Skills
- Software
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- Photoshop
- Illustrator
- Flash
- Homesite
- Indesign
- Visio
- Balsamiq
- Audacity
- Dreamweaver
- Quark
- Acrobat
- MS Office
- Minesweeper
- Languages
- HTML
- CSS
- jQuery
- Related Skills
- Cross browser compatible code
- Publishing/cms platforms Mura, Wordpress and proprietary
- Email campaigns with Constant Contact, MailChimp and proprietary
- Media publishing with Brightcove and Ooyala
- Audio and video editing techniques
Employment
- User Interface Lead
- 7/09 - present
- I.C. Sciences
- www.icsciences.com
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- Provide thought leadership in architecting a near and long term design vision for customer experience
- Balance multiple projects, time lines, quick deadlines, and communicate effectively with all involved
- Discuss strategy direction for online projects and act as the glue between cross-functional teams
- Evaluate functionality, usability, accessibility, and overall User Experience for existing and proposed systems and sites
- Define patterns and advocate for consistency, without repressing inspiration or inhibiting innovation
- Provide production-quality markup, CSS, and javascript when projects move beyond the prototype stage
- Act as an advocate for the user, conduct user research, ad-hoc usability analysis, create user personas, evaluate existing designs and suggest areas for improvement
- Web Production Supervisor
- 2/08 - 7/09
- I.C. Sciences
- www.icsciences.com
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- Supervised a small web production team in the production and support of all client websites
- Managed all SEO initiatives on clients' behalf; Website optimization, AdWords campaigns, Pay-Per-Click campaigns and web traffic analysis
- Create sitemaps, wireframes, process flows, and other related deliverables and specifications for the creative and technical teams
- Balance multiple projects, time lines, quick deadlines, and communicate effectively with all involved
- Discuss strategy direction for online projects and act as the glue between cross-functional teams
- Evaluate functionality, usability, accessibility, and overall User Experience for existing and proposed systems and sites
- Social Media Designer
- 9/07 - 2/08
- Prospero
- Prospero is now Mzinga
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- Balance multiple projects, time lines, quick deadlines, and communicate effectively with all involved
- Designed and implemented message boards for clients
- Provided support for the Marketing department including website design and production, email campaigns and print collateral
- Discuss strategy direction for online projects and act as the glue between cross-functional teams
- Create sitemaps, wireframes, process flows, and other related deliverables and specifications
- New Media Designer
- 4/06 - 2/08
- I.C. Sciences
- www.icsciences.com
- Work 1 on 1 with clients in the design of their website. Built final designs into working prototypes to be sent to production.
- Member Services Advisor
- 3/04 - 3/06
- I.C. Sciences
- www.icsciences.com
- Work 1 on 1 with clients in the creation of their website. Maintained a client list of about 50 and performed regular maintenance on client sites.
- Junior Designer
- 1/03 - 3/04
- Filene's Department Stores
- Designed and cut vinyl displays, assisted in designing and setting up window and store displays.
Education
- Internet Communications
- Associates of Science
- The New England Institute of Art
- Graduated 12/02
- Culinary Arts
- Associates of Science
- Newbury College
- Graduated 5/00
Interests
- Professional
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- Social media
- Rich media
- jQuery
- Wordpress
- Mura
- Wading through ridiculous old code to make repairs, updates, miracles happen
- Personal
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- Family
- Music
- Cooking
- Quest for the perfect ice coffee
