Graphic Design, Web Design, Web Development

The Software and The Possibly-Related Skills

To be successful in all things graphic design, web design and web development, there are a fair number of programs, apps and technologies you must know. Here are a fair number that I know and/or love. Some more than others. Contact me for details.

Also, see my design/development portfolio for examples of how I’ve put these bits of code and knowledge to good use.

Copywriting, Editing
Copywriting + Editing
Figma
Figma
AdobeXD
Adobe XD
Photoshop
Adobe Photoshop
Illustrator
Adobe Illustrator
InDesign
Adobe InDesign
Premiere
Adobe Premiere Pro + AE
HTML5
HTML
CSS3
CSS
Sass
Sass/SCSS
Visual Studio Code
VS Code
Sublime Text
Sublime Text
PHP
PHP
JavaScript
JavaScript
TypeScript
TypeScript
Microsoft Word
MS Word
Microsoft Excel
MS Excel
Microsoft PowerPoint
MS PowerPoint
Slack
Slack
WordPress
WordPress / WordPress.com
Git
Git
GitHub
GitHub
Docker
Docker
Gulp
Gulp
Parcel
Parcel
Webpack
Webpack
Jira Project Management
Jira Project Management
AdRoll Retargeting
AdRoll Retargeting
Google Admin Apps
Google Suite /
Google Admin
Google Analytics
Google Analytics
jQuery
jQuery
Let’s Encrypt
Let’s Encrypt
Linux
Linux
Ubuntu
Ubuntu
Apache
Server Admin
(LAMP, AWS)
Klaviyo
Klaviyo Email Automation
MailChimp
MailChimp
Node.js
Node.js
NPM
NPM
Postman
Postman
Roots
Roots
Magento
Magento

BigCommerce
Shopify
Shopify
Woo Commerce
Woo Commerce
SketchUp logo
SketchUp
Blender
Blender
Stripe
Stripe
TeamViewer
TeamViewer
Trello
Trello
Upwork
Upwork
Affinity Designer
Affinity Designer
Affinity Photo
Affinity Photo
Affinity Publisher
Affinity Publisher
DaVinci Resolve
DaVinci Resolve
Open Broadcaster Studio
Open Broadcaster Studio

Possibly Related

In addition to the software above, I’m actually quite adept at hardware and the IT side of things. Worth a mention because this always seems to be needed—and greatly appreciated. For example, new computer (and user) setup, user management, hardware upgrades (hard drives, memory, video cards, cameras…), printers, wired and wireless networking (ask me about my love of Ubiquiti/UniFi) and more.

Thanks to years of in-depth camera geekiness experience, I often serve as the in-house photographer and video guy; seems to go along with the territory.

Also good with hand tools and power tools, just in case you were wondering. 😉

Current Play List

Pun intended. I’m always interested in—and playing with—new(ish) technologies and trends. Keeping up with everything isn’t possible, but lately these have made the cut: