User Experience Professional and Entrepreneur
Greater Seattle Area
- Current
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- Principal / Director of User Experience at Blue Flavor
- Past
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- Publisher at Digital Web Magazine
- Co-Organizer at WebVisions
- Owner at Designs by Nick Finck, Inc. (Sole Proprietorship)
- Information Architect at ZAAZ
- Project Manager / Information Architect at PCD Group
- Information Architect / Web Developer at Rapidigm
- Web Designer / Web Developer at PacifiCorp
- Web Designer / Web Developer at Intel Corporation
- Web Designer / Art Director at Intel Corporation
- Senior Web Developer at White Horse Interactive
- Education
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- Northwest Film Center
- Portland Community College
- Tigard High School
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Nick Finck’s Summary
Nick Finck is best known in the web industry as a craftsman by trade. His skills transverse web design, web development, information architecture and web publishing. He is the publisher of Digital Web Magazine, "the Web Designer's online magazine of choice," and he found Designs by Nick Finck in 1994 and co-founded Blue Flavor in 2005 where he currently is the Director of User Experience.
He is the author of numerous web-related articles for publications such as A List Apart, WebReview, and his own Digital Web Magazine. He has been a judge for the Webby Awards, Philippine Web Awards, The Bubu Awards, and the South by Southwest Web Awards.
He has presented lectures to groups including the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) Information Architecture Summit, The Society for Technical Communication (STC), Internet Professionals Northwest (IPN), DevGroup NW, and at conferences including Web Builder, SXSW Interactive, Web Design World, and the IA Summit, to name a few.
Nick Finck’s Specialties:
Web Design, Web Development, Information Architecture, Information Design, Web Application Design, User Experience Engineering, Usability Engineering, Interaction Design, Quality Assurance Testing, Technical Writing, Creative Writing, Branding, Photography, Film, Video, Animation and 3D Design.
Nick Finck’s Experience
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Principal / Director of User Experience
Blue Flavor
(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2005 — Present (4 years 1 month)
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Publisher
Digital Web Magazine
(Non-Profit; Internet industry)
May 1996 — March 2009 (12 years 11 months)
Founder and publisher of an independent web publication for web designers, web developers and information architects.
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Co-Organizer
WebVisions
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
March 2001 — May 2007 (6 years 3 months)
Helped promote, market and organize this event with a group of other volunteers.
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Owner
Designs by Nick Finck, Inc. (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Internet industry)
May 1994 — July 2005 (11 years 3 months)
Independent web freelancer offering services of web development, web design, information architecture, copywriting, branding, photography, animation, film, video, packaging, marketing, and publicity.
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Information Architect
ZAAZ
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
June 2004 — February 2005 (9 months)
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Project Manager / Information Architect
PCD Group
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
October 2003 — March 2004 (6 months)
Managed clients, projects, marketing, publicity and engaged in the information architecture of projects.
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Information Architect / Web Developer
Rapidigm
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)
September 2002 — April 2003 (8 months)
Information Architect and Web Developer for a web application and web solutions company.
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Web Designer / Web Developer
PacifiCorp
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; SPI; Utilities industry)
March 2002 — September 2002 (7 months)
Sole Web Designer responsible for the Web Style Guide and Web Developer for various applications. Also in charge of user traffic analysis and company trainer for content management system.
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Web Designer / Web Developer
Intel Corporation
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; INTC; Semiconductors industry)
November 2000 — March 2002 (1 year 5 months)
Sole Web Designer and Web Developer responsible for divison's Intranet, Extranet and Internet web sites.
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Web Designer / Art Director
Intel Corporation
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; INTC; Semiconductors industry)
September 2000 — November 2000 (3 months)
Sole Web Designer and AD responcible for the look and feel of the division's products.
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Senior Web Developer
White Horse Interactive
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
March 1999 — November 2000 (1 year 9 months)
Senior Web Designer responcible for the development all major in-house web projects. Acted as advisor on various projects and helped supervise web development team.
Nick Finck’s Education
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Northwest Film Center
Certificate in Cinematography , Film, Video, Animation, Sound , September 1993 — June 1999
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Portland Community College
Certificate in Videography , Video, Art, Writing , September 1994 — June 1995
- Activities and Societies:
- President's List
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Tigard High School
Additional Information
Nick Finck’s Websites:
Nick Finck’s Interests:
snowboarding, skateboarding, camping, photography, writing
Nick Finck’s Groups:
IAI, UXnet, ACM, ASIS&T, SIGCHI, Puget Sound SIGCHI, Refresh Seattle
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Social Media Club Seattle
Nick Finck’s Honors:
Awards won: HOW Magazine Top Ten Site Award (4 times), CHP Design Award, NetDiver Design Forte Award, SXSW Interactive Web Award nominee
Awards judged: Webby Awards, Philippine Web Awards, Indonesian Web Awards, SXSW Interactive Web Awards, BUBU Awards, PSU Student Competition, Every Day Life, WThRemix
Nick Finck’s Contact Settings
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