User Experience Design Lead at RateItAll
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- UX Design Lead at RateItAll
- Member at KCDevCore, An Adobe RIA User Group in Kansas City
- Past
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- Interactive Designer at Hallmark Cards
- Designer at 21xdesign
- Student at Tyler School of Art
- Art Director at Seed Ventures
- Education
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- Temple University
- Holliston High School
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- Internet
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Lena Cardell’s Summary
I am a highly-motivated and award-winning designer and developer whose passion lies in user experience, problem-solving and new technologies. I draw inspiration equally from tangible and digital experiences to create intuitive and immersive interfaces for the user. I am a voracious reader of blogs and non-fiction books, and I'm generally inquisitive and curious about everything around me. I have an impressive ability to quickly absorb and digest information about a wide range of topics including design, development, usability, economics and marketing, and I apply this diverse knowledge to projects that I work on in innovative and relevant ways.
Lena Cardell’s Specialties:
User Experience, Flash, Actionscript, HTML, CSS, XML, Web 2.0, Planning RIAs, for APIs including Facebook, & device independent web solutions.
Lena Cardell’s Experience
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UX Design Lead
RateItAll
(Internet industry)
June 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)
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Member
KCDevCore, An Adobe RIA User Group in Kansas City
(Internet industry)
2007 — Present (2 years)
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Interactive Designer
Hallmark Cards
(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Consumer Goods industry)
August 2006 — June 2008 (1 year 11 months)
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Designer
21xdesign
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Graphic Design industry)
April 2005 — June 2006 (1 year 3 months)
While I worked at 21xDesign I was responsible for the development of a majority of the web content that was produced by the studio. In addition to development, I also worked with an art director to design two HTML-Flash hybrid websites and one HTML website and maintained four other sites.
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Student
Tyler School of Art
(Internet industry)
2001 — 2006 (5 years)
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Art Director
Seed Ventures
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Design industry)
June 2004 — December 2004 (7 months)
Seed Ventures was a 501c3 non-profit launched by Stephen Eaton. The mission was to provide underprivileged youth from Philadelphia and the surrounding areas with an entrepreneurial skill set. By providing leadership, guidance and a suitable environment Seed Ventures successfully launched a few mini-businesses that were conceptualized by the students who participated in the program.
In my role as Art Director I managed creative department members and interviewed prospective candidates. In addition, I designed logos, brochures, posters, and websites which helped in obtaining grants for the organization.
Lena Cardell’s Education
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Temple University
BFA , Interactive Design, , 2001 — 2006
Top Interactive Design Portfolio - 2006, Magna Cum Laude, Honors Program Completion - 2005
- Activities and Societies:
- Honors Program, Study Abroad - Rome
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Holliston High School
Additional Information
Lena Cardell’s Websites:
Lena Cardell’s Honors:
Publications: Graphis New Talent 2005, How 2006 Self-Promotion
Awards: Runner-up in the 2007 Flash Goddess Awards: http://www.flashgoddess.com/html/FITCawards.html
Lena Cardell’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
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