Valerie Franek

Past

Senior Interaction Designer at eBay
User Interface Designer at PayPal
Interaction Designer at Yahoo!

HTML Designer at Yahoo!

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Education

Foothill College
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Moraine Valley Community College

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Valerie Franek’s Summary

Skilled interaction designer with strong focus on creating web experiences. Expertise in designing tools for ecommerce, small businesses, and shipping. Background in writing and technical areas.

Valerie Franek’s Specialties:

Ecommerce, e-commerce, small business, business, selling, sellers, shipping, interaction design, information organization, information architecture, web applications, writing documentation.

Valerie Franek’s Experience

Senior Interaction Designer

eBay

(Public Company; eBay; Internet industry)

June 2007 — October 2009 (2 years 5 months)

• Managed the design of shipping tools within the seller team, including all projects and strategy work.
• Responsible for designing the new eBay shipping label flow, including managing the project from start to finish.
• Organized informal design review meetings for my design team.
• Researched and recommended design patterns for tabs and form buttons.
User Interface Designer

PayPal

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; ebay; Internet industry)

September 2006 — June 2007 (10 months)

• Led multiple phases of site-wide search project, including research and overall design.
• Updated major payment flow visuals based on new site design.
• Defined and documented design standards for form buttons.
• Contributed to the overall standards effort as a regular consultant.
• Initiated the redesign of internal standards web site.
Interaction Designer

Yahoo!

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; YHOO; Internet industry)

July 2001 — February 2005 (3 years 8 months)

• Responsible for the overall user experience of Yahoo! Store / Merchant Solutions, including merchant tools, control panel, informational sites, and product tours and demos.
• Led numerous design projects for new and redesigned products, including ecommerce tools for product catalog management, site editing, shipping, fraud protection, cross-selling, advertising, etc.
• Worked with external clients as part of several partnership projects.
HTML Designer

Yahoo!

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; YHOO; Internet industry)

June 2000 — July 2001 (1 year 2 months)

• Responsible for creation, modification, and optimization of HTML documents and graphics for mockups, templates, and public pages, for various company products.
• Arranged, edited, and maintained site tutorials and internal documents and scripts.
• Organized efforts to create a simple content management system for internal use.
• Led redesign of company PR site, including site reorganization and template creation.

Valerie Franek’s Education

Foothill College

Art (Color), Graphic Design 2006 — 2006
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

BA , Rhetoric (Creative Writing), Technology/Web Design , 1996 — 2000

Additional coursework in art, design, and computer science.

Activities and Societies:

WebGrrls, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Moraine Valley Community College

Art (Computer Art, Drawing), Design 1997 — 1999