Kristin Andrews

Current

• Owner at Refined Design & Consulting, LLC
• Web Designer, WWW.ARMY.MIL at L-3 Communications

Past

• Print/Web Designer & Admissions Ambassador at James Madison University
• Marketing Representative & Special Events Staff Member at University of Dreams
• Public Relations Intern at Creative Consortium, Ltd.

• Media Intern at Nemours Foundation for Children's Health Media

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Education

• James Madison University

Recommended

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Connections

125 connections

Industry

Design

Websites

• Refined Designer

Kristin Andrews’s Summary

I'm currently a web designer with the Army.mil web team. I am responsible for working closely with a talented team of designers, developers, and content editors to design and develop websites for the United States Army. Samples of my work can be found at http://www.refineddesigner.com/portfolio.html

I also freelance on the side at Refined Design & Consulting, LLC, which is my personal side business. If you're looking to hire a web designer for your next project, please feel free to contact me: andrews.kristin@gmail.com.

Kristin Andrews’s Specialties:

Knowledge of PC & Mac programs including: Flash, TextMate, Dreamweaver, Coda, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Audacity, After-Effects, and Microsoft Office Suite. Working knowledge of CSS, XHTML, HTML, Action Script 2.0, and general understanding of HTML5, CSS3, Javascript, jQuery, and C++ programming concepts.

Kristin Andrews’s Experience

• Owner

  Refined Design & Consulting, LLC

  (Design industry)

  July 2009 — Present (5 months)

  Helping individuals & businesses with a wide variety of Internet services:
  
  Web Design
  Front-end Web Development
  Back-end Web Development (PHP / Python)
  Domain & Hosting provider set-up
  Search-engine optimization (SEO)
  Social networking strategies (Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, LinkedIn, etc)
  Network Administration / Design (Cisco)
  Remote Access Services (IPSec client/server & site-to-site Interconnectivity)
  System Administration (Linux / Windows)
  Database Administration / Design (MySQL)
  
  Feel free to check out: http://www.refineddesigner.com

• Web Designer, WWW.ARMY.MIL

  L-3 Communications

  (Public Company; LLL; Defense & Space industry)

  May 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)

  Design & front-end development for the official homepage of the United States Army.

• Print/Web Designer & Admissions Ambassador

  James Madison University

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  August 2006 — May 2008 (1 year 10 months)

• Marketing Representative & Special Events Staff Member

  University of Dreams

  (Privately Held; Events Services industry)

  August 2006 — July 2007 (1 year )

  Chicago participant 2006, New York City staff 2007

• Public Relations Intern

  Creative Consortium, Ltd.

  (Privately Held; Design industry)

  June 2006 — July 2006 (2 months)

  Worked primarily on projects for the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA)

• Media Intern

  Nemours Foundation for Children's Health Media

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  May 2004 — August 2005 (1 year 4 months)

  Researched & wrote articles for the most visited website for children's health information in the world: www.kidshealth.org.

Kristin Andrews’s Education

• James Madison University

  BA , Media Arts & Design -- Interactive Media , 2004 — 2008

  Activities and Societies:

  Pi Sigma Epsilon professional business fraternity, Graphic Designer for University Unions, former information ambassador in the Office of Admissions

Additional Information

Kristin Andrews’s Websites:

• Refined Designer

Kristin Andrews’s Interests:

Web design, Interactive media, Snowboarding, Soccer, Volleyball, Meeting new people, Photography, Scrapbooking

Kristin Andrews’s Groups:

Pi Sigma Epsilon professional business fraternity

•    James Madison University Alumni Association
•    James Madison University School of Media Arts & Design
•    Washington, DC Young Professionals
•    Refresh DC
•    Web Standards Design + Development
•    Designers Talk
•    L-3 Communications Alumni
•    CREATIVE DESIGN PROS

Kristin Andrews’s Honors:

Outstanding Contributor in Interactive Media, James Madison University
Winner, International Student Media Festival
2nd Place, Academic Writing Contest
Nominated, Student Employee of the Year (2x)

Kristin Andrews’s Contact Settings

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• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• reference requests
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