Experience

Strengths

  • Ability to present design rationale and business strategy behind a solution.
  • Creating web standards for the company brand consistency project.
  • Incorporating IA and usability knowledge into designs.
  • Collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team, as well as working independently.
  • Able to understand and work within the technical constraints of HTML, Flash and other technologies.
  • Developing rapid HTML prototypes for usability testing.
  • Presenting and explaining rationale behind the designs to business and development teams.
  • Balancing the big picture and the details; seeing the relationship between current and future states.

The Vanguard Group

Design Lead (Jan 02 - present)
Works as a design lead in the user experience design group of a large, corporate financial institution. Responsibilities include:

  • User-interface design for web-based applications.
  • Providing art direction to other design teams.
  • Leading project teams to create design standards and documentation.
  • Research and analysis of best practices for designing with AJAX and rich internet applications.
  • Following a user-centered design methodology.
  • Designing from functional requirements.
  • Rapid prototype development in HTML or Flash for usability testing.
  • Collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams.

I-SITE

Director of Interactive Design (Sept 99 - Jan 02)
Main designer for a web design firm that specialized mostly in design for pharmaceutical companies. Provided art direction to a junior designer. Responsible for:

  • Designing marketing websites.
  • Presenting designs to clients.
  • Competitive research and analysis.
  • Development of website strategy.
  • Information architecture - creating sitemaps, wireframes and site navigation.
  • Providing interactive design consulting to ad agencies.
  • Ensuring websites followed any client branding guidelines.
  • Reviewing resumes, interviewing and providing recommendations for design candidates.

CDNOW.com

Designer (May 97 - Sept 99)
Web designer at an online music store. Responsible for:

  • Working on several CDNOW.com store redesigns, including a re-branding effort.
  • Designing monthly artist, album and record label promos.
  • Promoting an awareness of good usability practices within the organization.
  • Making sure designs supported both business and user goals.
  • Creating identities for various sub-brands within CDNOW.com.

Electronic Ink

Junior Designer (Oct 96 - May 97)
Junior designer at a small user-interface design firm. Worked under the guidance of a senior designer.

  • User-interface and website design.
  • HTML production.
  • Creating user-interface prototypes in Macromedia Director.