Professional Experience

Adjunct Instructor (2006-2007)
Department of Computer Information and Office Systems
Joliet Junior College
Joliet, Illinois

• Taught Computer Basics, Introduction to Windows XP, and Introduction to Microsoft Excel.

Web Specialist (2004-2005)
Office of Admissions and Records
Information Technology Services
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, Illinois

• Webmaster of the public website. Member of the web advisory committee.
• Maintained the existing website. Shared in the development of new website content. Conducted an inventory of the existing website.
• Designed CSS based prototypes for a redesign of the website.
• Researched and evaluated technology and online marketing materials.

Media/Communications Specialist (1997-2004)
Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, Illinois

• Webmaster of the department's public website. Member of the web advisory committee.
• Designed, shared in content development, and maintained the department and other affiliated websites.
• Provided communications, design, and technical support.
• Unit leader for the Campus Charitable Fund Drive and consistently achieved over 100 percent of fundraising goals.
• Member of the planning committees for the Illinois Water '98 conference (1998), the Pilot Watershed Program Workshop (1998), and the Governor's Conference on the Management of the Illinois River System (1997, 1999, 2001).

Previous experience includes the Office of Financial Aid at Northwestern University and a publishing company in San Francisco, California.

Freelance Web Design and Maintenance (2008-2012)

Education

B.A., English, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1990.

Professional development includes Content Management Systems, Designing Universally Accessible Resources for the Web, Dreamweaver, Intensive Web Design, and Photoshop. Member of the Campus Computer Support Professionals (CCSP).

 

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