Chris Harvan

About

With a BFA in Drawing from the Cleveland Institute of Art, this individual has a strong foundation in the arts. Their career journey includes roles such as CEO, Sculptor, and Craftsman at Aril Memorial LLC, where they elevated objects of remembrance into meaningful experiences. As a Principle at Skipstones Media, they demonstrated adaptability in managing web-based projects for small businesses and non-profits. Their expertise in design, development, and project architecture was evident in their role as a Partner at Stone Gears LLC, where they spearheaded the formation of the business entity and led the conceptualization and development of iPhone apps. Their experience as a New Media Designer at Nottingham-Spirk Design Associates further honed their skills in internet solutions and multimedia presentations. With a diverse skill set that encompasses art, design, and technology, this individual has made significant contributions in various creative and managerial roles.

Experience

• CEO | Heartfelt Death Care Designer | Sculptor | Craftsman · Aril Memorial LLC07-01-2012

  Aril elevates objects of remembrance into experiences for your hands, heart, mind, and spirit.

• Principle · Skipstones Media12-01-2007 – 05-01-2021

  Highly adaptive management/design/development of web-based projects for small businesses, non-profits, or other developers/creatives/agencies. Architecting complex processes/projects as part of project design/selling cycle, guiding stakeholders to project and business choices that give them the most cost-effective, long-term solutions that put them in the driver's seat with appropriate amounts of control. Designing on-brand pages, components, and interactions with stakeholders to produce thoughtful results using Photoshop and Illustrator. Hand coding clean HTML/CSS (XHTML, HTML4, and HTML5/CSS3 where appropriate) by hand, mixing in PHP, JavaScript or any other language/technology as needed. Various content management system integrations, including Drupal, Expression Engine, Magento, Shopify, and especially WordPress. Integrating any tool/language/platform/web service as needed to serve the needs of the project. Ability to parse and integrate highly technical, trade-specific information into relatable human interaction. Adept to expert use in Adobe Creative suite with strong but highly flexible design sensibilities that key off of business/project/brand appropriate aesthetics. Location photography, product photography, logo design, illustration, art direction, 3D modeling, GIF animation, banner ad creation, PowerPoint design/creation. Extensive creation of email campaigns from scratch as well as within frameworks such as MailChimp and Constant Contact.

• Freelancer · Arras Keathley Agency01-01-2012 – 01-01-2012

  Implementation of GE Lighting micro-sites. Consulting on GE lighting US implementation of drive for global consistency. Provided various web production and IT support. In-depth analysis of GE Lighting's Omniture data identifying weaknesses and opportunities for improvement.

• Partner · Stone Gears LLC04-01-2009 – 02-01-2010

  Spearheaded business entity and legal formation of LLC and coordinated approval as Apple Developer. Assembled a team of creatives/developers to concept iPhone apps and led in brainstorming and development. Designed corporate/product logos and websites; coded websites and launched within Ruby on Rails framework. Crash-coursed in SVN and became familiar enough with C to handle all UI aspects of development. Successfully launched iPhone app that encouraged interaction with the natural world (Fireflies) and was the most downloaded app in category for one day.

• New Media Designer · Nottingham-Spirk Design Associates10-01-2005 – 12-01-2007

  Design and build of client internet solutions including Graphic User Interface and HTML/CSS. Maintenance of internal website and multimedia presentations.

Education

• Cleveland Institute of ArtBFA, Drawing
• NormandyCollege Prep, Art

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