Andrea Hill

Current

Marketing Committee Member at Colorado Women's Roller Derby, dba Denver Roller Dolls
Director of Social Media and Interactive Technology at Worldways Social Marketing

Past

Senior Developer/Business Analyst at Resource Interactive
Senior Web Developer/Accessibility Coordinator at LexisNexis (User Experience Department)
Web Master at YouthOne (a service of The Support Network)

Co-Founder/Web Director at Jagged Communications
Volunteer! Program Coordinator at University of Alberta Students Union

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Education

Franklin University
Franklin University
Sessions School of Design

University of Alberta

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Andrea Hill’s Summary

Hard-working professional with a decade of experience in user experience design and development, with a focus on the web platform. Strong commitment to accessibility, usability and web standards. Driven by user-centered design principles and motivated to leverage the power of new media to enhance users’ online experiences. Actively involved in fostering online community and empowering online brand evangelists for over 8 years.

Well-established communication and leadership skills, with a broad educational base of humanities as well technical and creative skill development. Holds a masters degree in computer science with a research focus on accessibility for rich internet applications.

Andrea Hill’s Specialties:

Accessibility, web standards, usability, social media, web2.0, online marketing, rich internet applications, user experience, quality assurance

Andrea Hill’s Experience

Marketing Committee Member

Colorado Women's Roller Derby, dba Denver Roller Dolls

(Sports industry)

February 2009 — Present (10 months)
Director of Social Media and Interactive Technology

Worldways Social Marketing

(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

As the director of a newly created division, my job responsibilities include establishing standards and best practices in the social media/interactive space for internal initiatives as well as client engagements.

I am currently refining a comprehensive social media training curriculum geared towards senior executives in the non-profit and corporate social responsibility space.

I am also responsible for the recruitment and management of web development freelance talent.

2009 speaking engagements include the Public Health Preparedness Summit, the Integrated Medical, Public Health, Preparedness and Response Training Summit, the Social Marketing in Public Health Conference and the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting.
Senior Developer/Business Analyst

Resource Interactive

(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

June 2007 — August 2008 (1 year 3 months)

As a developer, I was responsible for the the implementation of engaging rich media online campaigns for numerous Fortune 500 companies. As a business analyst, my role was to help define and articulate system requirements. My ability to contribute in both of these roles has streamlined design and development processes and helped in project scoping and estimations. I participated in several ATG (eCommerce) training courses - both developer and managerial tracks.

While at Resource, I represented the organization as a speaker at the Spring Break Conference and contributed to the RI:Technology blog.

I have worked on client engagements with Procter and Gamble, Limited Brands (VS Pink, VSX), Wal-Mart and The Scotts MiracleGro Company.
Senior Web Developer/Accessibility Coordinator

LexisNexis (User Experience Department)

(Public Company; RUK; Information Technology and Services industry)

October 2003 — June 2007 (3 years 9 months)

My development responsibilities included developing high fidelity UI prototypes. These were leveraged in usability testing to validate product design. I also worked as a member of the LNPublisher development team using the SCRUM agile methodology.

I ran the organization's accessibility initiative, overseeing a cross-discipline team. I coordinated site audits, aided in RFP responses, and monitored external perception on our accessibility practices and approach. I educated CSMs on specific tactics and engaged directly with affected clients to perfect our practices and meet their needs.

I served on the Branding & Identity Committee and was the UX rep. on the Design Council (advising the Architectural Advisory Board). I was recognized in the Focus 50 Initiative to work closer with senior leadership (having been identified as "critical to the success of the organization"). I also facilitated a session on "UI Trends and Managing User Expectations" at a company-wide workshop.

I secured this position shortly after completing my degree program, once I was eligible to work in the United States.
Web Master

YouthOne (a service of The Support Network)

(Civic & Social Organization industry)

November 2000 — September 2001 (11 months)

YouthOne was a government-sponsored initiative designed to leverage the Internet to foster skill development and offer support to youth. As Web Master, I was responsible for all aspects of the technical delivery. This involved procurement and integration activities, as well as training and offering technical support to site users (both visitors and contributors).
I also coordinated a "Youth Tech Team" dedicated to skill enhancement and knowledge share.

I left this position when I moved to the United States to complete a Bachelor's degree program in Digital Communications.
Co-Founder/Web Director

Jagged Communications

(Marketing and Advertising industry)

January 2000 — September 2001 (1 year 9 months)

Jagged: a sharp online magazine was a non-profit initiative started with a colleague to gain insights into the online marketing/publishing field. We went from project concept to site launch (including IA, site design and development and recruitment of contributors) within three months. The site was recognized as a Yahoo! Canada Site of the Week within a month of launch. We employed many tactics that are just now gaining credibility within the marketing industry as "social networking" or "viral". We identified target groups and worked with them to foster brand advocates.
As Web Director, I was responsible for site design, development and maintenance, as well as online promotion and marketing.
Volunteer! Program Coordinator

University of Alberta Students Union

(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

October 1999 — May 2000 (8 months)

The Volunteer! Program was a recently established service when I took on the role as Coordinator. In addition to continuing to grow the service offering itself (fostering relationships with local volunteer organizations and making open opportunities available via an online database), I also managed the overall marketing of the program to the greater University community. I coordinated a day-long volunteer recruitment event, including all marketing and promotions, and worked closely with specific student groups to promote brand awareness.

I also identified similar organizations and services with which to align, and established a working relationship with the national Volunteer Canada organization.

Andrea Hill’s Education

Franklin University

MS , Computer Science , 2005 — 2008

Graduated with a 4.0 GPA. Coursework included: Project Management, Systems Architecture and Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Theory of Computation, Analysis of Algorithms. Research focus was on Accessibility of Rich Internet Applications.
Franklin University

BS , Digital Communication , 2001 — 2003

Graduated with a 4.0 GPA. Coursework included Internet Marketing, Client-Server Programming (Java), Human-Computer Interaction: Designing Interactive Systems and Systems Programming (UNIX and Perl).
Sessions School of Design

Certificate , Graphic Design , 2000 — 2002

Coursework included Graphic Design, Branding and Identity, Information Design, Banner Advertising and Web Portfolio Design. Work from web portfolio design course continues to be showcased on the website (as of July 2008) and was also used in printed materials.
University of Alberta

B.A. , Combined Languages: French and Spanish (Linguistics minor) , 1996 — 2000

Graduated with Honours with Distinction. Awarded the Faculty of Arts Outstanding Achievement Medal in 2000. Recipient of French and Spanish Book Awards. Coursework included Syntax and Semantics, Morphology and Lexicon, Semantics and Psycholinguistics.

Activities and Societies:

Pi Beta Phi, (Social Chairman, Membership Recruitment Chairman, Secretary, Vice President of Mental Advancement), Golden Key National Honor Society, Order of Omega, Chair of Linguistics Hiring Committee (Undergraduate representative)