Aaron Pinero

I am a creative professional with over a decade of experience developing design solutions for print and interactive media.

Experience

Creative Director, webslingerz Inc., 2006-present
Managing graphic design and media production for all interactive projects; responsible for all phases of project development including resource planning, oversight and quality assurance, and customer support.
Media Designer, webslingerz Inc., 1998-2006
Planned and implemented design solutions including graphic design, interface design, and information architecture. Developed projects using HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Flash, and ActionScript. Participated in all phases of project development including project planning and client support.
Graphic Designer, Silverpoint Inc., 2005
Created graphic designs for primary and secondary school websites.
Research Assistant, Duke University Medical Center, 1993-1997
Maintained human tissue cultures using aseptic techniques; collected data and performed basic analyses; created visual summaries of experimental data for publications and presentations.

Education

MS in Communications Design, Pratt Institute, 2008
Masters thesis: "(Re)Discovering METAFONT", an analysis of the benefits and drawbacks of using a meta-font approach to font creation, including recommendations for how the technology can be made relevant for today’s font engineers.
BSE in Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, 1997
Studied the effect of blood flow dynamics on the development of atherosclerosis as an NSF-ERC Undergraduate Fellow. Graduated cum laude.

Skills

  • Use of Adobe Creative Suite tools for graphic design and web development: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Flash, Dreamweaver.
  • CMS theming and website administration in Wordpress, Joomla, Drupal, and Plone.
  • Coding HTML, XML, CSS2, JavaScript (with jQuery or MooTools) and ActionScript

Publications

  • (1998) Barber KM, Pinero A, Truskey GA: "Effects of recirculating flow on U-937 cell adhesion to human umbilical vein endothelial cells." American Journal of Physiology, v.275(2), p.H591
  • (1998) Robertson CN, Roberson KM, Pinero A, Jaynes JM, Paulson DF: "Peptidyl membrane-interactive molecules are cytotoxic to prostatic cancer cells in vitro." World Journal of Urology, v.16(6) p.405