marianne.masculino

about me

i am a web/graphic designer. i’ve had this gig since late 2002. i was born in germany and grew up in places like kentucky, california and texas. with my jetsetting childhood(ha), i find that i can easily adapt in any environment. i have an eclectic taste in music, movies, food, tv … whatever. i am constantly in learning mode, because there is so much out there to be discovered. i have a knack for knowing useless pop culture facts and i make a mean white chocolate bread pudding. although a bit shy, i’m almost always laughing(atleast smiling) and enjoy being a silly broad.

i am…

creative, organized, self-motivated, a team-player, able to work on tight deadlines, reliable, diligent, kind, good-tempered, dorky

i heart…

designing stuff, social networking, learning new web technologies and design trends, reading, watching movies, taking pictures, collecting post-its, video games, going to concerts, sewing, cooking, laughing, coffee, gelato, turquoise objects, traveling, my chucks

proficiency

• Adobe - Photoshop, Illustrator, GoLive, InDesign
• Macromedia - Fireworks, Dreamweaver, Director, Flash
• Microsoft Productivity Tools - Word, Excel, Visio, Outlook
• Other - Notepad++, Subversion, ModX, SugarCRM, Textpad, Lighwave 3D, Apple Final Cut Pro, FileZilla, WSFTP
• Experience in both PC & Mac Environments
• XHTML/CSS based layout production (semantic mark-up, cross browser compatibility)
• Experienced in Accessiblity Issues (WCAG 1.0 & Section 508)

member of/participated in

• AIR Houston 2006
• Refresh Houston
• Houston CSS Meet-Up
• Houston Web Design/Graphic Design Meet-Up
• BarCampHouston
• Startup Weekend (San Francisco & Los Angeles)
• [View Resume & Portfolio] (will open in new window)

What others are saying:

Melissa Garcia [04/12/2007]

Marianne or Marianna as I call her is a super sweet chick. She’s a very organized & multi-talented individual. Although she doesn’t admit to it. To simply put it she’s my designer comrade in crime. And always manages to put a smile on my face. If you don’t hire her, then you are missing your chance to work with true “awesomeness”. And I will personally slap you! No I won’t but she is awesome & extremely talented. She’s basically a creative nutball who’s always smiling to the point where others can see her joy!

Ayo Babalola [03/26/2007]

mariannemasculino is a cool chick.
she is creative, fun-loving and has a great sense of humor. I like when she calls me any of my eight names. She always has an interesting story to share. I like when she spontaneously changes hair color depending on her mood. She is…how do you say?…”jawesome”