
User Interface Designer at Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota Area

User Interface Designer at Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota Area
Award-winning Web/Interactive Designer with a passion for user-centric design which promotes effective, compelling, mass-communication via the World Wide Web.
By day, a UI/UX Designer on the User Experience team at the world renowned Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. Working to create online experiences that improve lives and affect positive change throughout the Health Care industry.
By night, a freelance Web Designer and front-end developer with a penchant for aesthetic design and clean, standards-compliant CSS, XHTML, and jQuery.
Available for freelance/contract work on a limited basis (approximately 16 hours per week). Please inquire about current availability and rates.
Web Site Design, User Experience Design, User Interface Design, Interaction Design, Flash Design/Animation, XHTML,
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS2/CSS3), jQuery, JavaScript
(Non-Profit; Hospital & Health Care industry)
June 2009 — Present (6 months)
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
October 2006 — June 2009 (2 years 9 months)
Designed and coded award-winning Web sites using clean, standards-compliant CSS2, XHTML, DHTML, JavaScript, and a variety of other Web languages. Designed and built Flash animations. Created Functional Specifications documents for Web projects and helped define and streamline company's Design & Development processes as well as CSS/XHTML coding standards.
(Internet industry)
August 2004 — October 2006 (2 years 3 months)
Provided Web design, graphic design, user interface design and interaction design for numerous clients throughout Phoenix, AZ. Notable clients included Intel Corporation, Dermacare USA, and Merchants Information Solutions.
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
March 2001 — August 2004 (3 years 6 months)
Responsible for all aspects of this company's Internet Marketing strategy, including the design and maintenance of 7 Web sites and corresponding Internet marketing campaigns. Performed Web Design/Maintenance, Search Engine Optimization, Graphic Design (for printed collateral), and managed numerous Pay-Per-Click marketing campaigns via Google AdWords, Overture, and LookSmart Looklistings.
(Government Agency; Military industry)
September 1992 — July 1999 (6 years 11 months)
Collected and reported various EMT/Satellite transmissions. This position required a Top Secret security clearance, therefore all other details are classified.
Bachelor of Science , Graphic Information Technology , 1999 — 2003
This unique degree program focused on visual design for the Web and print, as well as general technology. The program also included a 15-credit-hour Business Management core curriculum.
Guitarist, amateur chef, and Science Fiction buff. Other interests include exercise, philosophy, ancient art/art history, red wine, world travel and gourmet coffee.
AIGA Arizona
2009 AMA Spectrum Award: Best Web Site
Graduated Summa Cum Laude
National Society of College Scholars
Golden Key Honor Society
Arizona Regents Scholarship Recipient
ASU Dean's List - All Semesters