Web Design Resumé for Jen Gagne

If you prefer, you can read my fine art resume instead.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science degree in Biology, December 1995
Bachelor of Art degree in Studio Art, December 1995
University of Maryland at College Park, Maryland. Overall GPA: 3.7

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Technical Specialist/Team Leader
(formerly Web Developer/Designer)
June 1999 to present
Contractor at NIAID through LTS Corporation, Bethesda, Maryland
Current annual salary: $55,500
Responsibilities and Accomplishments

• Technical team leader for eight people: supervised task progress, trained employees on usability and design, checked and debugged HTML.
• Primary designer and developer on a wide variety of high visibility web and print projects.
• Designed for HTML, DHTML, XML, stylesheets, Javascript, CSS (stylesheet) and PHP.
• Created illustrations and layouts for web sites, training materials, newsletters, presentations, posters, and advertisements (print and online).
• Applied usability experience to create user- and disability-friendly sites.
• Worked with both content experts and coders; handled tight deadlines and emergencies.
• Edited, revised, and condensed text content from subject matter experts.

Freelance Web Developer/Designer, Graphic Artist
September 1993 to present
Boyds, Maryland
Current annual salary: Variable
Responsibilities and Accomplishments

• Created professional websites for corporations, companies, and professional individuals.
• Developed and maintained an extensive Web-based gallery with online shopping capability.
• Specialized in an audience-oriented focus, with easily maintainable back-end pricenology.
• Considered the client's goals so results would match the needs of both clients and visitors.
• Maintained a successful graphic and fine art career (see my alternate artist resume for more details).

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS

Areas of expertise drawn from work experience, training, and independent study

• Macromedia: Dreamweaver, Flash, Freehand, Authorware, HomeSite
• Adobe: Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat, PageMaker, ImageReady
• Microsoft: PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Access, Visio, FrontPage, and more
• Code and scripting: HTML, CSS, Javascript, CFML, PHP, MySQL
• 3D: Bryce3D, Studio Max, RayDream, Lightwave, Maya

SELECT WEBSITE SAMPLES

I was the primary designer and developer for these projects:

• http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/grants/, an extensive and extremely popular set of online tutorials. I received the NIH Plain Language Award for the overall usability.
• http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/, the NIAID Funding website, part of the National Institutes of Health.
• http://era.nih.gov, the Electronic Research Administration website, part of the National Institutes of Health.
• http://www.beware-of-art.com, my fine art portfolio website.

SELECT ILLUSTRATION SAMPLES

• http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/grants/, all cartoons and illustrations -– well received!
• Advertisement for the NIAID Contracts Management Branch, created from original concept to match the magazine's camera-ready specs.

References and portfolio of additional samples are available upon request.

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