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Information Architect, Boston Interactive
May 2007-present
- Perform user research and competitor research to lay groundwork for website design
- Create user types and personas for use in site design
- Create overall strategy for site structure
- Create sitemaps to communicate general site structure
- Perform content inventories
- Create wireframes and schematics for page layouts
- Create pageflow diagrams to communicate how users will flow through a site
- Present deliverables to clients and stakeholders
- Create on-the-fly documentation that addresses and alleviates questions and concerns from stakeholders
- Perform project management duties as necessary
Visual Designer, Boston Interactive
May 2006-May 2007
- Designed visual interface of client websites, intranets, banner ads, flash pieces, etc.
- Presented design concepts to clients
- Performed project management duties as needed
Production Assistant, CFO Magazine
August 2005-May 2006
- Trafficked ads from pre-press to printer
- Traffic-edited pages from pre-press to printer
- Oversaw production of coverwraps and inserts
- Compiled monthly reports of ad sales
Production Assistant, Thomson Higher Education
February 2004–August 2005
- Designed and prepared covers and labels for ancillary materials using Quark, Illustrator and Photoshop
- Scheduled, coordinated, and implemented reprint corrections
- Copyedited and proofread manuscripts
- Oversaw production of core titles
- Processed outbound permission requests
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Bachelor of Arts in English, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
August 2000–May 2003
Focus in Creative Writing. GPA 3.2
Graphic Design Certificate, Massachusetts College of Art
June 2005–December 2006
Intensive part-time program in graphic design. Courses completed include Drawing for Communication, Communication and Form, Typography I, and Graphic Design I.
Certificate in Digital Graphic Design, Art Institute of New England
September 2003–December 2003
Five weeks each of intensive courses in Quark Xpress, Photoshop, Illustrator, General Graphic Design, and Print Production.
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