Lee Allen

Current

• Lead Front-End Web Developer at Acquity Group

Past

• Senior Web Developer at Sender LLC
• Partner at The Vertebrae Group
• UI Designer at Evolution Multimedia Corporation

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Education

• Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
• Southeastern Illinois College

Recommended

4 people have recommended Lee

Connections

87 connections

Industry

Graphic Design

Websites

• My Website
• My Portfolio
• My Personal Site

Lee Allen’s Summary

I’ve been professionally designing and developing user-friendly web interfaces for nearly 6 years. I love helping organizations large and small accomplish their goals online. I’m passionate about information architecture, goal-driven interface design, and standards-compliant front-end development.

Lee Allen’s Specialties:

User interface design for web sites & applications, standards-based front-end web development, information architecture, usability testing, organic SEO, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, hand-coded HTML, CSS, & JavaScript, OmniGraffle, Subversion version control

Lee Allen’s Experience

• Lead Front-End Web Developer

  Acquity Group

  (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

  August 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

• Senior Web Developer

  Sender LLC

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Design industry)

  April 2008 — July 2008 (4 months)

  Met with clients to develop web strategies that satisfy their business needs. Built information architectures to establish content needs and hierarchy for clients large and small. Designed engaging, user-friendly web interfaces. Developed accessible front-ends for web interfaces using standards-compliant HTML, CSS, and unobtrusive JavaScript.
  
  Clients include: Apartments.com, WAYA Rentals, Windy City Help Desk.

• Partner

  The Vertebrae Group

  (Graphic Design industry)

  January 2007 — April 2008 (1 year 4 months)

  Co-founded three-man web design partnership. Designed user interfaces for web sites and Flash applications with a strong focus on user experience. Built standards-compliant front-end development for web interfaces.
  
  Clients include: Anheuser-Busch, Maxim Magazine, International Union of Operating Engineers, John A. Logan College, Sticko.

• UI Designer

  Evolution Multimedia Corporation

  (Privately Held; Design industry)

  September 2002 — January 2007 (4 years 5 months)

  Co-founded three-man web design partnership. Designed user interfaces for web sites and Flash applications with a strong focus on user experience. Built standards-compliant front-end development for web interfaces.
  
  Clients include: Anheuser-Busch, Maxim Magazine, StinkyFish Poker, First Cellular of Southern Illinois, Delmar Gardens, River Radio, RFMS, Tanger Outlet Malls, WSIL-TV.

Lee Allen’s Education

• Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

  Bachelor of Fine Arts , Communication Design, Art History , 2001 — 2007

  Studied information architecture, typography, print production, and design theory

  Activities and Societies:

  Member of student AIGA chapter

• Southeastern Illinois College

  Associate of Science , Computer Science, Art , 1998 — 2001

  Studied basic aesthetic theory, fine art, and basic programming

  Activities and Societies:

  President of SIC Student Government, member of nationally-ranked speech team

Additional Information

Lee Allen’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Portfolio
• My Personal Site

Lee Allen’s Interests:

Storm chasing, golfing, bowling, reading, fishing, design, excellence, coffee, love, learning, success, moderation, technology, comedy, football, baseball, concerts, music, politics, news, fantasy football, Buddhism

Lee Allen’s Groups:

•    Boxes and Arrows
•    Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
•    Web Standards Design + Development
•    Chicago Front-End Web Developers
•    momo chicago
•    Acquity Group

Lee Allen’s Honors:

2001 Phi Ro Pi National Forensics Tournament
Silver metal, impromptu speaking
Silver metal, extemporaneous speaking
Bronze metal, informative speaking

2000 Phi Ro Pi National Forensics Tournament
Bronze metal, impromptu speaking

Lee Allen’s Contact Settings

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