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Carlos Diaz
Suwanee, GA 30024
[email protected]
Phone: 404-641-8987
BILINGUAL GRAPHIC, WEB DESIGNER AND WEB DEVELOPER.
Enthusiastic, innovative and self-motivated website developer and designer with over 5 years
experience in building, analyzing, and improving websites for businesses across multiple industries.
Proven experience and success working within a Marketing department as an individual and team
member. Skilled in prioritizing and managing multiple tasks simultaneously. Able to identify problems
and execute quick resolutions. Comprehensive expertise across design, development, testing, debugging
and documentation of web applications.
12 years experience designing offline products (Press printing) that supports company growth and intended
branding.
Skilled in contributing to create a comprehensive company identity through graphic development, and employee
training; consistently enhances existing designs and website programming for high performance.
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Design Skills
Adobe Suite CS6
Photoshop
Illustrator
Dreamweaver
Flash*
PSD Animation
Fireworks*
Indesign*
Corel Draw
Streamline
Quark Express*
Web Development Skills
HTML
HTML5
HTML5 Responsive
HTML for Mobile
CSS
CSS3
SCSS(Mid level)
Media queries SASS
SQL (Mid level)
Javascript (Mid level)
JQuery (Mid level)
PHP (Mid level)
MySQL Database (Mid level)
Joomla
Search engine optimization
HTML email
Twitter Bootstrap
Foundation Platform
Sublime Text2
Other Computer Skills
Video editing
Sony Vegas
Adobe Premiere Pro
Pardot (Mid level)
Google Analytics
Microsoft Office
SEO: Webfire
Facebook
Twitter
Blogger
Ning
Wirify (Wireframe)
Blueprint (CSS framework)
Balsamiq Mockups
Flairbuilder Mockups
Screenfly (testing device)
Carlos Diaz
SEO Search engine optimization:
Expert Level:
Expose article into a video. Create videos with built in cameras, and/or submit videos to video sites all at
once! PowerPoint-type slides - Built in video submitter to submit videos to the top video sites.
Submit alert messages to search engines and other top sites about the release of a new website or new
content in any blog or site.
Submit alert messages to all the top sites to increase chances of getting indexed and noticed faster, and
thus increase chances of ranking well too.
Management of title tags, descriptions, image tags, etc. Title tags, descriptions, image tags, etc. all are
very important factors in SEO and ranking in search.
Publishing keywords and management of a specific video and article content to any blog.
Sitemap set up from any url.
SEO strategy. Homepage verification and targeted keywords set up. SEO-related HTML tags
management. SEO metrics, links back etc.
Tracking a page rank by keyword. Awareness of positive/negative trends.
Submit article(s) to the top article directories to get extra exposure, traffic, back links, rankings, Set up of
articles to only top major sites.
Conversion of one keyword into 100 related keywords and check to see how many searches a month
they get.
Carlos Diaz
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Freelance
September 28 2012 – Current date
Freelance Graphic and Web Designer
Executed online and offline design concepts. Web design, web developing, print media, video editing,
SEO, Foundation platform Responsive html5 coding and more..
Cox Digital Media, Dealerrmatch.com Atlanta
July 23 2012 – September 28 2012
Contractor Graphic and Web Designer
executed design concepts and layouts for Dealermatch.com. Online and offline designs such as logos,
banner ads, Landing pages, and printable promotional for a Trade Show.
web design and developing with the following technologies: HTML ▪ HTML5 ▪ XHTML ▪ CSS ▪ CSS3 ▪
HTML5 Responsive (for different devices)
MySQL Database
Sublime Text2 (Professional Coding platform editing)
Foundation platform Responsive html5
Twitter Bootstrap platform Bootstrap Responsive
PHP: Designing and developing php landing pages and forms websites including validation
Autotrader.com / Cox Enterprises, Atlanta, GA
2008 – September 2011
Graphic Web Designer
Executed design concepts and layouts for Latin division, autotraderlatino.com. Headed up design team
responsible for online and offline designs such as logos, banner ads, website pages, and printable
promotional pieces for both Autotrader.com and Autotraderlatino.com.
 Led design team that created a new internal web site for autotraderlatino.com that provided
sales and business support such as accessing sales reports, forms, articles to support sales, and
sales impacting tips.
 Within 30 days developed 12 web pages that a project team had been previously tasked with six
months earlier and resulted in one page development.
 Designed Autotrader Magazine layout and color schemes that appealed to interest of the Latino
community and was successfully integrated into Latino business.
 Created design concepts and layout for Autotrader Latino’s mobile application.
 Suggested, designed, and received approval for implementation of banner sales for additional
revenue.
 Spotlight of the Year Award recipient for PHP website and sales assistance.
 PHP: Designing and developing php landing pages and forms websites including validation
 mySQL databases, connections and tables
 Php code sanitation and templates
 Php login
 Php register
 Html/html5 php pages (hybrid)
Carlos Diaz

Php application to manage content pages
El sol Magazine latino
Graphic and Web Designer
2005 - 2008
Designed print and web media
 Designed e-book covers and graphic elements for websites including icons, buttons,
background, flash and static banners as well as billboards, flyers, business cards and signage.
 Designed CD cover for Gloria Estefan, Miami
 Designed website El Sol Magazine and templates for joomla site.
 Created 751 designs for Broward County Yellow Pages as well as cover design
 Managed copy layout, advertising, sales, ad focused toward Latin American Communities
AlmaVision, Miami, FL
2004 - 2005
Senior Graphic Designer
Designed print media for corporate and promotional purposes for this Christian Hispanic Television
Network
 Developed Network’s first website that had Christian look and feel with Pastor and Channel
President video message on home page.
 Contributing team member that developed commercials through video editing.
World Emblem International, Miami, FL
2003 - 2004
Art Director
Led a pre-production team of 16 graphic designers responsible for quality of products
 Utilized Vector design for embroidery, press printing, screen printing (including color separation)
and perfect print.
Green Light Printing, North Miami, FL
2001 - 2003
Graphic Designer / Press Printer
Managed daily workflow of incoming print projects by designing promotional pieces such as postcards,
flyers, posters, business identity packages, and magazine layouts
 Developed website that increased customer flow.
ColorLife Printing, Miami, FL
Graphic Design Artist
Executed design concepts and layouts for various print media.
EDUCATION
ITT – IAC Buenos Aires, Argentina
Certificate of Computer Graphic Design
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Languages Spoken: Spanish – English
2000 – 2002
Carlos Diaz