Design

August 2004 - April 2007 Portland, Oregon, United States

Flathead Valley Community College

Online Certifications

Courses attended and passed included SEO Certification, Designing Effective Websites, and Intermediate PHP Programming online courses.
April 2011 - September 2011 Kalispell, Montana, United States

Oregon State University

Java Bootcamp Certificate

Java, .NET, C++ Programming
Corvallis, Oregon, United States

Languages

French (Beginner),

Skills

.NET, Adobe Acrobat Professional, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Indesign, Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop, C++, CSS Programming, Dupal, HTML Programming, Java, JavaScript, Jquery, PHP Programming, Web Design, Web Development, Webmastering, Wordpress Theme Development,

Content Management Systems

Blogs - Wordpress, Drupal, CMS Made Simple
Ecommerce - Shopify, OsCommerce, ZenCart
Support - OsTicket
Elearning - Moodle

Qualifications

- Programming and design skills
- Strong analytical skills
- Web content management
- Database servers
- Structured query language (SQL) expert
- Project Management
- Content management systems
- Landing page development
- Information security
- Strong collaborative skills
- Mobile application development
- Excellent problem solving skills

Accomplishments

Operational Management

- Identify, recommend and prioritize new Web features and applications in conjunction with business leaders and department managers.
- Develop, code, install, test, debug, and document Web applications using appropriate editors.

Website Design

- Create and maintain websites for clients including Timberline Tool, The World Forestry Center, Oregon Community Trees, and Oregon Tree Care. Create accent graphics, banner ads, icons, animations and logos using Photoshop and Illustrator along with hand coding and creating themes from scratch or from designer files.

Search Engine Optimization
- optimize websites for top page placement on Google