Curriculum Vitae

Christopher C. Clay
Vienna, Austria
mail@c3o.org

General information

2001 – 2006: FH JOANNEUM, Graz
(University of Applied Sciences)
Information Design degree program
Dipl.-Ing. (Master of Science equiv.)
Major "Interaction and Media Design"
graduated with honors
1993 – 2001: Bundesgymnasium Wien XVIII
(High School, Vienna)
A-Levels in English, Psychology & Philosophy and Geography – graduated with honors

April 2006 –: Knallgrau, Vienna
Graphic design & HTML/CSS implementation for Vienna's leading social software agency.
Fall 2004 – Spring 2005: eatdrink, Chicago
Internship: web design, development
Summer 2004: FH JOANNEUM, Graz
Intranet redesign (concept, design and code)
Concepts for planned website redesign
Summer 2003: Leopold Museum, Vienna
Assistance in the Graphics & Web department
CD-ROM production, design of promotion material
since 2001: Freelance web design and development
for dozens of small businesses, the FH JOANNEUM and the Municipality of Vienna.

Topics: Information design
User-centered design & usability, accessability
Graphic design, Typography
Web design and development
Interface design, web standards, browser comp-
atibility, search engine optimization, databases
Screen design, CD/DVD production
Video editing, motion graphics (basics)
all relevant industry standard software
Programming/Markup: XHTML, CSS
JavaScript/AJAX/DOM Scripting
PHP, Ruby (+Rails), ASP, MySQL
XML: Xpath, XSLT, ATOM, XUL etc.
Lingo, Valentina DB
Processing, Virtools

Characteristics: Creativity, fast learner, eager to expand knowledge on own initiative, flexibility, enthusiasm and idealism.
Languages: German, English (native)
French, Spanish (basics)
Interests: Social software, web apps, web services, immersive gaming, free culture, machine learning etc.
Design and media art, video and film, the web, music, travel, psychology, urban planning etc.