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experience

March 2001-present
HireSites.com
Freelance Designer
— I design flyers, emails, and websites for this New York-based company.

January 2008- Present
PAR Products
Freelance Designer
— I design POS display ads and emails for this manufacturer's representation firm.

September 2001-Present
Stewart Enterprises, Inc.
Web User Interface Designer
— Stewart is the countries second largest death-care company. I am the team lead for the web development group where I work primarily on the corporate intranet designing departmental websites, web applications, and external company websites. I am involved in the discovery, design, production, and review/testing phases of web projects. I recently led my team in the redesign of our intranet, transistioning from a hand-coded HTML/CSS/ColdFusion environment into SharePoint and Asp.Net. I am heavily involved in SharePoint administration, in-browser and Designer modifications, as well as full-on branding customizations.

March 2001-September 2001
Vi-Comm Inc.
Web Producer
— I led a team in creating and producing new media projects for this award-winning design firm, including an interactive presentation on the D-Day Museum created with PhotoShop, After Effects and Director.

June 2001-July 2001
Figueroa Brothers (Melinda's Hot Sauces)
Freelance Packaging Designer
— I created packaging for this New Orleans companies' popular brand of hot sauces and specialty coffees..

September 2000-2001
CADtech Seminars
Freelance Print and Multimedia Designer
— I designed and produced several multimedia training CDs and a book for this AutoCAD training company using Director.

June 2000-March 2001
Active Pixel Web Development
Web Producer
— I created and produced print and web projects for this web design firm in New Orleans.

December 1998-August 2001
Cynthia Hutchinson Communications
Part-time and Freelance Designer and Consultant
— I have worked as a part-time designer and as a freelance designer and consultant for this design firm creating various print and web pieces.

education

August 1994 - May 2000
University of New Orleans
I completed the graphic design program as well as minors in psychology and studio art. Classes included: Graphic Design 1, 2, and 3; Illustration; Computer Graphics; Painting 1, 2, and 3; Photography; and Senior Project in Graphic Design (an interactive presentation created with Director).

training

October 2009, Las Vegas, NV
Microsoft SharePoint Conference 2009

July 2008, Nashville, TN
SharePoint Solutions: InfoPath and Workflows training class

March 2008, Seattle, WA
Microsoft SharePoint Conference 2008

December 2007, Houston, TX
SharePoint Experts Branding Bootcamp

September 2007 Nashville, TN
SharePoint Solutions: Advanced Features of SharePoint training class

June 2007 Nashville, TN
SharePoint Solutions: Extreme Makeover SharePoint Branding training class

October 2004 Cambridge, MA
User Interface Engineering Conference

October 2002 Orlando, FL
Macromedia Developers Conference

Various
Classes in SharePoint, JavaScript, ColdFusion and ASP.Net

skills

logo design/branding
packaging design
brochures/catalogs/flyers
business cards/letterheads
vector illustrations
web site design
html & css production
interactive design
application interface design
information architecture
functional specifications
production documentation
usability reviews & testing
user training & demos
site audits & recommendations
SharePoint Customizations
SharePoint Administration/Security

hardware/software

mac and pc literate
Photoshop CS4
Illustrator CS4
Freehand 11
Fireworks CS3
Dreamweaver CS4
Visio
Axure
Word and Excel
SharePoint Designer
Visual Studio 2005
SharePoint 2007

Experience with:
Flash
After Effects
Director
Sound Forge
Quark
InDesign