Interests, Strengths, and Skills
Career Interests
- Designing, planning, and delivering useful information
- Defining business flows, interaction flows, and functional requirements
- Semantic markup, CSS, and Web standards
- Writing and organizing content for the Web
- Modular design and documentation
Strengths
- Balanced approach to meet client, user, and system needs
- Knowledge of design strategies for new and existing systems
- Strong analysis and research skills
- Developing simple solutions for users and systems
- Teamwork and communication skills
- Technical writing, editing, and proofreading
Industry Skills
- User and task analysis
- Information architecture
- Interface design
- Print and Web design
- Graphic design
- Technical writing and editing
- Online help
- Topic-based procedures
- Project management
- Dynamic content and content management systems
Deliverables
- Wireframes
- Site maps and flowcharts
- Style guides
- Usability testing and analysis
- Interactive prototypes
- Print and Web templates
- Online help
Software
- Windows
- Macintosh
- Linux/Unix
- XHTML
- CSS
- JavaScript
- Dreamweaver
- Visio
- MS Office
- MS Project
- MS Access
- QuarkXPress
- InDesign
- Illustrator
- Photoshop
- After Effects
- LightWave3D
- Final Cut Pro
- Avid Media Composer and XPress
- DVD Studio Pro
Education
Institution
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Degree
B.S., Scientific and Technical Communication, Emphasis in Computer Science
Graduation
May 2005