Matt Yo·der

B.A. in Communication, Goshen College, Goshen, Ind., December 2008
Minor in Graphic Design

• Web Design - HTML, CSS, Caravel, Drupal, Dreamweaver, Flash, Web graphics
  Designed Web sites for the Center for Mennonite Writing, Morning Song and The Record.
  
• Graphic Design and Multimedia - Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign
  Developed print and Web pieces for classes, research program, and internship.
  
• Journalism - The Goshen College Record weekly campus newspaper
  Served as a copy editor, Web editor, and writer.
  
• Spanish - Peru Study-Service Term, cross-cultural semester abroad
  Studied language and lived with host families for three months in Lima and Caraz, Peru.
  

• Mennonite Mission Network, January 2008 – August 2008
  Web content intern
• Maple Scholars Program, Summer 2007
  Building a Web-Based Center for Mennonite Writing
• Goshen College Public Relations, Spring 2007
  Web design assistant

I designed this site for a peacebuilding consultant and implemented it using a simple custom PHP content management system.

I designed and coded a database-driven Web site for the new Center for Mennonite Writing. For the template, I abstracted images from the Fraktur art tradition in order to evoke the "Mennonite experience" without confining it.

In this Web site, created as part of a research project, I explored the relationship between the photo-sharing site Flickr and post-photography.

In this graphic design project, I created a visual identity for VitalSpark, a fictitious genetic engineering company. I designed a logo, stationary, advertisements, product package, and visual identity manual.

I designed a site for the fictitious business as part of an Office Software Productivity class project. In the design, I considered the business's down-to-earth image.

In this collaborative class project, I helped to create a virtual photo tour for the Merry Lea Environmental Center using Flash. I designed the main interface and wrote ActionScript.

I designed this online writing portfolio as my final project for Expository Writing class. The essays included, based on the theme of technology, are among my best from that semester.

I designed a Web site for the Morning Song worship service as my final project for Creating for the Web class. The site includes a photo gallery, a calendar of services and participants, and a contact form, and though fully functional, it was never maintained.