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Senior User Experience Designer : intuit, inc . innovation lab . waltham, massachusetts . 10/03 - Present

Creative Leadership . created sophisticated and usable solutions in graphic design, identity, brand, interactive media and user experience for all intuit innovation lab software prototypes, blogs, wikis, and web sites

Identity Design . created a logo for external and internal brand purposes . created an online newsletter design for internal communication . created presentation template for the innovation lab team . planning on t-shirt design and more for the future

Print Design . created case study and advertising materials for intuit quickbase

Information Architecture . responsible for information architecture and visual design of innovation.intuit.com – a public website launching oct 2006 . created and managed various online quickbases to make work-flow processes more manageable

Project Management . managed all design related projects . proactive leadership with all internal team members and external team members in completing visual design tasks . consistently met all deadlines

Process . recommended and contributed towards best practices for internal processes and project management needs

Soft Skills . excellent written and verbal communication skills . strong people management skills . ability to act as project leader as well as individual contributor . consistent creative brainstorming contributions with all innovation team members

Senior User Interface Designer : intuit, inc . intuit developer network . waltham, massachusetts . 6/02 - 10/03

User Interface . information architecture and graphic design for all intuit developer network web sites

Usability . user advocate throughout the product development lifecycle . planned and completed usability testing for the solutions marketplace web site

Project Management . managed all design related projects . manage design contractors, internal contractors . met extremely tight deadlines consistently

Quality Assurance . managed and tracked all user interface quality assurance issues related to feature changes and html updates

Process . recommended and contributed towards best practices for internal processes and project management needs

Soft Skills . excellent written and verbal communication skills . strong people management skills . ability to act as project leader as well as individual contributor

Web Sites . intuit developer network . solutions marketplace . intuit developer conference web site

Freelance Graphic Designer . 1/02 - 5/02

Print . designed annual report cover and page headers for guthrie pharmaceuticals, wedding materials graphic design

Web . designed and produced self-promo web site (this one!)

Visual Designer : molecular, inc . watertown, massachusetts . 3/98 - 1/02

Creative Leadership . created superior solutions in graphic design, identity, brand, multimedia, globalization, user experience

Client Interaction . led meetings on creative requirements, presented creative concepts with design rationale and style guide

Design Team Leadership . created estimation template, interviewed potential design candidates, mentored staff

Project Management . led creative direction, managed scope, time, and budget, worked effectively with other disciplines

Marketing Materials . designed internal print marketing, multimedia user interfaces, process documentation

Company Leadership . co-founded the multimedia team, initiated the decordova corporate art loan collection

Clients . analog devices, cross pen, deutschebank, duracell, fidelity investments, financial times, habitrol canada, harvard business school publishing, kobren insight group, mfs investment management, perkinelmer, staples, victor o. schinnerer

Designer : newvantage, inc . cambridge, massachusetts . 8/97 - 2/98

Site Design . art directed and designed web sites for several local and non-profit companies, multimedia design

Site Production . designed second level layouts, created templates and optimized images

Print Design . created postcards and business cards

Print Production . scanned and color corrected images, prepared files for printing

Clients . boston historical society and museum, children's medical ventures, decordova museum, eurocinema, harvard college, mortgagemaster, patnode insurance

Web Design Intern : vocaltec, inc . northvale, new jersey . 12/96 - 1/97

Site Design . designed and illustrated graphical headers for the vocaltec web site

Site Production . designed second level pages, optimized images