In 2007 I took a short break from my employment at BYU and joined the
AtTask team. Here my responsibilities were split. For the first part of my time at AtTask I worked as a Flex Developer on an
interactive Gantt chart. Shortly after the Gantt chart project came to completion I joined the marketing team as a Flash designer and assisted in the maintenance of the company website. As part of the marketing team I created product demos and banner ads to promote the company's software. Here's a detailed list of my responsibilites:
- Worked in an agile development environment
- Programmed an interactive Gantt chart using ActionScript 3 and Flex (MXML)
- Participated in code reviews
- Used the Flash IDE to create timeline animations
- Worked closely with a graphic artist to design product demos and banner ads
- Assisted in the maintenance of the company website (written in RoR)
- Created storyboards and contributed to the writing of scripts
- Wrote JSFL commands to reduce production time
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| A screenshot from the Team Builder demo. |
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| The Team Builder demo is an example of one of the demos that I created for AtTask. The actual demo is available at the company's website. |
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| Another screenshot from the Team Builder demo. This image also features the Gantt chart that I helped create with Flex. |
My time at AtTask was relatively brief because after two semesters of both going to school and working full time I decided I needed to focus on my studies. However, working at AtTask was a wonderful opportunity. Here I was able to meet great people and contribute to the growth of a company that continues to soar. You can view some of the demos I worked on
here. The
Industry Leaders Use @task banner on AtTask's home page is also a banner that I created. The banner reads data from an XML file so that images can be swapped out without having to change the SWF.
