Eryn Whitworth

Current

• Web Strategy Consultant at LBJ Presidential Libarary and Museum
• Teaching Assistant in School of Information at University of Texas at Austin

Past

• Usability Engineering Intern at Luna Imaging, Inc.
• Web Services Intern American Art Archive at Smithsonian Institution

Education

• The University of Texas at Austin
• The University of Texas at Austin
• University of Central Oklahoma

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Eryn Whitworth’s Summary

Preferring to work on projects requiring complex solutions, I have developed a broad range of skills. I have managed and executed projects pertaining to usability engineering, information architecture, data analysis, and information design.

When working in teams I often serve as a project manager or team strategist. I think big picture and enjoy high stakes, conceptual work. I also enjoy technical work. I have created simple web applications serviced by a relational database using PHP and MySQL. I have designed effective data workflows in XML using XSD, and XSL. In sum, my interests reside at the intersection of the arts and sciences. I bring an analytic mindset and strong aesthetic sense to bear in all my endeavors.

Eryn Whitworth’s Specialties:

4 Star System of Skill rating (4 stars = most experience)
**** information architecture
**** project management
*** information design
*** usability engineering
** interface design
** public speaking

Eryn Whitworth’s Experience

• Web Strategy Consultant

  LBJ Presidential Libarary and Museum

  (Design industry)

  March 2009 — Present (9 months)

  • Create and document strategic vision to overhaul current website.
  • Coordinate with library and museum management to plan, fund, and promote new strategy.
  • Conduct heuristic analysis of current website.
  • Aid organization in documenting institutional knowledge using MediaWiki.
  • Research and develop search engine optimization strategies and enterprise search solutions.
  • Work with content experts to create a customized faceted search of databases.
  • Create a comprehensive project budget.
  • Identify and communicate with contractors.

• Teaching Assistant in School of Information

  University of Texas at Austin

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  January 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)

  The IT Lab is the hub of activity for the School of information. Working in a teaching lab the lab is staffed with Purpleshirts. Purpleshirts are the lab Teaching Assistants,who staff the Lab and provide helpful information and assistance on a variety of technologies.
  • Develop instruction in variety of formats (lecture, activities, and group work).
  • Specialties of Instruction include:
  • Adobe CS3 (Illustrator, Flash)
  • Wiki Installation and management (MediaWiki)
  • Information Architecture diagramming software (OmniGraffle, Visio)
  • Web authoring and file management
  • Distribute instructional tools in web and print mediums.
  • Teach small and large groups of masters students.
  • Managed school wide technology instruction program, and created summary report.

• Usability Engineering Intern

  Luna Imaging, Inc.

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  May 2008 — September 2008 (5 months)

  • Developed usability engineering lifecycle for integration into existing software development cycle.
  • Built a baseline of user research using user profiles, and personas.
  • Conducted numerous interviews with company clients.
  • Wrote, distribute and analyze the results of numerous surveys.
  • Recruited, wrote, conducted and analyzed a structured usability test of LUNA application.

• Web Services Intern American Art Archive

  Smithsonian Institution

  (Non-Profit; Museums and Institutions industry)

  July 2008 — August 2008 (2 months)

  As an intern I worked with the IT staff at the Archive for five weeks in Washington DC.
  
  • Conducted extensive evaluation website’s usability, using heuristics and usability test data.
  • Composed usability strategy report for AAA management.
  • Designed advanced search interface that services a faceted search of relational databases for use with an implementation of the Google search appliance.
  • Authored widely distributed survey and provide data analysis on results.
  • Created Flickr processing workflow for Smithsonian Photography Initiative to facilitate the management of Smithsonian Volunteer efforts.

Eryn Whitworth’s Education

• The University of Texas at Austin

  PhD , Information Studies , 2009 — 2012 (expected)

  funded by the Cultivating Digital Library Faculty (IMLS) Grant http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~geisler/projects/cdlf/

• The University of Texas at Austin

  M.S.I.S. , Information Studies , 2007 — 2009

  Activities and Societies:

  ASIS&T,

• University of Central Oklahoma

  BA , Philosophy , 2002 — 2007

  Activities and Societies:

  Symposium of Philosophy

Additional Information

Eryn Whitworth’s Interests:

presentations, design, typography, new media, classical music, technology and culture, museum studies, multi-touch and multi-user surfaces, interaction design, interface design