Who am I?

Let me introduce myself, my name is Ruud Joosten.

I'm a student at Zuyd Hogeschool Maastricht where I study Communication & Multimedia Design. I'm currently in my fourth year.

I chose Communication & Multimedia Design because coming from IT, I wanted to do more graphic design. Once there I realised I actually really enjoyed webscripting. So naturally I chose the webscripting course.

I'm always trying to develop my skills in HTML, Javascript and PHP as well as my skills in graphic design.

In my free time I like to spend time with my friends, and I regularly go to music festivals.

I have three other hobbies I'm very fond of:

I haven't done it in a while but I used to do a lot of modelbuilding (cars/planes/ships etc.), this is definitely a hobby where patience is a virtue.

I also enjoy editing visual effects onto video. For this I use the program Adobe After Effects.

Recently, together with a friend, we started doing the visuals at festivals as Video Jockey's. For this we create custom visuals and logo animations, at the festival we mix it all together live. We were the VJs at 90's Forever, Novacane XL & Amplified just to name a few.

My work

This is my thesis project. I had to create an index for all yogastudios in The Netherlands.

- Built on Wordpress and the Listify theme, but still had to modify nearly every function in the theme with hooks & filters.
- Made a couple of custom plugins & widgets to extend functionality.
- Made sure all input fields are secure from code injections & blocked all outside access to wp-admin.
- Users can create an account, add a studio, teacher or an event (listings).
- Give comments and ratings to all listings.
- Custom search filters.
- When users have not uploaded any images to their listing, a random image gets used.
- Users can claim listings already placed by yogagids.
- Geolocation event & fallback in case users do not share thier location.
- Users can easily manage all of their listings from a simple overview.
- Custom filter options to see last modified posts/listings in WP backend.
- Fully responsive.

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This is the assignment we got in our Datavisualization class. I chose to use D3JS to create an interactive circle that connects certain DJ's to music festivals. Click the image to open the webpage

This is the assignment we got in our PHP class. We had to make a platform for 'Mulieudefensie' where people could post and join protest-events. Click the image to open the webpage

A custom portfolio I made for a client, using jQuery and PHP. This portfolio uses the pushstate event to change the browser history. Click the image to open the webpage

This is the assignment we got for Mobile Concepting. Concept and build an app that can make teenagers more aware of the dangers of littering. Click the image to open the webpage

This is the assignment we got for Mobile Concepting. Create a mobile app (game) for children they can use during the nature excursion lessons. Click the image to open the webpage

Assignment for infographics class; choose a random subject and create an infographic for it. I went for storage because its a subject that has changed massively over the past few years.

Assignment for photography class; find an interesting way to play with light.

Another assignment for infographics class; make an infographic about Isaac Newton, i chose to go with his laws of motion because i'm quite interested in physics.

For this school assignment we had to create a marketing campaign for the new product from Philips, Color Vision. This is a street legal colored headlight. I was in charge of the video, I made use of my editing skills to change the color of the car's headlight and my eyes to green.

This is a compilation of some of my visual effects work I've done. Most of it is inspired by the supernatural because they make for interesting effects.

Assignment for graphic design class; choose a property and make something that represents that property. I chose the property 'Strength' and tried to represent the physical strength in battle.

For this assignment we had to design a 'second screen' app for the Dakar Rally, we had to disign it in style of the RTL GP website.

For this two man assignment we had to make a documentary about the influences of camaras in the current day and age.

With this assignment we had to convey a persons passion about his hobby, doing so only with images and sound/voice.

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Resume

Education

Zuyd Hogeschool - Communication & Multimedia Design

2012 - 2017

Gilde Opleidingen - IT Network Manager

2008 - 2012

Lyceum Schondeln - VMBO-T

2004 - 2008

Programming Languages

- HTML 5
- CSS 3
- jQuery
- Javascript
- PHP

Other

- Angular JS Framework
- Wordpress
- LESS / SASS
- MySQL
- Responsive Webdesign
- SEO

Software Expertise

- Sublime Text
- Adobe Suite
- Adobe Flash
- Autodesk 3ds Max
- Microsoft Office

Fluent in the languages

- Dutch
- English

Internships

Herman Broerenschool

A school for children with an intellectual disablility, here I helped the teachers/students whenever they had problems with thier computers.

- Servicedesk, assist users with any software/network problems they might encounter.
- Maintain and update their website.

Waterschapsbedrijf Limburg

A large water cleaning company, here I tested and implemented a new backup system.

- Test and implement a new backup system.

Oneminutemedia

A small computer store, here I mostly repaired computers/laptops.

- Software/hardware reparation of computers/laptops.
- Build and publish an online radio station.

Smurfit Kappa

One of the largest paper recycling companies in the world.

- Migrate every computer from Windows XP to Windows 7 by also replacing them with new systems.
- Research and test the what software distribution program worked best for the company.

Globeview Webdesign

Wordpress webdesign for nearly 200 customers.

- Create a custom portfolio template which accesses data from the database using PHP.
- Creating custom fixed menu's using jQuery & Javascript.
- Responsive webdesign.
- Concepting & building Wordpress websites for customers.

Third Floor Design

Custom webdevelopment, design & user experience.

- Theses on the implementation of a premium model on websites.
- Developed a directory website listing all yoga studio's in The Netherlands.
- Custom modification of a professionally built Wordpress theme without changing the original theme.
- Creating user-friendly interaction using jQuery
- Made a custom Wordpress plugin which hooks onto Visual Composer to add new usable Visual Composer elements.

Contact

Ruud Joosten

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