Services
  • User interface and experience design
  • Wireframes, prototypes, user flow, usability testing
  • Front end development - HTML, CSS, jQuery, Flash
Work experience
Firstgiving - user experience / user interface design 9/2008 - present
Melinda Swenson, LLC - user interface design, Flash development 10/2007 - ongoing
The Interactive Dept - Flash design & development 05/2007 - 10/2007
Second Story Interactive Studio - quality assurance/ production assistance 03/2007 - 05/2007
New Media Magic - interactive design & development 04/2004 - ongoing
Projects
Firstgiving - Online Fundraising Made Easy
Nonprofit admin area, fundraiser admin area, event registration and sign up - sketches, wireframes, prototypes, user-testing, UI design, front-end devlopment HTML, CSS, and jQuery
Where's Lulu - Find What's Accessble in Your Area (Portland, San Francisco, and Boston)
Project management and UI design - concepting, wireframes, design, HTML, CSS
Boise Water Education Museum - Boise, ID
Designed and developed 5 interactive touch screen displays
Gippsland Watershed Museum - Gippsland, Australia
Designed and developed 5 interactive touch screen games, educating kids on water use and conservation. Created using Flash.
Nike Sparq Team Challenge
UI design
Q Productions website and content management system
UI design, Flash development, XML
Education
  • Portland State University - Interactive Design and Production
  • Colorado College - Bachelor in Political Science, Minor Fine Arts & Spanish
Qualifications
  • Experience designing and implementing websites and interactives for large audiences
  • Knack for identifying and finding solutions for complex design problems
  • Experience working closely with development teams in quick, iterative cycles
  • Strong written, verbal, and visual communication skills
  • Organized, self-motivated, and full of ideas
  • Web design tools: HTML, CSS, jQuery, YUI, Flash, Actionscript, basic PHP, MySQL, XML, Photoshop, Illustrator
  • Conversational in Spanish and Italian languages
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