skills profile
- HTML, XHTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, ActionScript
- Adobe Fireworks, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Flash, Dreamweaver
- Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Publisher
- Windows and Mac platforms; conversational Spanish fluency
qualifications
- concise writer/editor with a meticulous eye toward user-centered design
- adept project manager who effectively collaborates with people of all backgrounds
- skilled problem-solver who works efficiently in deadline-driven environments
projects
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager
- worked with team members to design interfaces using Fireworks; produced redlines
- maintained high-fi files to ensure consistency of updates to design, navigation, functionality, icons, etc.
- developed scenario-based PowerPoint slide decks for usability testing and presentations
- designed internal logo for "Client of the Future," a new product feature
M. Rosetta Hunter Art Gallery
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- redesigned website using Illustrator, Photoshop, XHTML, CSS, and include files
- audited and rewrote content; created Web-based slideshow using JavaScript
- planned, designed and managed the installation and take down of 16 exhibitions in 3 spaces in collaboration with the academic community and contributing artists
- increased gallery visibility via event/exhibit announcements posted on SCCC and district websites, intranet, and external sites including Craigslist
- hired and supervised 9 student employees and volunteers
- prepared and implemented a $40,000 budget
- designed logo and website using Illustrator, Photoshop, XHTML, CSS, PHP, JavaScript, and include files
- collaborated with design team on the information architecture, wireframes, content, and image selection
- coordinated with development team to implement an RTF, back-end programming, and trouble-shooting
Cooperative Education & Service-Learningview case study
- redesigned site using Illustrator, Photoshop, XHTML, CSS, PHP, and include files
- audited and reorganized content; coded 3 Web-based forms using PHP
Chew Communications
- designed a 32-page publication using InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator
- developed logo and branding for consulting business using Illustrator
The Seattle Foundation
- conducted website audit; maintained site using a content management system
- served as liaison between Web design firm, marketing firm and Foundation staff to facilitate the upgrade and redesign of Foundation website
- created Foundation branding and style guide
- collaborated with Foundation staff, marketing firm, and other vendors to produce annual reports, event invitations, newsletters, and brochures using QuarkXpress
- wrote news releases; proofread and formatted report guidelines and other material
- spearheaded standardization of the database using Foundation Information Management System
Ruby Hsu, Ruby English Institute
- collaborated with mistress-of-ceremonies to produce script for IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (2002 Taipei, Taiwan)
experience
Microsoft, Redmond
April 2008 - March 2009
Contract User Experience Designer
Seattle Central Community College
September 2006 - December 2007
Web Designer & Interim Art Gallery Curator
The Seattle Foundation
April 2005 - May 2006
Communications & Database Associate
ArtsFund, Seattle
March 2004 - April 2005
Finance, Operations & Community Affairs Assistant
ALPS Language School, Seattle
August 1998 - May 2003
various schools & clients in Mexico and Taiwan
English Teacher/Freelance Writer, Editor & Scriptwriter
Wing Luke Asian Museum, Seattle
September 1991 - January 1998
Public Relations Manager & Membership Coordinator
education
- Web design certificate, Seattle Central Community College, 2007
- teaching certificate, Centro de Estudios de Inglés Kennedy, Querétaro, MEX, 1999
- B.A. communications (editorial journalism), University of Washington, Seattle, 1993