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experience

Heather Shaw, LLC (formerly Urbancrunchy Design Co.), San Francisco

Owner & President, 2004 through present

Management of multiple projects at once; client correspondence; graphic design of websites, books, packaging and other printed materials; front-end development; maintaining and managing partnerships with outside vendors; print production; information architecture planning and documentation; conformation to usability and accessibility standards; competitive analysis research and documentation; verbal and visual presentations.

Happy Cog Studios, Philadelphia

Designer, 2006 to 2009

Creative direction and/or art direction on selected projects (see portfolio at www.heathershaw.com); web design from concept through completion; some identity design; interraction and consultation with front-end and back-end developers on execution of designs, and build planning; information architecture planning and documentation; competitive analysis research and documentation; client correspondence; travel; project planning (alongside project managers).

Pixelworthy, Philadelphia

Designer, 2005 to 2006

Web design; information architecture planning and documentation; light front-end development; client correspondence.

Radian Group Incorporated, Philadelphia

User Experience Designer, 2002 to 2005

User interface design; print design (redesign of official corporate invoice, presentation materials, documentation, etc.); project planning; some information architecture; front-end development; customization of third-party interfaces.

Skills

Over 13 years' experience in the graphic design industry both in print and interactive; ability to code standards-based, accessible XHTML and CSS by hand; extremely adept in most Adobe products including the latest versions of Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign; knowledgeable and experienced with Quark Xpress (hold a gun to my head, and I might use it); extensive knowledge and experience planning information architecture for optimum usability; ability to work with Microsoft Office products; surprising presentation skills for an introvert.

education

Drexel University

Bachelor of Science in Graphic Design, 1999

Methacton High School

Graduated with honors (mainly due to amount of art classes taken), 1995

partial client list

references

Available upon request.