Michael T. Smith
717.413.8218 (mobile)
8623 Fifth Avenue, Apt. 2, Brooklyn, NY 11209-5241
michael@michaeltsmith.net
http://michaeltsmith.net


{Objective}
	To obtain a job in design and development collaborating alongside a team on new and innovative projects while furthering my own abilities and contributions to open source communities.

{Professional Experience}
	New York University Infant Action Lab
	Research Assistant / Research Scientist | January 2004 to Present
	Worked as an undergraduate, and later as research staff, with graduate students, research staff and faculty on the development of experiments focused on perception of motor affordances in infants and adolescent children. Research presented in New York City (NYU URC), Florida (VSS) and San Diego (CDS, ISDP). Administrative work included management of grants (>$50,000), projects and students. In charge of design and preflight of all figures and graphics for publication. Consulted on-location and via video conference for Eastern Tennessee State University.

{Freelance Experience}
	Enhanced Office
	Contract Developer / Designer | December 2007 to Present
	Worked with management to develop whole sites using WordPress & ModX based on a single page design by in-house designer. Complete websites turned over within 15 hours on every project. Responsibilities included installing and configuring content management systems for individual sites, creating template for entire site using standards compliant code and consulting on design of the sites. Provided maintenance on existing pre-developed sites.

	Dr. Barbara Chasen / barbarachasen.com
	Designer / Developer / Photographer | November 2007 to January 2008
	Designed and developed a new site to replace Dr. Chasen's previous, static site. The new site was built on top of a custom content management system that used jQuery to create a more comfortable working environment for the user.

	Philip Chasen Antiques / chasenantiques.com
	Designer / Developer / Consultant| April 2007 to Present
	Worked closely with Philip Chasen to make continual updates to his antiquities sites adding functionality while re-factoring the code to create more standards compliant websites. Modifications included increased JavaScript functionality, search engine optimizations, database internationalization and Flash video streaming.

	SueWilkowski.com
	Photographer / Designer / Developer | May 2006 to October 2007	
	Worked as portrait photographer for author's book-flap and promotional materials. Designed a functional, fun website for this children's book author. Development included a calendar application and downloadable activities for teachers and students.

	Camp Lindenmere
	Web Developer / Graphic Artist | September 2005 to January 2007
	Developed web applications for use by directors, office staff, parents and campers, worked with third-party vendors to create a SOAP-based authentication system for visitors of the website, and overhauled the existing website to use valid HTML, CSS and Javascript while keeping the existing design. Offline, directed strategy and design for mailers and advertisements for use in magazines and other trade publications. Additionally, produced a monthly 12-page, full color newsletter including overseeing multiple writers and illustrators while handling development of features in forthcoming issues.

{Other Projects}
	Aurora Mineral Corporation / December 2007
	SummerSolutions / summercampfair.net / November 2006
	
{Skill Sets}
	Software: Adobe Creative Suite, Lightroom, Apple Final Cut Pro, Aperture, iLife, Subversion, CVS, SPSS
	Programming: HTML (xHTML), CSS, JavaScript, PHP, MySQL, Smarty, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Java
	Content Management Systems: WordPress, ModX, Movable Type, Mephisto
	Computer Systems: Mac OS9, OSX; Windows XP, 2000, Vista; Linux

{Education}
	New York University,
	College of Arts and Science
	Bachelors of Arts,
	Psychology & Sociology
	May, 2007