Catherine Nunkai

Current

• UI Designer at The Regence Group
• Web Consultant at Arte Nunkai Design

Past

• Product Designer at Microsoft
• Web / UX Designer at Microsoft
• Sr. Web & Print Designer at Hill Physicians Medical Group

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Catherine Nunkai’s Summary

I am interested in opportunities that will utilize my creative and technical skills as a customer advocate towards the next generation of easy-to-use products.

Education: Bachelor of Science in Communications/Media, Graphic Design & Photography
Additional Courses and Seminars:
2009: JavaScript Essential Training, Expression Web
2008: Wendy Chisholm’s Inclusive Universe 1.0 (WCAG), Flash CS3 for Designers, Advanced CSS,
Art of Photo Painting, Social Media for your Business, Advanced Encaustic Techniques
2007: Publishing with XML and XSLT, Implementing Embedded Help with JavaScript, Photoshop CS3,
Implementing UI in Your Product Management, World Usability Day 2007 Events at Microsoft
2006: MS2543 Core Web Application Technologies with Visual Studio 2005, Effective Team Building, Designing for a Diverse Audience, Cross-Browser CSS, HIPAA, Project Management Fundamentals

Catherine Nunkai’s Experience

• UI Designer

  The Regence Group

  (Non-Profit; Insurance industry)

  July 2009 — Present (6 months)

• Web Consultant

  Arte Nunkai Design

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  November 2006 — Present (3 years 2 months)

  Creative design and front-end code of websites and web-based applications for a wide variety of clients including:
  
  The City of Seattle: Creative Web Designer, led innovative redesign of a large department intranet, wrote detailed design style guide, brainstormed with Technical & Support Services Manager.
  
  National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): GUI Designer, designed the client side of a large Plone CMS website and several custom applications driven by their Live Access Server. Wrote well documented CSS for the developers to easily change and update.
  
  PayScale.com: Web Designer, public site and B2B site

Additional Information

Catherine Nunkai’s Groups:

Digital Eve Seattle, Refresh Seattle, Web 2.0 Media Group, National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP), Designers Talk, Linked:Seattle, Seattle Web Tech Meetup.
Co-founder of Snohomish County Working Women's Group

•    Linked:Seattle
•    DigitalEve Seattle
•    Creative Professionals
•    User Experience Group
•    Seattle Lunch 2.0
•    Designers Talk
•    Web 2.0 Media Group
•    Adobe Photoshop Group
•    Adobe Illustrator
•    CREATIVE DESIGN PROS

Catherine Nunkai’s Honors:

2005 Best Design in the Healthcare Professionals Portal Category
2004 Best User Interface in the Physicians Medical Practice Category
2003 Best Overall Site for a Medical Group