Soulpancake

Starting as an intern and growing to be a contractor,  I've spent the last year working with the co-founders of SoulPancake Rainn Wilson and Devon Gundry, as well as a development team from across the country. Together we've managed to take what was simply a functional system and turn it into a beautiful and useable web app. I used my skills in design & development to take an idea from mock ups to prototypes to the final product.

Technologies used:

  • HTML
  • CSS/CSS3
  • jQuery
  • PHP

Skills utilized:

  • branding
  • user experience
  • layout
  • design & aesthetics
Soulpancake.com Screen Shot
Soulpancake.com Screen Shot
Soulpancake.com Responsive Emailers

SP Conversations

The Soulpancake Conversations app was a focused subsection of the SoulPancake website experience. I was in charge of building HTML, CSS and jQuery mock-ups as a proof of concept for the product to be developed in native app languages.

Technologies used:

  • HTML/HTML5
  • CSS/CSS3/SCSS
  • jQuery

Skills utilized:

  • user experience
  • layout
  • project management
  • design & aesthetics
SoulPancake Conversations App

FancyGram

FancyGram is a project Bryan Frank and myself developed as a way to experiment with fresh web technologies and ideas. The idea is to "Say it with some emphasis" when simple text isn't enough. We used the international envelope and the idea of a formal letter as inspiration and took this project from concept to completion.

Technologies used:

  • HTML
  • CSS/CSS3
  • jQuery
  • PHP

Skills utilized:

  • branding
  • user experience
  • layout
  • design & aesthetics
FancyGram Full Site
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FancyGram rough logo designs
FancyGram final logo designs
FancyGram Business Cards
FancyGram desktop wireframe
FancyGram mobile wireframes
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FancyGram desktop wireframe

Eric.Rykwalder

Eric Rykwalder is a self taught back-end coder extraordinaire. He approached me about forming a partnership with him to design and create the front-end of his code focused blog. I decided to rely heavily on shapes, textures and colors to set his digital insights apart from the aesthetically bland competition.

Technologies used:

  • HTML/HTML5
  • CSS/CSS3/SCSS
  • jQuery

Skills utilized:

  • user experience
  • layout
  • project management
  • design & aesthetics
Soulpancake.com Screen Shot

Grids.ee

Designed to allow fellow front-end developers quick access to a baseline grid, Grids.ee is a jQuery plugin intended for use in a development environment making the implimentation of vertical flow a simple step.

Technologies used:

  • HTML
  • CSS/CSS3
  • jQuery
  • PHP

Skills utilized:

  • branding
  • user experience
  • layout
  • design & aesthetics
Grids.ee screen shot

Hexu.al

Hexu.al is a quick-build website intended to provide designers with a fun way to discover and decide on project colors.

Technologies used:

  • HTML
  • CSS/CSS3
  • jQuery
  • PHP
  • XML

Skills utilized:

  • branding
  • user experience
  • layout
  • design & aesthetics
Hexu.al Screen Shot

résumé

Skills

  • Layout Design
  • Branding
  • Typography
  • HTML/HTML5
  • CSS/CSS3/SCSS
  • jQuery
  • Git
  • Illustrator
  • Photoshop

Education

The Art Institute International Minnesota

Bachelors of Science in Web Design and Interactive Media, with High Honors

June 2012

President's list

  • 2008,
  • Spring 2010,
  • Winter 2011

Dean's list

  • 2008–Present

Employment History

Aimia

Plymouth, Minnesota

Associate Interactive Developer

April 2012–Present

Responsible for merging low-level wireframes with high-level mocks ups, I integrated content management systems into client's products for both mobile and desktop experiences, bringing the final product from the flat files designs into interactive creations.

SoulPancake

Los Angeles, California & Minneapolis, Minnesota

Intern

April 2011–June 2011

Front-end Design & Development

June 2011–Present

Started as an intern and transitioned into a contract position, I worked with a small team from around the country to update and develop new features for SoulPancake's system. Leading the front-end creation, my responsibility was to design, prototype, refine and deploy HTML, CSS and jQuery pages.

AlphaGraphics

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Bindery Production

October 2010–June 2011

Working with client's products, I cut and bound printed material to produce their final items.

The Art Institute International Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Tutor & Teacher's Assistant

October 2009–June 2010

As a tutor, I helped fellow students increase their understanding in front-end theories and languages.

about myself

A scholarly portait of Zach Wolf

My name is Zach Wolf. I'm a young gun from Minneapolis looking to make beautiful things on the internet. I love rock 'n' roll music, staying up way too late, terrible Kid Rock references and creating wonderful user experiences through my skills in front-end design & development.

contact

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