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Welcome to my personal and professional site. This site is basically about me and my work. It also showcases my graphic and web design skills. Visit my Portfolio for some examples of the work I have produced over the last years.
Welcome
About
About Me
My name is Jaap-Hein Wester, I am born in Zwolle and live in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
I started as a self-educated person in the field of graphic- and webdesign. Through reading books, websites and forums I aquired considerable knowledge of XHTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, MySQL, XML and ActionScript. In my career I also learned about IIS, MSSQL, Classic ASP, ASP.net, XSLT and extended my knowledge as a Front-End Developer.
I have experience with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Macromedia Flash, Dreamweaver, AutoCad and the Office programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
Getting a web browser to do what I want is a challenge I like to take on and I have also experience in creating email newsletters that are readable in different mail clients.
September 2005 I started the part time study Communication & Multimedia Design.
Download Resume (Word document, dutch).
Resume
School:
- Vrije School (Waldorf School) in Zwolle and Zutphen.
- HAVO (Higher General Secondary Education) diploma.
- Opleiding Bouwkunde (engineering), Hogeschool Rotterdam.
- Opleiding Communicatie & Multimedia Design, Hogeschool Rotterdam.
Work:
- Waiter in Hotel New York, Rotterdam.
- Employee public service, gatekeeper and pay-desk employee in Luxor Theatre, Rotterdam.
- Cateringwork, officework via Randstad Uitzendburo.
- Computer lessons and support to students Bouwkunde and AutoCad, Academie IT.
- Implementation and check of participant files for the Albeda college, Rotterdam.
- Customer Service and Support Representative, first line support for internet and billing questions, Callcenter UPC Netherlands in Capelle a/d IJssel.
- Quality & Service Team, domainname administration, website managment and deployment, ISM eCompany, Rotterdam.
- Front-End Developer, creating cross browser websites from designs for clients. ISM eCompany, Rotterdam.
Training periods:
- HBG Utiliteitsbouw, Regio West, Capelle a/d IJssel, Work: World Port Center.
- MVRDV Architecten, Rotterdam.
Travel and interests:
- A year travelled and worked in Australia, New Zealand and Indonesia.
- Photography, travel, architecture.
Knowledge of languages:
- Dutch in word and writing.
- English in word and writing.
- German.
In possession of drivers license A (motorcycle) and B (car).
Work
The website for the Rotterdam VHS festival.
A mix of some older and more recent designs and projects.
A site to promote the events of student association ORGA.
Soon I will upload more work!
Contact
Contact me directly
You can contact me by email on jaap-hein[curly thingie]westermail.nl.
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