Claire Armstrong

Current

UI Designer at Border Stylo
Freelance Web and Graphic Designer at Armst & Associates

Past

Design and Front End Developer at Revolution Prep
Senior Interaction Designer at Drum Channel
Model Assistant at SuicideGirls

Mobile Energy Team at Red Bull
Student Designer at CSUS Library
Graphic Designer at Alphagraphics
Document Creation Specialist at Kinko's
Student Designer at UCSC Merril and Crown Colleges
Barista at Starbucks Coffee Company
Computer Lab Technician at Dixon High School

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Education

California State University-Sacramento

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Connections

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Industry

Design

Websites

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Claire Armstrong’s Summary

In the 12 years since I first began tinkering with web sites, I’ve seen the internet change, evolve, and become a central part of everyday life. My work in interaction design, coding, print design, and information architecture has evolved along with the web, affording me an opportunity to grow and expand that few professions could offer. I’m looking for a position that will help me continue to grow, and enable me to continue to raise the bar for user experience on the web.

Claire Armstrong’s Specialties:

layout, concepting, logo/mark development and branding, organization, web site planning and design, web programming, presentation, photo manipulation, typography, flash development

Claire Armstrong’s Experience

UI Designer

Border Stylo

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

November 2009 — Present (1 month)
Freelance Web and Graphic Designer

Armst & Associates

(Design industry)

January 1998 — Present (11 years 11 months)

As a hobby, I began designing and developing web sites for friends. Soon word-of-mouth spread, and I ended up declaring a home business to manage my design and web services. I have created and maintained over 25 websites since then, which allowed me to experiment in layout as well as develop my programming and business skills. This experience taught me many valuable lessons about client management and professional relationships.
Design and Front End Developer

Revolution Prep

(Privately Held; Education Management industry)

August 2009 — November 2009 (4 months)
Senior Interaction Designer

Drum Channel

(Privately Held; Music industry)

March 2008 — August 2009 (1 year 6 months)

This position has allowed me to take a leadership role in an emerging web 2.0 startup, combining my love of music and social media. I wear many hats within the company, including web design and development, graphic and print design, and community management.
In 6 months, I designed and implemented the front end of a 200+ page web site. In addition to the typical Photoshop design and XHTML/CSS/JavaScript implementation, I would also often write wireframes, research JavaScript libraries and write copy. Finally, I was instrumental in developing Drum Channel’s social network marketing strategy and community management, as well as the graphic design of print ads, banner ads, promotional materials, and apparel for the company.
Model Assistant

SuicideGirls

(Public Company; Entertainment industry)

June 2007 — March 2008 (10 months)

My transitional job after college while settling in LA. I’ve always had a lot of respect for this company and website and was curious about the inner-workings of the alt culture phenomena. My responsibilities included running online support, managing paperwork and filing, photoshopping photosets, booking travel, transporting models, assistant to the founder, and creating documents.
Mobile Energy Team

Red Bull

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Food & Beverages industry)

February 2006 — May 2007 (1 year 4 months)

The Mobile Energy Team is a group of young people that provide complimentary Red Bull energy drinks to consumers out in the field. This means we had to fit standards of personality including being outgoing, charming, innovative, and credible. This experience helped me to learn about popular youth culture, develop communication skills and public relations, as well as networking abilities and marketing relations.
Student Designer

CSUS Library

(Design industry)

November 2005 — July 2006 (9 months)

I held this position while a full-time student at CSU Sacramento. The job consisted of designing print pieces such as event banners and signs, websites for library special collections, programming kiosk systems, web programming, and performing web updates. I also covered some troubleshooting and network management.
Graphic Designer

Alphagraphics

(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Printing industry)

April 2004 — September 2005 (1 year 6 months)

Alphagraphics was a great experience for me, because I worked as a designer working with major state departments and variety of other clients, as well as my participation in starting up the new franchise. So not only was I designing print pieces, performing pre-press tasks, meeting with and presenting options to clients, performing digital production and bindery; I also designed the forms and workflow which deifined the business.
Document Creation Specialist

Kinko's

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

June 2003 — April 2004 (11 months)
Student Designer

UCSC Merril and Crown Colleges

(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Design industry)

October 2002 — September 2003 (1 year )
Barista

Starbucks Coffee Company

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SBUX; Retail industry)

August 2001 — September 2002 (1 year 2 months)
Computer Lab Technician

Dixon High School

(Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Computer Networking industry)

October 2000 — June 2002 (1 year 9 months)

Claire Armstrong’s Education

California State University-Sacramento

B.S. , Graphic Design , 2004 — 2007

Overall GPA of 3.5, Dean’s Honor List
Scholarships: Fred G. Wade Scholarship, Print and Graphics Scholarship Foundation, Golden State Exam Governor's Award

Activities and Societies:

President of Graphic Resource and Information Design Society (GRIDS), participant in local ADAC and AIGA chapters