Robert Palmer is a digital problem solver who lives and works in San Diego, California.

Work Experience

DEPARTURE

• From: March 2021
• To: present
• Reporting to: Creative director
• Routine assignments: Start-to-finish WordPress website development and maintenance, IT and system administration, PowerPoint
• Special projects: Floor safety captain, snack club coordinator, receptionist
• Selected customers: Hunter Industries, Mission Trails Regional Park Foundation, ResMed, Seer.bio, XiFin
• Ask me about: How to inherit a website

ViaSat, Inc.

• From: September 2016
• To: February 2021
• Reporting to: Marketing director
• Routine assignments: Data sheet production, PowerPoint
• Special projects: Annual reports, company rebrand support in 2017
• Reason for leaving: No path to full-time employment

Honest Code

• From: November 2007
• To: February 2021
• The business I ran: A full-stack WordPress development and graphic design shop for clients who appreciate hand-crafted, accessible, standards-compliant websites
• Selected customers: Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter
• Longest-served customer: Since 2012
• Ask me about: Losing a customer to myself
• Reason for leaving: Needed health insurance

Miriello Grafico

• From: June 2002
• To: November 2007
• Reporting to: Owner
• Routine assignments: Packaging design and production, catalog and website production, IT and system administration
• Special projects: Migrated the agency to Mac OS X in 2004
• Selected customers: Gemological Institute of America, Hewlett Packard, Iomega, TaylorMade-adidas Golf
• Ask me about: Managing translations for 13 languages
• Reason for leaving: Wanted to start my own business

NextLeft

• From: May 2000
• To: April 2002
• Reporting to: Art director, marketing director
• Routine assignments: Sales material creation and maintenance, PowerPoint
• Special projects: Website development with Macromedia Flash
• Ask me about: The first dot-com bubble
• Reason for leaving: Agency had no customers

The Daily of the University of Washington

• From: October 1998
• To: June 1999
• Reporting to: Production editor
• Routine assignments: Sports page layouts, feature double trucks, delivery of artwork to printer
• Special projects: March Madness special section, editorial inserts, subbed for production editor once or twice
• Ask me about: Using a wax machine
• Reason for leaving: Academia wasn't for me

Opto 22

• From: August 1997
• To: August 1998
• Reporting to: Webmaster
• Routine assignments: HTML page creation, documentation migration to HTML
• Special projects: Experimented with drag-and-drop product configuration
• Reason for leaving: Went to college (briefly)

Education

University of Washington

• From: September 1998
• To: May 1999

Graduate, Temecula Valley High School

• From: August 1994
• To: June 1998