Chelsea Winkel

Current

• Consultant at Duo Consulting
• Problem Solver at HireChelsea

Past

• Lead User Experience Designer at Pearson
• Interim CEO at Solid Rock Surfaces
• Design Research Specialist at Pearson

• Graphic Designer at Contact Media
• Director of Marketing at Solid Rock Surfaces

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Education

• The Art Institute of Phoenix
• The Art instutute of Minnesota

Recommended

4 people have recommended Chelsea

Connections

86 connections

Industry

Design

Websites

• My Portfolio
• Fine Art
• Twitter

Chelsea Winkel’s Summary

Chelsea Winkel’s Specialties:

Usability Design, User Experience, Information Design, Creative Motivation, Team Leader, Multiple Hat Wearer, Producer,

Chelsea Winkel’s Experience

• Consultant

  Duo Consulting

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  December 2008 — Present (1 year )

  Consultant, Pearson Inc.
  Lead consultant for the redesign of Pearson's Mastering product line, an online-learning environment for higher education.
  
  Consultant, CareerBuilder.com
  Developed key presentations that built design strategy consensus and best practices and, in return, influenced company culture. Thought leadership and leading contributor in design research efforts centered on an empathetic mental model of their target audience.

• Problem Solver

  HireChelsea

  (Design industry)

  June 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)

  Design | Produce | Direct
  Freelance Problem Solver, making everyday processes easier for people to understand, use and adapt to.
  
  Consulted for Suzanne Cummings Flowers to standardize reoccurring internal processes. Provided visual template structure and price points for hand-made orders.
  
  Projects include; small business consulting, new business design, identity design, art direction, usability design, video production.

• Lead User Experience Designer

  Pearson

  (Public Company; PSO; Publishing industry)

  May 2007 — May 2008 (1 year 1 month)

  Used research findings as a strategic guide to create the first all-digital online curriculum experience.
  
  Worked with product teams across K-12 to re-engineer Pearson SuccessNet to meet the needs of rich online learning experiences.
  
  Head designer on award winning products enVision Math, Miller and Levine Biology and Prentice Hall Literature.
  
  Deliverables included; flash prototypes for focus testing, road maps for design iterations, style guides, functional specifications documents, interactive templates.

• Interim CEO

  Solid Rock Surfaces

  (Consumer Services industry)

  December 2007 — January 2008 (2 months)

  Successfully carried out: daily operations management, off-site project management, sales, accounting and payroll.
  
  Merchandised 4,000-square-foot showroom to accommodate new, exclusive and exotic stone lines.

• Design Research Specialist

  Pearson

  (Public Company; PSO; Publishing industry)

  April 2006 — April 2007 (1 year 1 month)

  Lead designer in research pilot program exploring online learning. Employed a User Centered Design methodology and worked directly with students to craft a prototype environment.
  
  Created the central prototype presentation displaying research results to senior management. It was the leading factor causing Pearson to restructure their investment strategy as it applies to technology in education.
  
  Concepted new visual search method for adolescents.

• Graphic Designer

  Contact Media

  (Partnership; 1-10 employees; Publishing industry)

  March 2006 — March 2007 (1 year 1 month)

• Director of Marketing

  Solid Rock Surfaces

  (Consumer Services industry)

  January 2005 — May 2006 (1 year 5 months)

  Consulting member of a team which developed a small family business into a multimillion dollar company in 6 months.
  
  Advertising design for Technistone® USA national campaign.
  
  Managing editor and art director for Stone Interiors Magazine.
  
  Responsiblilites; logo and collateral design, website design, multilingual television commercial production, email and word of mouth campaigns and execution, press releases.

Chelsea Winkel’s Education

• The Art Institute of Phoenix

  2002 — 2006

• The Art instutute of Minnesota

Additional Information

Chelsea Winkel’s Websites:

• My Portfolio
• Fine Art
• Twitter

Chelsea Winkel’s Interests:

User Experience, Information Architecture, Information Design, User Interface, Product Development, Product Design, New Technology, Dynamic Media, Information Graphics, Mobile Media, Open Source, Information Design, Instructional Design, Peanut Butter

Chelsea Winkel’s Groups:

•    Interaction Design Association
•    Gangplank
•    Ignite Phoenix
•    Chicago Twitter & Social Media

Chelsea Winkel’s Honors:

2009 Association of Educational Publishers / Distinguished Achievement Award for Curriculum in Technology / Golden Lamp Award Finalist / Technology Innovations Finalist / Miller and Levine Biology, Pearson Inc.

2008 Association of Educational Publishers / Distinguished Achievement Award for Curriculum in Technology / enVision Math Digital, Pearson Inc.

2006 Best Portfolio / The Art Institute Of Phoenix

2005 Gold Addy Winner / Student Category

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