Geoff Mackey

Current

• Webmaster at Carolina Women's Center

Past

• User Experience Design Intern at Capstrat

Education

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Connections

36 connections

Industry

Information Services

Websites

• My Website

Geoff Mackey’s Summary

The bulk of my professional experience resides in small-medium scale web development. I have been employed by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for a year and a half as the webmaster at the Carolina Women's Center. While at the Women's Center I have completed 4 major web site development projects, including the main web site.

In addition to my part-time employment at the Women's Center, I done a small amount of freelance web development and user experience consulting. My clients have included Nicholas Leopold Photography, Semaphore Interactive, and the Chapel Hill Visitors Bureau.

I have also had the opportunity to work as a user experience design intern at Capstrat, Inc., an interactive strategic communications firm in Raleigh, NC. This experience was incredibly valuable to me and introduced me to many professionals in the field of experience design.

I have been trying to attend as many conferences, seminars, workshops, presentations, etc. as possible to get connected with experience professionals and gain practical knowledge that isn't found in academia. I had the opportunity of attending Adaptive Path's User Experience Intensive conference in Minneapolis last June and I intend to attend UX Week 2009. Aside from these (expensive!) ventures, I spend a lot of time reading professional blogs and experiencing online lectures by leading professionals.

Geoff Mackey’s Experience

• Webmaster

  Carolina Women's Center

  (Individual & Family Services industry)

  June 2007 — Present (2 years 7 months)

  I am currently redesigning the Women's Center website from the ground up. My efforts include: Database Design, Graphic Design, PHP/MySQL programming, and User Experience Design.
  
  I also handle general IT and Microsoft Application troubleshooting and HTML e-mail distribution.

• User Experience Design Intern

  Capstrat

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Public Relations and Communications industry)

  May 2008 — August 2008 (4 months)

  Common tasks I am involved with at Capstrat:
  
  Design/User Research, Competitive Research, Content Modeling/Information Architecture, Design Strategy, Wireframing.

Geoff Mackey’s Education

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  2006 — 2010 (expected)

Additional Information

Geoff Mackey’s Websites:

• My Website

Geoff Mackey’s Interests:

Design Research, Usability Testing, Function Specification Development, Graphic Design, Interaction Design, Information Systems, Web programming in PHP/MySQL/Javascript, (x)HTML/CSS/XML/RSS, Computer programming in Java, New Technology, Writing

Geoff Mackey’s Groups:

TriUPA

•    Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia
•    Capstrat Friends

Geoff Mackey’s Honors:

Boy Scouts of America - Eagle Scout (2004)

Geoff Mackey’s Contact Settings

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