User Experience Designer - Contract at Sears Holdings Corporation
Location:
Greater Chicago Area
Industry:
Design
Work:
Sears Holdings Corporation - Chicago, IL since Feb 2013
User Experience Designer - Contract
Smith Design - Evanston, IL Jan 2013 - Feb 2013
Senior Designer - Contract
Design Retreat - Santa Cruz, CA / Chicago, IL Feb 2001 - Oct 2012
Principal
Storefront & Studio - Santa Cruz, CA / Chicago, IL Jul 2008 - Feb 2010
Owner | Principal
Alben+Faris - Santa Cruz, CA Jun 2000 - Jan 2001
Project Manager / Senior Visual Interface Designer
Education:
North Carolina State University 1998 - 2000
MGD, Graphic Design
University of Notre Dame 1986 - 1989
B.F.A., Graphic Design
Skills:
Graphic Design Interactive Design Art Direction Photo Art Direction Publishing Brand Development Identity Marketing Strategy for Small Business Collaborative Strategic Problem Solving Attention To Detail Adobe Creative Suite Flash Illustration Wordpress Understanding of HTML, CSS, Javascript, XML, PHP Print Collateral Design Press Checks Press Kits Interaction Design Creative Direction Web Design Photography User Interface Design Visual Communication Posters Branding Information Design Concept Development Magazines Experience Design Design Strategy E-commerce Adobe Acrobat Annual Reports Design Thinking Direct Mail
Interests:
Working collaboratively in interdisciplinary teams on thought-provoking projects, Taking on large projects that require me to learn something new, Making things with my hands, Silkscreening, Sewing, Drawing, Gardening, Writing, Surfing, Hiking, Biking, Travel
Honor & Awards:
• Storefront & Studio featured in Sunset Magazine, June 2009
• Featured in Sunset Magazine through garden design collaboration with Kathleen Shaeffer Design, June 2009
• Participant in North Carolina Arts Council Grant teaching interactive media to middle school kids
• Graduate assistantship NC State University
• Award for design leadership in the Design Manger position, Illinois Institute of Technology
• Co-publisher and art director of Maxine, an independent women’s literary magazine distributed internationally
• MSN Internet Guide “One Click Away”: Maxine Web site
• Chicago Women in Publishing, Design on a Shoestring: Maxine
• Two-time guest lecturer with Maxine at Columbia College, Chicago, IL
• Boston Bookbuilders: Silver Burdett Ginn Grade 5 Reading
• Chicago Book Clinic: Houghton Mifflin Math
• AIGA Best Shot Show: Silver Burdett Ginn Multisource Magazines
National Zoological Park Exhibits Intern at Smithsonian Institution
Location:
Washington, District Of Columbia
Industry:
Design
Work:
Smithsonian Institution - Washington D.C. Metro Area since Jun 2013
National Zoological Park Exhibits Intern
Sweetgreen Jan 2013 - May 2013
Design Intern
Ralph Kylloe Rustic Design and Gallery Jun 2010 - Sep 2010
Sales Assistant
Jules Place Jun 2009 - Aug 2009
Gallery Intern
The Hyde Collection Dec 2008 - Jan 2009
Collections Intern
Education:
Corcoran College of Art and Design 2012 - 2014
Master of Arts (M.A.), Exhibition Design Candidate
Gettysburg College 2006 - 2010
BA, Art History and Studio Art
University of Canterbury 2008 - 2008
Holderness School 2002 - 2006
Skills:
InDesign Illustrator Photoshop Vectorworks Museums Microsoft Office Social Media Fundraising SketchUp AutoCAD
A long-term goal of the foundation is to fund the Anne Richardson Cancer Wing at Baptist Health. For details about the foundations goals, visit baptisthealthrichmond.com and search brighter days.