Amy Stoddard

Current

Web Designer & Developer at Freelance

Past

Interactive Art Director at White Barn Group
Junior Designer at Rhythm Interactive
Junior Programmer at Gyro Creative

Production Photographer at DaimlerChrysler

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Education

University of Michigan
Mount Clemens High School

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Industry

Graphic Design

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Amy Stoddard’s Summary

I am a 31-year old graphic designer and programmer with 10 years of development experience. I received my B.S. in Biopsychology and Cognitive Science from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 2000.

My career has taken me from Detroit, Michigan to Orange County, California and now to Seoul, South Korea. I am currently seeking creative and programming freelance opportunities. I’m a problem solver, excellent at envisioning information, and build sites with easy editing and growth in mind. I also enjoy writing and teaching.

DESIGN
Strong eye for color, typography and competent in grid-based design. Understands layout requirements and constraints for translating a design to HTML and CSS. Exceptional ability to design a beautiful composition that’s still search engine (SEO) friendly.

WEB DEVELOPMENT & PRODUCTION
Excellent follow-through in all stages of web development. Great communication skills and quickly proves physical distance from clients doesn’t matter. Responds well to client involvement during Ideation, Research, Wireframing,Composition, Production and Maintenance. Not afraid to jump into existing code and resolve issues. Capable of setting
up all aspects related to web development: server setup, email set-up, mail-marketing set-up, and maintenance and site promotion channels.

TEACHING
Educates clients until they're clear of what they want and need. Quick to offer suggestions for working within a budget, while delivering exceptional results. Empowers clients with an overview of the site development process so they can make an educated decision, regardless of whether they choose to work with me. Clearly communicates the limitations of existing technology to prevent future problems due to hasty, short-sighted decisions. Willing to go above and beyond expectations to maintain relationships. Takes time to fully train client’s to use content management tools through screencasting and 1-on-1 instruction.

Amy Stoddard’s Specialties:

Master of Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, sIFR 3, JQuery, ActionScript 2.0 / Flash, HTML, CSS 2, MailChimp email marketing, Screenflick/Screencasting, Word, PowerPoint, Acrobat. Competent in PHP, mySQL, and Expression Engine. Familiar with After Effects.

Amy Stoddard’s Experience

Web Designer & Developer

Freelance

(Internet industry)

August 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

I’m freelancing full-time for global clients, using my 10 years of experience
to benefit small and medium-sized businesses.
Interactive Art Director

White Barn Group

(Graphic Design industry)

January 2007 — July 2008 (1 year 7 months)

Hands-on designer of sites 3 pages to 50+ pages. Led research, wireframe
development, photography sessions, compositions and template production in HTML/CSS/Javascript and ActionScript. I worked closely with Senior PHP programmers and could jump in at a moments notice to add and edit code. Integrated mail marketing tools to websites and developed many email marketing templates. I also designed for print.
Junior Designer

Rhythm Interactive

(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

January 2005 — January 2007 (2 years 1 month)

Responsible for designing sites and slicing existing comps into HTML/CSS/Javascript. Handled all email marketing design and registration integration within existing sites. Responsible for editing sites in Joomla and OSCommerce. Created several microsites and elemental site enhancements using Flash and ActionScript 2.0.
Junior Programmer

Gyro Creative

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Graphic Design industry)

2000 — 2001 (1 year )

Practiced my Flash skills and learned basic HTML and CSS. I learned alot from working w/ the designers and programmers. It gave me a good foundation and I've honed those core skills ever since. Gyro also inspired me to be a better designer.
Production Photographer

DaimlerChrysler

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; DCX; Automotive industry)

1999 — 2000 (1 year )

Amy Stoddard’s Education

University of Michigan

Biopsychology, Cognitive Science, Animation 1995 — 2000

Film Department “Best in Show” Advanced Animation, Spring 2000
Mount Clemens High School

1991 — 1995