Experience
Jr. Information Architect, Assistant to Louis Rosenfeld, New York, NY – (June 2009 – July 2009)
Louis Rosenfeld is an independent information architecture consultant, and founder and publisher of Rosenfeld Media.
- Supported Mr. Rosenfeld in information gathering activities for an information architecture project.
Independent Consultant, ARTstor.org – (February 2009 to June 2009)
ARTstor is a digital image library with images in art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences.
- Assistance in the development of personas and documentation of use cases.
- Organization of and control over documentation history and versioning.
Associate Technology Director, LOSTmag.com – (July 2005 to Present)
LOST Magazine is an online publisher of written works reclaiming lost people, places, and things.
- Generated original site layout wireframes
- Assistant database administrator
- HTML and PHP scripting as needed
Information Analyst, Chevron Corporation, Houston, TX – (April 2007 to January 2009)
Chevron is the second largest integrated energy company in the United States.
- Led a usability team on a $300-500M IT project
- Designed and managed an online feedback process
- Successfully incorporated usability methods into the project plans
User Experience Consultant/Volunteer, Dance Source Houston, Houston, TX – (September 2008 to December 2008)
Dance Houston provides educational and performance opportunities in Houston.
- Volunteered professional services to help improve the user experience of dancehouston.org
- Provided a site inventory and competitive analysis for the site planning stage
Human Factors Engineer, Lexmark International, Lexington, KY - (March 2006 to March 2007)
Lexmark is a developer, manufacturer and supplier of printing and imaging solutions.
- Interaction design of multifunction laser printers, including the X540, C540n, and E Series
- Produced heuristic evaluation and competitive reviews, and conducted usability tests
- Collaboratively worked with industrial design, engineering, marketing and testing teams
Usability Test Facilitator, ProQuest Information and Learning, Ann Arbor, MI - (June 2005 to August 2005)
ProQuest creates specialized information resources and technologies serving libraries of all types.
- Usability test recruiter and facilitator for sessions in Southwest Michigan
- Analyzed and presented test results to ProQuest management
Intern, Beyond Interactive, Ann Arbor, MI – (May ‘04 to August ‘04)
Beyond Interactive is a digital media and marketing company.
- Evaluated intranet for usability improvements
- Gave a presentation on usability best practices
- Conducted qualitative research and developed a site map of the intranet
Library Associate, University of Michigan Museums Library, Ann Arbor, MI - (December ‘03 to March ‘04)
The Museums Library serves the curators and researchers in the Museums of Anthropology, Exhibits, Paleontology, Zoology and the University Herbarium.
- Catalogued journals using OPLC
- Attended to shelving duties for several special libraries in the museum
- Assisted patrons and provided access to the museum’s libraries
Education
MSI, University of Michigan, School of Information, Ann Arbor, MI - (2002 to 2005)
BFA, University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music, Cincinnati, OH - (1998 to 2002)
Extracurricular classes in XHTML, CSS and VisualBasic.NET, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH – (2003)
Skills
- CSS
- Dreamweaver
- Flash
- Illustrator
- Morae
- OmniGraffle
- Photoshop
- Visio
- (X)HTML