Joel as a person

I am Joel. I am an older brother to one younger brother. My father is addicted to Facebook. My mother is a lesbian. My house is a gallery where people buy Asian art and European furniture. I am as standard as my family.

Born in England > Lived in Japan > Moved to Israel.
Somewhere along the way I fell in love with design.

I am nice, outgoing, friendly, funny with a passion for learning. I'm also a perfectionist and quite short.

Joel as a designer

I've been designing websites since age 13, when I started learning HTML.
My attraction to design only grew, along with my attraction to code.

I currently know (and will hopefully know more by the time you meet me):

Photoshop & Dreamweaver CS4
XHTML
CSS
PHP
Slowly but surely Learning Javascript

I care a lot about code, design and web standards and I do my best to keep up to date.

Joel has a résumé

profile
full name: Joel Califa
birthdate: 07/18/1988 (which would make me 21)
citizenship: British, Israeli
languages: Mother tongue English and Hebrew (touch typing in both)

education
2008-2008 6b studio design preparatory course
2003-2006 Rothberg Highschool in Computer Science and Music (Vocals)

Professional experience
2008-2009 Technical Support Department - LivePerson

Technical support agent for the largest online Live Chat company.
Included work with American SMB and ENT clients (including Adobe, Apple and Bank of America).
Quick touch typing in English and multitasking capabilities for multiple concurrent online chats.
Experience in working with other departments.
Knowledge of HTML, LivePerson javascript code and operating systems (OSX and Windows).
Intimate knowledge of the LivePerson program and set up process.
Ability to stay focused over long, high pressure shifts.

2008-2008 Field Marketing - Workoholic

Field marketing for a bar/restaurant industry human resources website.
Completed a course in Marketing Psychology.
Experience in working in a team and working with people.
Received the "Best Salesman of the Month" title twice in a row.
This job required charisma, persuasion and a dynamic approach to each potential client.

2008-2008 Bartending - Camelot Bar

High pressure shifts.
Knowledge in booze should the need arise.

2006-2008 Military Service

Six month boot-camp in the Field Intelligence Corps.
Served in the Intelligence Office of the Infantry Command Training Base
Had no choice but to learn punctuality :)

randomly ordered interest stairs
Music.
Snowboarding.
Too much television.
The internet and all its wonder.
Design (as you may have guessed :P).