|
|
Creative Director
- Responsible for the user interface design of a wide range of web-based
applications, including prototyping, mockups, management
presentation, implementation, customization, and usability testing and
analysis.
- Responsible for the creation of hundreds of design templates for
website and banner ad creation applications, marketing demos, trade show
graphics, and the corporate website.
- Built from scratch, managed and mentored a team of seven designers
involved in all aspects of the company's graphic and web design
requirements.
- Managed multiple large projects simultaneously under tight deadlines.
- Participated in requirements development for future incarnations of
the application suite, wrote user interface design specifications, and
developed company-wide interface design standards.
- Played well with software engineers, project managers and marketing
staff.
|
|
|
Assistant Director,
Content and Community
- Managed and supported an 11,000-user online internet conferencing
system, including managing a staff of 500 volunteer hosts and
planning/staffing offline community outreach programs: monthly
parties, host dinners, annual picnics, HTML classes, and special events.
- Managed projects ranging from web server administration and database
development, to host/content evaluations and new user orientations.
- Helped design, develop, and launch the WELL's main web site, the user interface for a
commercial web-based conferencing application, internal relational
databases, and several other project-oriented websites and web
advertisements.
- Designed graphics and page layouts for print collateral, newsletters,
trade show banners, business cards, advertisements, and other marketing
materials.
- Served as a mediator for host and user online disputes and as a
liaison between the community and management, including handling online
PR and policy presentation.
- Wrote and developed technical documentation for the WELL's Host
Manual, the departmental procedures manual, and staff and user online tools.
- Assisted in the development and implementation of nationwide programs to
forge new business partnerships.
|
|
|
Customer Support
- Customer service and technical support on Macintosh, Windows, DOS and
UNIX platforms for ISP and asynchronous conferencing services, including
development of technical support related procedures and documentation.
- Designed and taught introductory programs on the Internet, The WELL,
and basic HTML.
|
D&G Computers
March 1993 to
June 1994.
|
|
Government Account
Manager
- Sold complete software, hardware, service and support solutions to
state, local and federal government accounts.
- Provided technical support and consulting services, including
coordination with network designers, vertical market specialists and
sub-contracting firms.
- Designed and implemented promotional marketing ideas and materials,
ranging from flyers to industry trade show booths.
|
D&G Computers
August 1991 to
March 1993.
|
|
Apple Education Sales
Consultant
- Demonstrated and sold individual systems, networks, software and
special solutions to K-12 districts, schools and teachers, including
network planning and consultation, mainframe connectivity, and
mixed-environment solutions.
- Coordinated and implemented marketing promotions,
seminars, trade shows and training.
- Provided customer service and support for installed networks, systems
and software.
- Developed and authored a comprehensive proposal for a separate
corporate entity, including a complete business plan, marketing
and growth strategies, and graphic identity.
|
|
EDUCATION
|
Bachelor of Science: Zoology, Minor: Music
University of California, Davis,
conferred March 1991
Dean's Honour List, Letters and Science, Fall 1986 and Fall 1990
Web-based design, programming and server administration classes:
Continuing Education Program,
University of Colorado,
Boulder.
|
|
SKILLS
|
Strong working knowledge of UNIX and various editors, Adobe Photoshop,
Adobe Illustrator, Dreamweaver, QuarkXPress, Adobe PageMaker,
Microsoft Word, Microsoft
Excel, FileMaker Pro, Visio, HTML, XHTML, XML, JavaScript, Flash, and
various other web design
tools.
Exceptional communication and presentation skills, including technical
writing and proofreading skills. Strong multi-tasking, organizational and
follow-through skills, and strong ability to self-educate and
motivate.
|
OTHER
INTERESTS
|
Singer, actress (both improvisational and traditional, mostly Broadway),
musician (flute
and recorder), calligrapher, scrapbooking design and techniques teacher,
dancer (mostly historical: Elizabethan English Country, Irish Ceilidh, and
Morris), photographer, member of the Board of Directors for the Rocky
Mountain Revels theatre company (Treasurer), freelance graphic designer.
|
