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User Experience Design & Direction — Over a decade of design experience in web and software applications. UI designer, user experience researcher and producer of several award-winning websites. Hands-on experience with all stages of a user-centered design process from user research, concepting, interaction design, and visual design to prototyping, production and usability testing. Familiar with Macintosh and Windows OS, hand-coded HTML, and software including Visio, Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, ImageReady, and Acrobat. Can also spot a typo at 100 yards.
Design Management — Experience managing freelancers, vendors, and in-house design groups for small and large companies. Able to build a cohesive team of user experience designers and researchers who collaborate and communicate effectively with engineers, project managers and business stakeholders.
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Manager, User Experience — Move, Inc. February 2005 — present
Manager of user experience team, including interaction designers and user experience researchers. Responsible for driving user experience improvements for Move web properties including Realtor.com, WelcomeWagon.com, Move.com and others. Introduced and implemented a user centered design process incorporating both quantitative and qualitative user experience research, including usability testing, A/B testing, site analytics and user surveys. Developed user interface design standards and patterns; created and directed production of interaction design and information architecture deliverables including wireframes, site maps and page flow documentation.
Principal — foto|grafik september 1994 — present
Usability consultant, user interface designer, photographer, and art director. Present and former clients include Apple Computer, The Image Bank, Tribune Company, One Lambda, Ideocore, The Photographic Center Northwest, Serbin Communications, Estalea, Intuit, CallWave and American Riviera Bank.
User Interface Designer (Contract) — Getty Images december 1999 — march 2000
Lead interface designer and user experience consultant for gettyimages.com. Developed site architecture and specifications, designed user interface elements and page layout, and conducted usability testing for stock image sites.
Design Director — FCI december 1997 — november 1999
Head creative and partner in profitable and web hosting and website traffic analytics company. Grew business from 2 employees to over 60 employees; drove branding, graphic and user interface design efforts; art directed print, environmental and online advertising campaigns; managed several teams of interface designers, print designers, programmers, and web developers.
Lead Designer — Photodisc march 1998 — september 1998
Lead online designer for photodisc.com stock photography website during its acquisition by Getty Images. Drove redesign of original site; performed brand analysis and created website designs; developed and contributed to site requirements documents, information architecture, and user interface specs. Redesign improved Photodisc’s website-generated revenue by over 30%.
Web Production Artist — Adjacency (now Sapient) april 1997 — february 1998
Developed award-winning brand and e-commerce websites for several high-profile companies, including Patagonia, Land Rover, Rollerblade, Esprit, Apple Computer and Harmon/Kardon. Participated in all stages of website design and production: contributed to and proofread client proposals and site concepts; designed site architecture and interfaces; managed production teams and communicated with clients; created web graphics, HTML and scripting.
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education |
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California
BFA Photography with Honors — 2004
Completed coursework in graphic design and photography departments, including typography; advertising, packaging, and publication design; pre-press; letterpress printing; commercial portraiture; portrait, architectural, product and food photography; digital imaging and photo-based illustration. Achievements: Art Center Student Government President, Campus Involvement Award, Jack Fields Scholarship, teaching assistant in photography.
University of California, Santa Cruz, California
BA Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology — 1997
Completed additional coursework in computer science, science illustration, cognitive psychology and psychobiology. Teaching assistant in computer science and linguistics.
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