Jen Randolph

Past

• Lead Interaction Designer at Digitas
• IA & Graphic Design Consultant at TickerHound.com
• Interaction Design Intern at R/GA

• Graphic Designer at TGP Associates
• Designer at Proscenum Inc.

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Education

• Parsons School of Design

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Industry

Design

Websites

• My Website

Jen Randolph’s Summary

Interaction designer with 5 years' experience in developing interactive strategy. Have worked with startups, small businesses, and global ad agencies; clients include IBM, Pfizer, American Express, Nike, and Versus. Strong interest in the design process and human behavior, as well as first-hand knowledge of design and development, allow me to both plan and execute the user experience from start to finish.

I'm interested in networking, new job opportunities, and consulting on your project. No recruiters, please.

Jen Randolph’s Specialties:

Common sense; critical thinking; excellent speaking and writing skills; organized; a leader and a team player; usability; user testing; design research; ethnography; accessibility; storyboarding; rapid prototyping; Adobe CS; MS Office; XHTML; CSS; PHP5; JavaScript; jQuery; XML; MySQL; Drupal; Wordpress; SEO; web typography

Jen Randolph’s Experience

• Lead Interaction Designer

  Digitas

  (Public Company; PUB; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  November 2008 — May 2009 (7 months)

  Develop interactive strategy for a number of clients including IBM, American Express, Lowe's, Pfizer, and Boehringer Ingelheim. Create sitemaps, user flows, wireframes, functional specs, presentation specs, and other documentation.

• IA & Graphic Design Consultant

  TickerHound.com

  (Internet industry)

  September 2008 — November 2008 (3 months)

  Freelance user experience consultation for an investing community website. Brainstorm creative concepts in response to design research; create wireframes and functional specs; execute design decisions with XHTML, CSS, PHP, and JavaScript.

• Interaction Design Intern

  R/GA

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IPG; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  February 2008 — May 2008 (4 months)

  Worked with other interaction designers to develop information architecture and user interfaces; created proposals, functional specs, flow charts and schematics; brainstormed creative concepts in response to design research. Worked primarily on Nike brand websites, including Nike+, Nike Human Race, Nike Running, Nike Soccer, and Nike Basketball.

• Graphic Designer

  TGP Associates

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  November 2006 — February 2008 (1 year 4 months)

  Designed brand, B2B, B2C, E-commerce, and social networking websites and web apps for individuals, small businesses, and multi-national corporations. Responsible for design research, research analysis, concept generation, design evaluation, prototyping and usability testing, implementation, and system testing. Responsible for visual design, front-end development, some back-end development, and all Flash work. Developed the interface for one of the winning contracts to install video screens in NYC taxi cabs.

• Designer

  Proscenum Inc.

  (Internet industry)

  May 2005 — August 2005 (4 months)

  Cross-disciplinary responsibilities—juggled many roles on a 5-person team. Designed UIs for a desktop- and web-based webinar application. Designed company website with XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, Flash. Designed comprehensive marketing campaign for print and web. Conducted all usability testing. Developed bug-tracker with ASP.NET, C#, and SQL.

Jen Randolph’s Education

• Parsons School of Design

  BFA , Design & Technology , 2004 — 2008

  Everyone's favorite student. Known for smart and creative work drenched in sarcastic humor.

  Activities and Societies:

  Design & Technology Student Senate, 2004-2005

Additional Information

Jen Randolph’s Websites:

• My Website

Jen Randolph’s Interests:

Seido karate, yoga, horseback riding, cooking, reading, electronic music, dancing, bathroom humor

Jen Randolph’s Groups:

•    Interaction Design Association
•    Freelancers Union Group
•    New School Alumni
•    R/GA
•    Digitas
•    Parsons

Jen Randolph’s Honors:

2009: R/GA - Adweek Agency Of the Year 2008

2007: Developed the interface for one of the winning contracts to install video screens in NYC taxi cabs.

Jen Randolph’s Contact Settings

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