Concerning me
I am a web designer/developer currently making my home in Smithfield, Rhode Island alongside my wonderful wife, two overly energetic young children and an extremely affectionate wiener-dog named Oscar.
I have been working as a web designer since 1999 and am employed as the Director of Web Development for the Providence, RI based Envision Technology Advisors. Although I rarely take on freelance projects these days, I am always happy to hear from clients in need of my services (and am always willing to point them in the right direction to have their needs met). In addition to my full-time gig with Envision, I also teach web design/HTML/CSS at the University of Rhode Island.
During the little spare time I have, I can often be found tending to my collection of action figures – which have taken over an entire room of my home and, without the continued vigilance of my wife, will certainly begin to attempt to overthrow the rest of the house sometime soon.
I take great pride in the fact that I once taught myself to juggle, but I really wish I knew how to perform magic (either the Penn & Teller kind of magic or the Harry Potter variety - either would be acceptable).
Besides the writings on this website and others I have contributed to online, I have also had two childrens books published (under the name “Jeremy Marc Girard”) as well as a number of short stories recognized in national writing competitions.
A quick note on my work
Over the years, I have had the privilege to work with a variety of clients from a host of different industries. I've designed projects ranging from websites to print and marketing materials to touchscreen kiosk user interfaces. My client list includes widely recognized names including PepsiCo, Frito Lay, Universal Studios - Hollywood, The Washington Redskins, The Phoenix Coyotes, Books-a-Million and the US Customs Department as well as many local, Rhode Island-area companies such as Amica Insurance, Kahn, Litwin, Renza & Co., the Rhode Island Health Center Association, MG Commercial Real Estate, Roger Williams Zoo and the United Way of Rhode Island.
You can view the site's portfolio section to see some recent examples of my work.
About this site
Pumpkin-King.com was started in 1999 as a showcase for my design work. This latest version was built using HTML5 and CSS for the structure and layout and ExpressionEngine as the publishing platform. The blog section of the site features my art-directed articles, with each entry styled in a way to best support the content of that particular article. On the site's main pages, headlines and navigation on the site are lovingly set in ChunkFive while body copy uses Palatino.