Evan Calkins

Because of my love for design and typography, I began letterpress printing as a hobby in my garage in 2010. Since then, it's turned into a profitable business venture. I create letterpress printed materials for customers all over the world. I currently have two full time employee. Duties and accomplishments include:

• Designed Hoban Cards (Drupal Commerce) and Hoban Press (Kirby CMS), which were both featured on several design gallery websites.
• Used Drupal and Drupal Commerce to build a custom website to accommodate the unique needs of Hoban Cards to accept and process orders across the globe.
• Designed and created a custom shopping cart using Ruby on Rails to accept online orders. (Hoban Cards v.2)
• Designed thousands of custom letterpress printed business cards and stationery items for a worldwide clientele.
• Fulfill rush orders and coordinate shipping logistics for international customers.
• Hired and Manages two full time employees.
• Gained valuable knowledge on effective advertising techniques and approaches including interacting with ads on major social media platforms and promoting products through blogs and podcasts.

In 2008 I joined a team of 3 developers to produce and maintain internal software for Lewis County Washington. I create and maintain all front end code for over 20 internal and external facing web based software applications. Specific accomplishments include:

• Created my own CSS framework for rapid development and consistency between county software.
• Designed and implemented a complete custom interface for our custom developed CMS.
• Designed, implemented and maintained over a dozen public and private web based applications including the Lewis County Washington Website, River Readings, Road Conditions, Parcel System, Burn Permits, Jail Roster, and the Small Works Roster - among others.
• Developed simple Ruby on Rails and Sinatra applications from the ground up.
• Worked with templating languages within Ruby on Rails and .NET MVC.
• Helped maintain our code base using Git for version control.
• Created a touch based kiosk for campus navigation.
• Designed all county branding including logo, letterheads, and business cards.
• Coordinated projects within a small team of 3 developers.
• Utilized Haml and Scss to make writing code quicker and easier.

I received my start working for Swecker Creative, a small web development company based in Seattle. Since then, I've worked for myself doing freelance web design and development for small businesses and individuals.

• Design, Built and Deployed dynamic Drupal websites.
• Designed my own custom Content Management System for use on small to medium websites.
• Created 20+ websites for clients and businesses over the past 10 years.
• Designed logos, banners and print items with Photoshop, Illustrator and Fireworks.
• Hired and managed my own freelance help.
• Designed custom Wordpress templates and installs.
• Worked with PHP and mySQL to provide dynamic content.
• Managed DNS and domain settings.

Recently designed websites included: Flex Fuel, Hoban Cards, and Keikeu Cake Boutique.

After working as I barista for Starbucks, I was promoted to a shift supervisor position were I was responsible for handling cash and overseeing shifts.

• Learned the ability to stay composed in a high stress, quick moving environment.
• Made fast paced decisions while responsible for 4+ employees.
• Ran shifts while coordinating breaks and changing schedules.
• Responsibly handled sizable amounts of cash.
• Provided excellent customer service in difficult retail scenarios.

After graduating High School, I graduated from a two year ministry school focusing on ministry, service, and character building.

• Traveled to Scotland on a mission trip twice to work with children in poor neighborhoods.
• Traveled around the Northwest assisting dozens of churches and cities.
• Studied and practiced public speaking in front of hundreds of people.
• Lead first year students as a second year intern.
• Studied college courses from Berean University (Global University) and obtain my Christian Workers Certificate from the Assemblies of God Denomination.
• Organized events.

Graduated with honors from Centralia High School in Centralia Washington.