Jen Randolph

Current

• IA & Graphic Design Consultant at TickerHound.com

Past

• Interaction Design Intern at R/GA
• Graphic Designer at TGP Associates
• Freelance Web Design at Computer Advice and Services, LLC

• IT at Onna!
• Designer at Proscenum Inc.
• Designer at Image Plant

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Education

• Parsons School of Design

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Design

Websites

• My Website

Jen Randolph’s Summary

Talented interaction designer with 5 years' experience in all aspects of web and interactive design and development. Extensive and first-hand knowledge of how people approach the Internet and mobile devices, and a good understanding of how to create experiences that empower them. Emphasis on design and user research, psychological and ethnographic study, usability, and smart typography. Interested in developing creative, sensible, and possibly humorous concepts to help you satisfy the needs of your target audience. Looking for full-time, part-time, or temporary work in the interaction design or information architecture field, probably at a larger design or advertising agency. Also considering small to medium size design and advertising firms, in-house design departments in other companies, and freelance and consulting offers.

Jen Randolph’s Specialties:

Smart and creative, superb speaking and writing skills, HCI, user psychology, design history, usability, accessibility, free thinker, both a leader and a team player, Adobe CS, MS Office, XHTML, CSS, JS, PHP, XML, AS2.0, procedural programming, OOP, MVC, hand-coding, standards-compliance, cross-browser compability, semantic markup, copy editing, web typography

Jen Randolph’s Experience

• IA & Graphic Design Consultant

  TickerHound.com

  (Internet industry)

  September 2008 — Present (2 months)

  Part-time work advising on all matters related to user experience design. Make recommendations, wireframes, and develop concepts with XHTML and CSS.

• Interaction Design Intern

  R/GA

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

  February 2008 — May 2008 (4 months)

  The brains behind award-winning brand experiences on the web. 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.

• Freelance Web Design

  Computer Advice and Services, LLC

  (Computer Networking industry)

  June 2006 — July 2006 (2 months)

  Designed and developed company website.

• IT

  Onna!

  (Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  September 2004 — October 2005 (1 year 2 months)

  Pro-bono work administering website for a festival celebrating women in the graphic arts and animation industries.

• 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.

• Designer

  Image Plant

  (Media Production industry)

  May 2005 — August 2005 (4 months)

  Light graphic and video production w/ Illustrator, Quark, FCP, and AfterEffects for healthcare and pharmaceutical companies. Coordinated production, packaging, and shipping of short- and long-run CD and DVD duplication.

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:

ethnography, yoga, horseback riding, electronic music, dancing, haute cuisine

Jen Randolph’s Groups:

•    Interaction Design Association
•    New School Alumni

Jen Randolph’s Honors:

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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