Resume

Summary

  • Six years of professional Web and graphic design experience
  • Experience designing for educational institutions, non-profits and e-commerce
  • Advocate for user research, usability testing, and Web standards including accessibility compliance

Education

Michigan State University, Master of Arts (Pending)
Fall, 2008 – Spring, 2010

I am currently studying in the Digital Rhetoric & Professional Writing program. My planned thesis research will examine how user data informs design decision. Coursework has covered the implementation of content management systems, iterative development using Ruby on Rails, conducting user ethnography studies, and visual design.

  • Assistantship at The MSU Writing Center (Fall, 2008): Help student clients evaluate and improve their writing assignments; particularly English as a second language students.
  • Assistantship at the MSU International Business Center (Spring, 2009): Content development for Global Initiatives, a new web property in affiliation with the Broad College of Business; found online at http://global.broad.msu.edu

Michigan State University, Bachelor of Arts
Fall, 1999 – August, 2003

  • English major, business and journalism cognates
  • Honors graduate
  • Recipient of Ruth Dahlberg Smith Study Abroad Scholarship

Work Experience

American Collegiate Marketing, Creative Director
February, 2005 – Present

My responsibilities include:

  • Web and graphic design for multiple e-commerce websites for a leading magazine subscription retailer.
  • Design of print collateral for marketing campaigns
  • Assist in development of marketing plans and goals

Michigan Public Transit Association, Webmaster
April, 2007 – Present

My responsibilities include:

  • Design and implementation of website using custom Wordpress templates
  • Ongoing maintenance and updating of website
  • Increasing social networking integration for the association

Michigan State University Extension, Web Designer
September, 2004 – February, 2005 (temporary position)

  • Redesigned Extension program sites: Michigan Team Nutrition, Michigan Nutrition Network, Pyramids Between the Pages

Michigan State University Physician’s Office, Administrative Professional I
January, 2000 – August, 2004

Responsibilities included:

  • Project management, website design, writing and designing promotional materials, editing scholarly articles, interdepartmental relations, and routine office tasks
  • Development of campus-wide student immunization record database
  • Designed and maintained three departmental Web sites
  • MSU Student Employee of the Year, runner-up 2003
    • Expert in: Graphic design, Standards-compliant HTML, CSS, usability testing, user research, content management
    • Adequate in: Web Programming and database administration, Microsoft Office products

Skills
Expert knowledge of:

  • graphic design
  • standards-compliant HTML
  • CSS
  • Web accessibility
  • usability testing
  • user research
  • content management systems

Professional knowledge of:

  • Web Programming languages
  • database administration