Rich Rizzo Email & Phone Number

Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

Owner of Sprouted Rock Web Design. Provide web design services to individuals, businesses, and organizations. New websites, mobile development, website redesigns, adding custom features, Javascript, HTML, content, imaging, assistance with social media, SEO, and domains. Enjoy working with Squarespace and Wix platforms.https://sproutedrock.com

Remote

Web Design. JavaScript, HTML, CSS, jQueryTeach students how to use HTML, CSS, Javascript, and jQuery with one another to make interactive pagesCreate and edit weekly video lessons. Provide timely grading and feedback. Host office hours for college studentsDemonstrate a powerful iterative design process students can use for both mobile and web design, emphasizing the importance of prototyping and testing

Oakland, Ca

Develop fun, and dynamic computer science curriculum, focusing on coding fundamentals, algorithms, and the intersections of art and technologyCreate scaffolding for project-based learning, promoting hands-on understanding and application of JavaScript, and the Scratch programming languagePrepare students for AP Computer Science Principles Exam and associated Performance Tasks Serve as a mentor to a diverse, engaging group of high schoolers in differentiated classroom setting

Menlo Park, California

Monitor content coming into one of the most trafficked areas of Facebook. Ensure maintenance of high quality standard for all 1 billion of Facebook users. Work with cross functional product teams to further this initiative as well as communicate trends that are seen that will help improve Facebook products.

San Francisco, Ca

Completed an intensive, immersive web development course and utilized Ruby on Rails, Javascript, the MEAN stack, and APIs to build modern web applications.Projects: Fleeting Beauty - What do the images we consume say about ourselves? What preconceived notions do we have about a place? Worked collaboratively in Rails with Javascript to build a photo voting site. Employed restful routes, Flickr API, D3, as well as Google Maps Matrix and Geocode APIs.Github: https://github.com/bw-giraffe/project_1 Heroku: https://still-eyrie-9071.herokuapp.com/ Vagabond - Tasked to build a travel website as a small group. Collaboratively planned, built, and deployed a full-stack Ruby on Rails application using Github, pair-programming, and agile workflow. Github: https://github.com/bw-giraffe/project_vagabond Heroku: http://vagabonder.herokuapp.com/ Three Parks - Visited 3 National Parks in 2015 and wanted to a create place for people to view photos and video, and add trails. Tasked to build and deploy a full-stack app using a non-relational database and asynchronous Javascript frameworks. Github: https://github.com/bw-giraffe/project_1Heroku: https://still-eyrie-9071.herokuapp.com/ Contourz - Wanted to create a blind contour drawing app for the web. Used Ruby on Rails, Javascript, and the HTML 5 Canvas to build a fun, interactive drawing experience where users can see their fellow artist's renditions of images.Heroku: http://blinddraw.herokuapp.com

Hayward, Ca

Multimedia Artist-in-Residence

San Francisco Bay Area

Write, edit, and publish content. Manage blogs, Wordpress, and social media accounts for clients, including Facebook, Houzz, and Twitter. Oversee hundreds of products in inventory, both online and in-store. Compose monthly newsletters. Create compelling activist content for print and web, with a strong attention to detail and visual hierarchy. Design floor layouts for conventions and residential homes using AutoDesk AutoCAD. Clients include Eastern Classics Furniture Store, Christopher Gaona Design Studio, and Tenants Together.

Worcester, Ma

Served as the Assistant Manager for the Clark Community Thrift Store. Created store promotions and managed inventory. Collected, sorted and redeemed tons of recyclable materials around the Clark campus.Improved accuracy and efficiency of recycling process.

Worcester, Ma

Investigated grants for service programs, including substance abuse recovery and homeless shelters.Interviewed community leaders about city needs assessment.Edited and redesigned newsletter using Adobe Creative Suite.

London, United Kingdom

Served as a secretary at British Parliament development conferences and HIV/AIDS policy meetings.Recorded and edited meeting notes with organizations like Amnesty International and the World Bank.Canvassed policy initiatives for the Stop AIDS Campaign.Successfully promoted films at cinemas throughout Londonfostering awareness of HIV pharmaceutical costs.

Master'S Degree, Interaction Design And Interactive Art

Focus on user experience, testing, visual prototyping, programming, and content development. Arduino hardware, sensors and actuators..

Web Development Immersive

12-week intensive Web Development program. Focused on languages/frameworks such as JavaScript, Ruby on Rails, Angular, Node.js.

B.A., Government And International Relations

Minor in Studio Art, Photography concentration.