Jon Bates Design

Online Flash / Flex / AIR Developer + Creative Director + User Interface Developer + Rich Media (RIA) Online Content Designer+ Mobile Apps + Widget Designer + User Experience Specialist + Online Content Consulting

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Jonathan Bates offers rich media creative and development services for clients seeking to develop online content experiences.

Areas of expertise

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  Flash/Flex/AIR design + development

  Interactive media creative

  Large project creative direction

  User experience design (UI/UX)

  Analytics-based product evolution


Areas of further expertise
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  Building products and designing content
    across multiple platforms, mediums &
    legacy systems

  Dynamic rich media applications

  Silverlight & HTML5

  Data-driven website development

  Mobile application development
Android
iPhone
iPad
Flash/Flex for mobile
Adobe CS5 toolset
  Widget development

   Social media integration

  
Google+ / Facebook corporate identity

  
Experience and success 
     managing development teams,
     budget oversight, schedule
     planning & compliance, team
     leadership, self-direction and
     peer mentoring



Technical abilities

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  Mastery of Adobe CS tools: AIR, Muse,

    Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Illustrator,

    InDesign, Flex, Flash

 

  Cloud development using multiple

    interoperable tools; Microsoft 365;   

    Google Apps APIs; SharePoint integration;

 

  Multi-platform and four-screen product

    development, including global localization

  Product design and development via

    Microsoft Expression & Visual Studio

  Extensive experience in advanced design,

    production and authoring of CMS-based

    sites; rich media with interactive &

    real-time data interoperability

    customized web applications, including

    widgets

 

  Development of dynamic ad units and

    off-site brand extensions, including

    micro-sites and one-off promotional efforts

  Copy and technical writing, with extensive

    experience creating copy for consumer,

    advertising and corporate communications

  Products that look sharp, excite the user,

    prove their effectiveness, and extend the
    brand while enhancing market positioning


What makes great creative?

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To make designs and ideas into reality, one must understand and adapt to the challenges of development and ongoing production of a site, application or platform.


Jonathan has extensive experience not only designing the visual aspect of online content, but the back-end development work as well.




Microsoft Advertorial Special (on CNET)
Design Director / Concept designer

 

 

More resources: Jonathan Bates

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Reference Links

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Apple Computer channel CBT
Platform architecture / Art Director



Let's Talk.

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If you would like to talk
about your current creative needs, please feel free to email or submit info via online form.

Thank you for your interest and time!


Jonathan Bates              
(612) 217-1115





iFeel RapidChart iPad Tablet application

Platform architecture / application design / product design