Laura Valentine

Current

Freelancer at Valentine Communications

Past

Design Consultant, Usability Analyst, & Outreach Specialist at Carnegie Mellon University
Systems/Programmer III at University of Pittsburgh

Education

Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University

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Writing and Editing

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Laura Valentine’s Summary

I enjoy bridging gaps between technical and non-technical audiences, and facilitating communication and connection between groups.

Laura Valentine’s Specialties:

Information architecture, UI testing and review, proposal and report writing and editing, technical writing, training delivery, focus group development, internal communications, outreach, meeting facilitation, needs assessment, requirements gathering

Laura Valentine’s Experience

Freelancer

Valentine Communications

(Writing and Editing industry)

September 2008 — Present (11 months)
Design Consultant, Usability Analyst, & Outreach Specialist

Carnegie Mellon University

(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

July 2002 — August 2008 (6 years 2 months)

Design workflows, wireframes, and user interfaces for web tools and assist internal and external groups with interface design projects. Develop and administer user tests, design and facilitate focus groups, perform user needs assessment and requirements analysis. Create and edit technical and non-technical documentation, both internal and external. Develop public and internal websites for working group and maintain group wiki space. Responsible for outreach from Carnegie Mellon’s central computing division to the campus.

Projects include conducting focus groups in support of a large multi-year project, developing web app workflows and wireframes, working with an undergraduate human-computer interface team on developing a standard for installed classroom control systems, developing a system for encoding and presenting qualitative data via the web, and information architecture for the revision of a departmental website.
Systems/Programmer III

University of Pittsburgh

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

April 2000 — April 2002 (2 years 1 month)

I maintained and developed the HTML, Javascript, and information design of the Information Technology web site. I also maintained the official University web pages and the Computing Services & Systems Development internal web site. Projects included implementing and testing a content management solution, XML web templating, and online information design and development.