Justin Herrera's Portfolio

Season's Beatings

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The site played on the 12 Days of Christmas theme and updated by itself daily to reveal the new challenge. ASI Communications did the design and I developed it using jQuery, PHP, and MySQL. A lot of optimization went into making the site run faster including local Google Analytics, CSS sprites, and minification of CSS and JS.

The Carney Group Website

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The Carney Group designed the site and I put it together using X-HTML, CSS, and JQuery. The site also has a custom content management system built with PHP and MySQL.

Works Computing

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Designed by ASI Communications, this site was developed with a custom CMS. I used mod_rewrite for URL reformatting to help their SEO. I integrated TinyMCE as well as preview function in the back-end. Everything was built from scratch, with the exception of TinyMCE.

My Personal site

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My personal site showcases work from a variety of categories. It also serves as a mini-blog. This site has a lot of different features including a user login system, comments, a CMS, dynamic galleries, as well as a bunch of small CSS tricks.

KM Building Company Website

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KM Building Company is another project I did as an intern at The Carney Group. They designed it, and I built it with X-HTML, CSS, and Flash. The second phase of the project consisted of building a separate back-end for KM Building Company to manage the beginning of other projects. This section required the use of PHP and MySQL.

Parker Rosen Website

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This is a clean and simple website produced for the Minneapolis-based law firm Parker Rosen. It was designed by The Carney Group and put together with X-HTML and CSS. This site was built after they moved their office and has greatly improved their image.

Independence Day Speech

This project uses kinetic typography to represent the President’s speech in the movie Independence Day.

Ultimate Fight

This audio/video project consists of two people fighting over the last Starburst in a package. The epic fight moves from hand to hand combat to lightsabers! The audio was produced using the Foley technique (audio was recorded after the shooting of the video and then integrated during post-production).

Relativity vs Quantum

Using only two colors and type, I demonstrate the difference between general relativity and quantum mechanics.

Music provided by Unearthed Music

Digital Resume

Unlike a traditional paper resume, this resume demonstrates my skills visually.

The one and only...

Justin Herrera graduated from The Art Institutes International Minnesota with a Bachelor's Degree in Web Design & Interactive Media. He lives and works in the Twin Cities area.

Skillset

His skill set includes but is not limited to PHP, MySQL, X-HTML / CSS, video editing, motion graphics, JavaScript, Flash and ActionScript (AS2 and AS3).

Ambition

As an interactive developer, Herrera believes it is important to diversify his skills and constantly learn. Justin enjoys working on projects that stretch his abilities and allow him to combine more than one of his skills.