Resume

May 5 2009, 7:41pm

Education
University of Texas at Austin (UT)
Master of Fine Arts in Design
May 2010

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design
May 2005

Honors + speaking
February 2009: Presented The Church of Internetology at BIL Conference in Long Beach, California.

January 2009: Presented The Church of Internetology at Design Camp in Bryan/
College Station, Texas.

December 2006: GD USA - American Graphic Design Award for the “Fox and Obel Website” with Torque Ltd.

April 2006: Featured in How magazine’s International Design Annual for work with the Ninth Letter literary journal.

March 2006: Featured in the Design 100 Annual issue of Step magazine for work with the Ninth Letter literary journal.

March 2005: Represented Ninthletter.com at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas. Ninthletter.com was a finalist in the arts category for the Interactive Festival Web Awards.

Teaching experience
Design History, UT (spring 2009)
As a teaching assistant to Peter Hall, taught principles of web design and development with XHTML, CSS and WordPress. Empowered students to visually and conceptually execute written interpretations of design history on the web.

Advanced Web Design and Development, UIUC (spring 2008)
This course focused on finding new ways of engaging a web audience using standards compliant code. Topics included information architecture, search engine optimization, usability, accessibility, content management systems, client interaction and presentation. Emphasis was placed on solving complex problems without compromising the quality of design or code.

Introduction to Web Design and Development, UIUC (summer 2007 + 2008)
Taught undergraduate students the fundamentals of designing and building a website using CSS and XHTML. Projects included redesigning and coding the UIUC Neuroscience Department website and the UIUC I Space gallery website.

Publications and other media
The Popular Podcast (June 2008 - present)
Created a video podcast with designer Kelly Cree to explore issues of privacy, ethics, niche participants, design methodology and emerging production techniques online.

Ninth Letter Literary Journal and Website (July 2004 - July 2008)
Designed journal spreads from conceptualization to production. Art directed, designed, and developed featured content involving different artists, authors and events for the website.

Recent clients
UIUC Information Trust Institute (spring 2008)
Redesigned current site to communicate analytically with the audience, mostly engineers, to create a rich user experience with fewer clicks.

UIUC Department of Computer Science (fall/winter 2007)
Redesigned current website to establish a dynamic, informative and engaging web presence that clearly illustrates leadership in computer science education and research.

UIUC Counseling Center (fall/winter 2007)
Redesigned existing website to be accessible, organized, and easy to update. Implemented a content management system.

DePaul University (fall/winter 2006)
Working with design firm End Communications, built DePaul’s new website with CSS and XHTML and assisted integration with a content management system.

Employers
The Royal Order of Experience Design, Ogilvy (February - April 06)
Worked on new ideas for brands such as Huggies, Allstate, Suave, and BP. Assisted in web design and development for Kohler and developed sites in Flash.

Torque (June 05 - January 06)
Worked with a team of designers and developers to conceptualize, design, build, and evaluate several new websites for companies such as Fox & Obel Grocery and USG Building Components. Implemented shopping cart technology and server-side scripting. Worked with clients to develop innovative web content and analyze website traffic data. Participated in all forms of print production.