Allison Towers Rice

Current

• Principal at Allie Creative

Past

• Designer at Ning
• Senior Web Designer at Willamette University
• Web and Print Publications Manager at Azusa Pacific University

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Education

• Azusa Pacific University

Recommended

9 people have recommended Allison

Connections

131 connections

Industry

Design

Websites

• My Website
• My Blog
• My Company

Allison Towers Rice’s Summary

Just because something is as useful and reliable as your favorite circa-1992 sweater doesn’t mean that it shouldn’t be every bit as lovely as your most stunning evening gown.

We should be able to take delight in the everyday — the tools we use, the people we affect, the stories we tell — and this drives my desire to make the web both usable and beautiful.

I’m a firm believer in design as storytelling. I’m passionate about the emotional response to design. I’m deeply committed to design that does its job — design that is responsive and communicative, enchanting and appropriate, accessible and unassuming.

Allison Towers Rice’s Specialties:

typography, illustration, web standards, CSS, XHTML, HTML, JavaScript, PHP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, branding, identity

Allison Towers Rice’s Experience

• Principal

  Allie Creative

  (Design industry)

  September 2001 — Present (8 years 3 months)

  Creative services for developers and web and identity design for businesses and solopreneurs. Specialties include elegant, responsive conceptual design; standards-compliant, accessible web design (HTML/XHTML, CSS); interaction design; typography; identity development; and consulting. Visit www.alliecreative.com/folio/ for samples of my recent work.

• Designer

  Ning

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  February 2008 — July 2008 (6 months)

  • Spearheaded homepage and core ancillary page (www.ning.com, blog.ning.com) redesign.
  
  • Conceptual and visual design lead for several feature redesigns.
  
  • Extensively tested new designs across browsers and platforms, often in high-pressure debugging situations.
  
  • Collaborated with product management, quality assurance, application development, and support teams to plan and implement new features.

• Senior Web Designer

  Willamette University

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  August 2005 — November 2007 (2 years 4 months)

  • Executed all phases of development, including project management, requirements engineering, interaction design, visual design, content editing, implementation and deployment.
  
  • Autonomously managed significant sections of the website, including the College of Liberal Arts, College of Law, administrative departments and campus events.
  
  • Created dynamic, standards-compliant websites that represented each department's unique offerings.
  
  • Collaborated on vision and strategy for the university website as a whole, providing leadership in project management, client relationships and visual/conceptual design.
  
  • Interfaced and collaborated with print designers, writers, administrators, faculty and other staff members.

• Web and Print Publications Manager

  Azusa Pacific University

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  2001 — 2005 (4 years )

  • Designed, coded and maintained multiple department websites; composed and managed content for all department sites.
  
  • Composed numerous print publications including user guides, advertisements, posters, brochures, etc.
  
  • Mentored and managed student technicians, coordinated with other on-campus departments and provided support to students, faculty and staff.

Allison Towers Rice’s Education

• Azusa Pacific University

  BS , Computer Science , 2001 — 2005

  Graduated magna cum laude. Recognized as Computer Science Student of the Year 2005.

  Activities and Societies:

  Bel Canto Women's Choir, University Choir and Orchestra, Infomation and Media Technology (IMT) Student Services, The Clause student newspaper

Additional Information

Allison Towers Rice’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Blog
• My Company

Allison Towers Rice’s Groups:

•    Web Standards Design + Development

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