Designer: Web, Mobile, Print
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- UI Designer & Front End Developer at Nolo
- Past
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- Designer at Self-employed
- Design & Marketing at Scream Sorbet
- Designer at VoodooVox
- Designer at Lotus Interworks
- Quality Assurance Lead at Alacre
- Book & Media Buyer at Grand Opening! (Sole Proprietorship)
- Student Media Consultant at Williams College
- Web and Print Designer at RadioVoodoo
- Intern at Streetmail.com
- Education
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- California Healing Arts College
- Williams College
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Beth Budwig’s Summary
I'm a seasoned web designer who loves clean HTML, usable interfaces, Photoshop, and long walks on the beach.
Beth Budwig’s Specialties:
UI design, usability, accessibility, logo design, icon design, standards-compliant CSS & XHTML, robust web applications, flash widgets, copywriting, editing, mobile game design, wireless applications testing procedures, mobile/handheld web & application design, regular expressions / grep
Beth Budwig’s Experience
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UI Designer & Front End Developer
Nolo
(Privately Held; Publishing industry)
September 2008 — Present (11 months)
I'm on board the good ship Nolo to assist in designing and coding the new website. My duties include:
-Turning the design mockups into standards-compliant XHTML & CSS
-Some Javascript
-Lots of figuring out the optimal solution to complex layouts
-Working in Photoshop with the existing mockups to create new mockups for pages outside of the original design scope -
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Self-employed
(Internet industry)
August 2007 — September 2008 (1 year 2 months)
-Design for web applications/tools
-Design and coding (HTML & CSS) for websites
-Usable interfaces for PCs, handhelds, & mobile phones
-Copywriting & editing, for web and print
-Logo design
-Branding, icons, custom art assets
-Photography & editing/manipulation -
Design & Marketing
Scream Sorbet
(Food & Beverages industry)
September 2007 — August 2008 (1 year)
-Worked with the company's founders to develop brand identity: name, target market, dominant selling idea
-Designed logo and all promotional materials
-Created all aspects of web presence: design and coding of the website, take photographs for flickr, etc -
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VoodooVox
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
September 2005 — August 2007 (2 years)
I worked with the executive team and tech, serving as user advocate, visual designer, and hand-coder of HTML & CSS; I designed our various sites, web apps, flash widgets, demos, and marketing efforts. The company's main office is located in North Adams, Massachusetts, but I telecommuted from my home in CA.
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Designer
Lotus Interworks
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Telecommunications industry)
June 2005 — September 2005 (4 months)
-Designed "mobile channels": robust, well-branded entertainment sites for WAP browsers; did graphics and XHTML
-Designed user interface schematics and graphics for PC telecommunications software
-Created art assets for websites, PC software UI, and wireless games
-Wrote DHTML for company websites
-Created "look and feel" comps for websites and games
-Collaborated with design team to create game design documents for wireless games
-Responsible for design work for multiple companies under the Lotus business umbrella (Ardit, Tegora, Alacre)
-Worked with high-profile companies such as Disney, ABC, and Lion's Gate Films -
Quality Assurance Lead
Alacre
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Wireless industry)
February 2005 — June 2005 (5 months)
-Interfaced with producers, developers, and testers in the development of cell phone games
-Worked with others to supervise a team of 15 testers and produce reports for developers
-Was responsible for final BREW testing (TBT) on games for Verizon phones; assisted in training other leads in TBT procedures -
Book & Media Buyer
Grand Opening! (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Retail industry)
April 2004 — February 2005 (11 months)
Grand Opening! LA was a female-owned and -operated sex shop, a sister store to the flagship in Boston; we provided a safe space for buying adult books, media, and sex toys. We also hosted workshops & taught classes.
-Solely responsible for ordering, organizing, and display of books & other media
-Taught adult sex education classes
-Helped schedule, promote, and facilitate special educational events
-Assisted in all aspects of managing the store -
Student Media Consultant
Williams College
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
September 2002 — June 2003 (10 months)
-Trained faculty and staff in use of media
-Created a tutorial and written documentation to help newbies learn iMovie
-Researched and purchased media lab equipment
-Routine troubleshooting of hardware failures (DV/AV equipment, printers, scanners) -
Web and Print Designer
RadioVoodoo
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Telecommunications industry)
May 2001 — September 2002 (1 year 5 months)
-Sole designer; created the look and the code of all the company sites (RadioVoodoo, VoodooVox, StationVoodoo, plus internal sites)
-Created a cast of cartoon characters for RadioVoodoo.com, using Flash and Fireworks
-Developed user interface of a web app that controls Voice XML systems
-Worked my own Javascript and HTML around programmers’ XML and Java code -
Intern
Streetmail.com
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
June 2000 — September 2000 (4 months)
-Designed internal site pages and newsletters
-Created company photo directory
-Performed market research by phone and web
-Assisted chief editor of newsletters by doing C reads
Beth Budwig’s Education
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California Healing Arts College
Certificate , Massage Therapy , 2005 — 2005
For a brief time, I thought I'd leave tech to become a massage therapist. I don't regret getting my certificate - I learned some cool stuff about nutrition and physiology, and can also give better backrubs to friends.
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Williams College
BA , Fine Art , 1998 — 2003
-Graduated with honors in my major
-Appointed to the post of Art Dept Teaching Assistant
-Chaired the Bi, Gay, Lesbian, & Transgendered Union for a semester
-Designed posters for professors & organizations
-Contributed artwork and articles to various campus publications
-Received the Lehman Scholarship for community contributions- Activities and Societies:
- The Elizabethans, Concert Choir, BGLTU, The Real Deal, Diveley Committee
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Beth Budwig’s Interests:
photography, hiking in Oakland, usability, oil painting, cooking, infusing, typography, progressive politics
Beth Budwig’s Contact Settings
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