Interactive Design Agent at Aquent
Greater Seattle Area
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- Interactive Design Agent at Aquent
- Owner at Molly Bennett Creative
- Past
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- Sr. Graphic Designer at Virtuoso
- Information Architect at Starbucks Coffee Company
- Contractor at Aquent
- User Interface Web Designer at Imagekind, Inc.
- User Interface Consultant at PayScale
- Marketing and Communications Associate at Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle
- User Interface Designer at drugstore.com
- Education
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- Seattle Central Community College
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Molly Bennett’s Summary
When I saw the job posting for a new recruiter on Aquent’s Microsoft staffing team, I had to smile at the perfect timing. It came on the heels of an evening spent talking with a friend who was second-guessing her career path. It was with some chagrin that I left the conversation asking myself, “Speaking of finding the right career, how come you’re not doing this professionally when you like it so much?” Don’t get me wrong: I love technology and design! I read TechCrunch like it’s the New York Times. But, it’s helping people define their career goals and realize their aspirations that makes me happiest. My decade of experience as a UX designer helps me match talented and creative user-minded professionals to exciting and challenging jobs. Whether you’re a web 2.0 interaction design specialist, a Flash scripting guru or an information architect extraordinaire, I speak your language. Let’s find your next project!
Molly Bennett’s Specialties:
3D artists, Information architects, character animators, game designers, UI/UX designers, production artists, Flash scripters, social networking specialists
Molly Bennett’s Experience
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Interactive Design Agent
Aquent
(Privately Held; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
July 2009 — Present (5 months)
When I saw the job posting for a new recruiter on Aquent’s Microsoft staffing team, I had to smile at the perfect timing. It came on the heels of an evening spent talking with a friend who was second-guessing her career path. It was with some chagrin that I left the conversation asking myself, “Speaking of finding the right career, how come you’re not doing this professionally when you like it so much?” Don’t get me wrong: I love technology and design! I read TechCrunch like it’s the New York Times. But, it’s helping people define their career goals and realize their aspirations that makes me happiest. My decade of experience as a UX designer helps me match talented and creative user-minded professionals to exciting and challenging jobs. Whether you’re a web 2.0 interaction design specialist, a Flash scripting guru or an information architect extraordinaire, I speak your language. Let’s find your next project!
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Owner
Molly Bennett Creative
(Photography industry)
February 2003 — Present (6 years 10 months)
Owner of Molly Bennett Creative, Inc., specializing in wedding, portrait, family and lifestyle photography, as well as small-business branding and website design.
• Branding and identity projects for a variety of industries, including transportation, non-profit health administration, communications¬.
• Photographer for individual and corporate clients, including headshots, products and events. -
Sr. Graphic Designer
Virtuoso
(Graphic Design industry)
February 2009 — March 2009 (2 months)
Contracted as an information architect and user interface designer at luxury travel company. Defined user interaction for application of Microsoft Silverlight controls in company’s new business-to-business web interface aimed at connecting travel agents with suppliers of travel products.
• Researched Telerik Rad Controls for Microsoft Silverlight and made recommendations for application on Virtuoso’s new website.
• Built clickable prototypes, wireframes and specification documents to assist the cross-functional technology team in their development efforts.
• Defined standards and best-practices for elegant, universal icon design.
• Developed userflows for both universal and advanced website features. Features included login, password reset, username retrieval, email/print/export document, and product loader wizards. -
Information Architect
Starbucks Coffee Company
(Public Company; SBUX; Retail industry)
December 2008 — February 2009 (3 months)
Assisted Sr. Information Architect with redesign of website features related to Starbucks Card by providing creative leadership to other user experience professionals.
• Participated in all phases of scoping, architecting and design while defining the user model and interface for new Starbucks Card products and features that met both business and user goals.
• Redesigned the experience for Starbucks Card, including balance transfer, buy a card and manage profile.
• Developed both high-level and detailed user scenarios, wireframes and prototypes to effectively communicate design ideas.
• Consulted with technical leads to determine feasibility of recommended approach and produced detailed functional specifications required to implement designs.
• Gauged usability of new and existing features and made constructive and reasonable suggestions for change. -
Contractor
Aquent
(Graphic Design industry)
2008 — 2009 (1 year )
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User Interface Web Designer
Imagekind, Inc.
(Internet industry)
December 2007 — November 2008 (1 year )
Worked as a user-interface web designer at e-commerce start-up in the printing and self-publishing industry. Led design efforts in building interactive website features and establishing company brand.
• Lead design efforts for launch of interactive Community section of website, including integration of site-wide community features.
• Repositioned and refined corporate branding for retailer looking to grow aggressively in e-commerce and community spaces.
• Redesigned product pages based on analysis of competitor websites.
• Designed and created standards for product merchandising modules.
• Received recognition from industry publications such as Fast Company and TechCrunch.
• Photographed products as necessary for website.
• Assisted in the re-brand of parent company, CafePress. -
User Interface Consultant
PayScale
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
April 2007 — August 2007 (5 months)
Consulted on PayScale's efforts to improve brand awareness and enhance customer engagement on their website. Worked with creative team, business owners, product managers and web developers to meet business objectives.
• Optimized search results to drive customers to relevant content and experiences
• Enhanced website navigation to expose depth of proprietary content and articles
• Designed integration mock-ups for partnership pitches
• Established co-branding guidelines
• Yahoo! Widget design
• Received recognition from TechCrunch for the PayScale GigZig and Meeting Miser -
Marketing and Communications Associate
Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
February 2004 — March 2007 (3 years 2 months)
As the only in-house designer for this non-profit community organization, I was responsible for the branding and graphic design of the Federation and its partner agencies. Working with small budgets and tight deadlines, I creatively problem-solved to help make the most of our limited resources.
• Developed flexible print templates for use by non-design staff in promoting their events.
• Redefined organization’s brand to be in-line with new strategic brand research and direction from Marketing Director.
• Designed, created and edited weekly HTML e-newsletters sent to donor base.
• Designed logo and identity systems for partner agencies, helping to increase awareness of the Federation brand within other organizations.
• Implemented changes to donor pledge forms and direct mail campaigns, raising return rate from 3% to 17% year-over-year. -
User Interface Designer
drugstore.com
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; dscm; Internet industry)
July 2000 — February 2003 (2 years 8 months)
Worked with project managers, developers, and creative team to implement features that were visually appealing, technically feasible and aimed at improving the user experience on the drugstore.com website and partner sites.
• Instrumental in guiding business objectives to include customer reviews and favorites.
• Implemented changes to login, checkout and prescription ordering process, thus increasing customer retention.
• Created feature-rich, co-branded pages and processes to aid in acquisition of corporate partnership deals with companies such as Estée Lauder, Beauty.com and RiteAid.
Molly Bennett’s Education
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Seattle Central Community College
1998 — 2000
Additional Information
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Molly Bennett’s Interests:
Photography, weddings, LGBTQ culture, health, Buffy, acoustic folk music, bluegrass, Georgia, classic cars
Molly Bennett’s Groups:
Girl Scouts, Wedding & Portrait Photographers International, Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, Wedding Photojournalist Association, Verbena Health
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Molly Bennett’s Honors:
2007
Accepted into the Wedding Photojournalist Association (WPJA)
PayScale GigZig was recognized on TechCrunch, the O'Reilly Radar, and Business Week
Photograph appeared in issue of Curve Magazine
2006
Displayed work in Truth Or Dare, an art show put on by Artreach
Art Department Photographer for film "Elliott's Wake"
2005
Solo art exhibits at Toys in Babeland and The Wildrose Bar
2004
"Sunflower" published on cover of "In Praise of What Persists"
"Fire Spinner" awarded third place People’s Choice Awards at Cascades Academy of Photography Motion exhibit
April: Displayed photographs in the Seattle Erotic Art Festival
2003
Nature photography featured in "Sympathetic Ink"
Portrait of lesbian couple published in Professional Photographer, a trade magazine published in Atlanta, GA (June 2004 Issue, p.22, bottom of article on Kodak Digital GEM.)
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