User Experience Designer
Microsoft (Redmond, WA)
November 5, 2007 - Present
Developed user interfaces for Microsoft's advertisement platform.
Director of Design
WebFives (Seattle, WA)
December 14, 2006 - November 5, 2007
Developed user interfaces, visual designs, and Flash (Actionscript) programming.
Responsible for all phases of the design process including concepts, paper prototyping, interaction flow, wire frames, usability testing, visual designs, and development.
Major projects includes: interface and visual designs to enable revenue sharing, billing, multiple file uploading, customizable user web spaces, embeddable media flash player and social networking.
User Interface Designer, Flash Developer
Vizrea (Seattle, WA)
September 26, 2005 - December 14, 2006
Developed award winning user interfaces and visual designs for the Web 2.0, WAP, mobile devices, and the PC.
Responsible for user interface, visual designs, and flash development.
Incorporated the use of AJAX and Flash in interface to create richer, more responsive human-computer interactions.
Major projects includes: interface and visual designs to enable social networking, content management, syncing between devices, blogging, moblogging, customizable user web spaces, commenting and messaging, embeddable flash widgets, and an extensive permissions/media sharing model.
Designer - Internship
Sharp Pixel (Federal Way, WA)
April 14, 2005 - June 30, 2005
Designed and developed targeted consumer websites.
Developed photo galleries, slideshows and other web applications using Macromedia Flash.
Created 3D product videos using Discreet 3ds Max and After Effects.
Clients includes: Petnique, Bassett Furniture Direct, Rosanna Inc., Putons!, Iron Composer, Washington Charity Satellite Bingo.
Peer Tutor
The Art Institute of Seattle (Seattle, WA)
July 12, 2004 - September 23, 2005
Tutor students with XHTML/CSS, Adobe Photoshop, and Macromedia Flash.
Assisted instructors with in-classroom help.
SKILLSET
Adobe Photoshop
Macromedia Flash
XHTML/CSS
Adobe Illustrator
Macromedia Dreamweaver
Actionscript 2.0
Adobe After Effects
Discreet 3ds Max
Javascript
EDUCATION
The Art Institute of Seattle
School of Design
Interactive Media Design
Associate of Applied Arts - December 2005
4.0 GPA President's List
University of Washington
Department of Economics
International Economics
Bachelor of Arts - June 2000
AWARDS
2005 Macromedia Design Contest
Local winner for Flash website design.
The Art Institute - Best Portfolio Show
Best portfolio show in 2005 graduating class.
