Welcome to my portfolio
experience
2009-Present : Safety Insurance : Boston, MA :
Visual/User Experience Designer : Contractor
- Managing redesign of safetyinsurance.com. Including design of homepage and inner pages.
- Design and development content for the user's experience.
- Development and build of the new dynamic website.
2008-2009 : ::play:: : Quincy, MA :
Graphic/Web User Experience Designer : Contractor
- Web design, flash applications, flash advertising, storyboarding, print marketing collateral, and project management.
- Designing creative for the user's experience.
- Personas, benchmarking, information architecture, usability testing, SEO, wireframing, writing blog entries, working with clients and presentations.
2005-2008 : Massachusetts General Hospital : Boston, MA
Web/Interactive Designer
2008 Employee Evaluation
- Worked on 2-year project to redesign massgeneral.org. Worked with outside vendor on all phases of the project including discovery, design, development and launch.
- Storyboard interactive flash brand canvases.
- Working with various departments to plan, design and develop new web sites that adhere to MGH web standards as well as update existing sites within the MGH network
- To interface and work with numerous physicians, directors and managers throughout the hospital in all stages of web site production
- To learn the latest trends in web design, information architecture and evolving technologies.
- Developed numerous websites including large scale projects
- Developed brand and identity for software application including web interface, icons and logos
2007-2009 : Technology Business Group : Boston, MA
Photoshop & HTML Instructor
- Teach Adobe's Photoshop CS3 & HTML in a group-based, classroom-delivery learning environment.
- Design course outline, content and tutorials.
- Be up-to-date with latest trends in design and development world.
2003-2005 : Westerly This Week : Westerly, RI
Production Manager
- Managed all aspects of production process for weekly periodical, including
- design/layout of paper and all advertisements
- Responsible for all other company graphic design needs (such as brochures,
- T-shirts promotional materials, logos, etc.)
- Controlled traffic for advertisers and accounts
- Developed the brand and identity for innovative start-up local newspaper
2003-2004 : Museum of Fine Arts : Boston, MA
Web Designer/Public Relations
- Maintained internal website for Restaurant Associates
- Inter-departmental liaison regarding design of menus and promotional materials
2003 : Providence Phoenix, Providence : RI
Graphic Designer
- Responsible for all graphic design needs of publication
2003 : Daily Hampshire Gazette : Northampton, MA
Web Design Intern
- Created special accompanying websites for main company site
- Assisted with all aspects of web design, including news updates on website
2000-2002 : Westfield State College : Westfield, MA
Undergraduate Photographer Assistant
- Covered various events for institution as photographer
- Managed darkroom and developing/production of prints
Education
2008 - Present : New England Institute of Art : Brookline, MA
Continuing Education Studies
- Advanced web design class covering: flash, action script, flex, php, sql server, XML, database design.
1999-2002 : Westfield State College : Westfield, MA
Bachelor of Arts, Lambda Pi Eta, Wisdom and Merit Award, Deans List, Communication Studies
- Minored in Graphic Design and Television Production
- Outstanding Senior in the Media Arts Award
- Produced college radio and television programming
- Studies including writing for the media, research and marketing
- Women of the Year Award for maintaining a GPA 3.0 or more and captain of The Women's Swimming and Diving Team
Fluent with:
Adobe Illustrator, Flash, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Ruby on Rails, Content Management Systems, Instruction, Quark XPress, Adobe InDesign, Director, Image Ready, CSS, jquery, javascript, HTML, XHTML, Microsoft Office Suite, Macintosh/Widows OS.
certifications:
Adobe Flash Action Script 3 : Lodeston Digital, Adobe Flash Action Script Level 2: New Horizons, Flash 8 Level 2 - 3 : New Horizons, Presentation Skills : Strategic Training Solutions.
