Summary
Senior Web Designer with more than 10 years of professional experience designing and developing web sites, managing web projects, and working with clients. A self-starter, passionate about learning new skills and creating great products that meet both user and business needs.
Experience
Milestone AV Technologies - Senior Web Designer - 2007 to Present
Design and maintain a variety of different sites for an industry leading manufacturing company and its partner companies including Best Buy, Dell, and Sony. Work in a leadership role, which focuses on improving user experience, designing websites, and developing front-end code. Improve the UX of Milestone's Chief brand site. Increased unique visitors by 62% through marketing and SEO efforts.
TC Websites - Founder/Designer - 2004 to Present
Founded a partnership focused on building professional websites for small businesses. Work with business owners to plan, design, host, market, and maintain their web presence. Dissolved the LLC in 2009 and continued to operate as a sole proprietorship
University of Minnesota - Web Assistant - 2001 to 2003
Worked with a team of designers to create departmental websites for the University’s College of Liberal Arts. Collaborated with department chairs and professors to determine site requirements. Created Section 508 compliant websites, using semantic HTML and CSS, which were tested using screen-reader software.
Techies.com - User Experience Design Intern - 2000 to 2001
Interned with the User Experience Team at Techies.com to design websites and banner advertisements. Learned web- industry tools and techniques from experienced professionals while working at a large .com start-up.
Software
- Photoshop
- Coda
- Flash
- InDesign
- Google Analytics
- Wordpress
- Omnigraffle
Languages
- HTML
- CSS
- JavaScript
- jQuery
Education
- University of Minnesota (Fall 2012)
- An Event Apart (2011)
- SXSW (2008-2011)
- Kelby Training (2009)
