Cindy Li

Current

Principal Visual Designer at Move.com
Freelance Web Designer at W3C Conversions
Freelance Web Designer and Illustrator at Design Rabbit

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Past

Freelance Web Designer at Easy! Design, LLC
Freelance Designer at MapQuest
Senior Designer, Contractor at Yahoo!

Art Director at Nclud
Director of Content at Scrapblog
Senior Designer at AOL
Designer at America Online
Jr Designer at America Online
Jr Designer at Netchannel
Freelance Consultant at Murrell Design Group

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Education

University of Florida

Recommended

9 people have recommended Cindy

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

Cindy Li’s Summary

Web Design, Graphic Design, Illustration, Web standards, CSS, Stage Mangaging, and Social Networking

Clients: Mapquest, Microsoft, Yahoo, Ma.gnolia, Random House, Tara Hunt, User Interface Engineering, Ning, Mixx, Wordpress, AOL, TvLoop, AOLTV,

Speaker: SXSWi (2007-2009), <head> conference (2008), FOWD (future of web design) (2007), Refresh DC 2007, University of Florida (2007,2008), University of TN, Chattanooga (2009),

Cindy Li’s Specialties:

Web Design, Graphic Design, Illustration, Branding, Style Guide, Social Media promotion and stage managing

Cindy Li’s Experience

Principal Visual Designer

Move.com

(Public Company; MOVE; Internet industry)

July 2009 — Present (5 months)
Freelance Web Designer

W3C Conversions

(Internet industry)

October 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)
Freelance Web Designer and Illustrator

Design Rabbit

(Internet industry)

May 2007 — Present (2 years 7 months)

Visual design for such clients as Tara Hunt's upcoming book launch www.thewhuffiefactor.com, WordPress, Ning, and Ma.gnolia.com
Freelance Web Designer

Easy! Design, LLC

(Internet industry)

April 2009 — May 2009 (2 months)
Freelance Designer

MapQuest

(Public Company; TWX; Internet industry)

March 2009 — April 2009 (2 months)

Designs (confidential)
Senior Designer, Contractor

Yahoo!

(Internet industry)

May 2008 — December 2008 (8 months)

• Instrumental in helping Yahoo’s Buzz become an open platform for any user by providing social media strategy, badges, and marketing collateral
• Expanded additional venues for users to digest Buzz by developing iPhone platforms
• Furthered community discussion by developing connections for users to promote activity
Art Director

Nclud

(Internet industry)

November 2007 — April 2008 (6 months)

Creative consultant for Nclud specializing in branding and visual systems for websites.
Director of Content

Scrapblog

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

April 2007 — November 2007 (8 months)

• Improved bottom line by negotiating contracts with designers and vendors
• Engaged audience and attracted new users by creating an enticing conference experience
• Expanded content base by researching trends and illustrators
Senior Designer

AOL

(Public Company; 1-10 employees; TWX; Internet industry)

March 2004 — April 2007 (3 years 2 months)

Projects included AOL.com, Personal Finance, Aim Pages, Mac Client, AIM Lite, and Ficlets.
Designer

America Online

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; TWX; Internet industry)

March 2000 — March 2004 (4 years 1 month)

Responsible for the You've got pictures channel, Kids& Family for AOLTV.
Developed UI and Design for Scientific Atlanta version of AOLTV with the west coast team. Managed a Jr. Designer.

Worked on Health & Fitness, Autos, Shopping, Personal Fitness.
Jr Designer

America Online

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; TWX; Internet industry)

June 1998 — March 2000 (1 year 10 months)

Responsible for Kids and Family Channel design for AOLTV. Marketing collateral for partners.
Jr Designer

Netchannel

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

August 1997 — June 1998 (11 months)

Responsible for keeping promotion schedule on track.
Managed intern and trained contractor.
Freelance Consultant

Murrell Design Group

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Design industry)

May 1997 — July 1997 (3 months)

Freelance consultant for the 1996 Olympics Monument in Atlanta, GA

Cindy Li’s Education

University of Florida

BFA , Graphic Design , 1993 — 1997

Activities and Societies:

President of VoxGraphis(1996-97), Secretary of the Asian Student Union (1995-96),

Additional Information

Cindy Li’s Websites:

Cindy Li’s Interests:

Swing Dancing, photography, costume design, jewelry, snowboarding/skiing (or falling a lot), cooking, traveling,

Cindy Li’s Groups:

Refresh DC, CSS Working Group (W3C) 2006-2007, SXSW Advisory Panel 2007-2009, Future of Web Design speaker Nov 2007,20x2 speaker (2007), DC-Raliegh Aids Ride (2001), Avon Breast Cancer Walk Volunteer (2002, 2003), Web Directions North, <head>conference,

AOLAlumni
Interaction Design Association
Art & Design
ex-AOL
VizThink
The Univeristy of Florida Alumni
American Institute of Graphic Arts
South By Southwest (SXSW)
Refresh - Promoting design, technology,and usability.
Yahoo Employees
Yahoo Employees and Alumni Group
Communication Arts
The Pixel Awards
AOL CONNECTIONS
LogoPond.com
Web Standards Design + Development
DreamDesigners
Web Developer & Graphic Designer
Professional Apple users
User Experience Professionals Network
Graphic Design
Graphic Designers
Graphic Design Professional Group
Graphic Design Freelancers
GRAPHIC DESIGN PROS
Mavin Digital Mashup
barcamp
Online Media Jobs -- Work in Internet Marketing, E-business, Web Analytics, etc.
Green Graphic Design
San Francisco Bay Area Gator Club
Environments for Humans
Real Estate Brokers, Agents and Associated Professionals