Resume
Core skills:
Writing Landscape proposals and planning Landscape design Graphic design & layout Public facilitation & involvement Web development Web design Editing & proofreading Content management Front end web programming |
Computer skills:
Adobe Creative Suite 3-6 Microsoft Office HTML, XHTML (hand coding) - expert CSS (hand coding) Javascript Web accessibility Content management systems GIS AutoCAD Vectorworks Sketchup |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Land Logics Group - Camp Hill, PA, 2013-present
Environmental Planner/Designer, Graphic Designer
Small firm specializing in innovative technical solutions, anti-sprawl design. Responsible for park and landscape design, analysis, CAD documents, business development.
California Center for Land and Water Stewardship, Cal Poly Pomona - Pomona, CA, 2010-2011
Landscape Planner/Designer
Co-authored Marks Ranch Vision Plan for Big Sur Land Trust in Salinas, CA. This included a thorough regional and site inventory, stakeholder meetings and presentations, planning and schematics. Site-level landscape design involved capacity analysis, trail and transportation design as well as future designs for a community school and equestrian center.
City of Hope – Los Angeles, CA, 1999 to 2007
Manager, Web and Internet Services; Sr. Web Specialist; Account Supervisor
Communications Director; Community Outreach Coordinator
FREELANCE EXPERIENCE:
Drs. Paivi Hoikkala and Dorothy Wills - Pomona, CA
Book Designer, 2010
Typesetting, image processing and formatting of scholarly book Dimensions of International Migration.
Academic Affairs, Cal Poly Pomona
Book Designer, 2010
Design and layout of WASC Reaccreditation Educational Effectiveness Review.
Web design and programming clients:
Website development in HTML/XHTML, PHP, CSS and/or WordPress. I meet with client to develop new information architecture. I also perform quality assurance testing of all sites and train clients to maintain their sites in order to give them greater control and to reduce costs.
Ten Mile Run Website Design
Harrisburg, PA, January 2014-present
Wheatstone Home Improvement
Palmyra, PA, 2014
Soroptimist International Santa Clarita Valley
Valencia, CA 2010 - Present
AMG Enterprises D.P., Inc
Torrance, CA, 2008-2009
Included new corporate branding.
Middle Fork Willamette Watershed Council
Dexter, OR, 2008
HR Builders, Inc
San Jose, CA, 2006 - Present
Premier Financial Alliance
Valencia, CA, 2004 – 2006
Vox Femina Los Angeles
Culver City, CA, 2001 - 2011
Other Web Sites (as senior team member): www.cityofhope.org, www.songsatthelake.com, www.walk4hope.org, and www.healthebay.org.
Bachelor of Arts degree in English, Occidental College – Los Angeles, CA
Land Logics Group - Camp Hill, PA, 2013-present
Environmental Planner/Designer, Graphic Designer
Small firm specializing in innovative technical solutions, anti-sprawl design. Responsible for park and landscape design, analysis, CAD documents, business development.
California Center for Land and Water Stewardship, Cal Poly Pomona - Pomona, CA, 2010-2011
Landscape Planner/Designer
Co-authored Marks Ranch Vision Plan for Big Sur Land Trust in Salinas, CA. This included a thorough regional and site inventory, stakeholder meetings and presentations, planning and schematics. Site-level landscape design involved capacity analysis, trail and transportation design as well as future designs for a community school and equestrian center.
City of Hope – Los Angeles, CA, 1999 to 2007
Manager, Web and Internet Services; Sr. Web Specialist; Account Supervisor
- Directed a team of five in developing various aspects of commerce-oriented, event-driven Web sites for a national medical center.
- Conceptualized and introduced eHope, the organization’s first online newsletter; grew subscriber base from 3,000 to 30,000.
- Performed quality assurance on interactive forms and facilitated user training.
- Wrote numerous documents for organization including training manual for CMS, Web style guide, information architecture guide, Web processes for development group. Also scientific and feature articles for magazines and much of the current Web content.
Communications Director; Community Outreach Coordinator
- Oversaw the development of an interactive Web site for non-profit environmental group. Established and conveyed mapping strategy, content, and design parameters.
- Spearheaded all public and media relations activities including press releases, marketing collateral, informational brochures, and radio / television segments.
- Wrote copy for brochures, pamphlets, direct mail pieces, grant proposals, presentations, annual reports, fact sheets, and public version research and scientific papers.
- Established brand and style standards.
- Published the organization’s quarterly newsletter for six years, boasting a readership of 10,000.
FREELANCE EXPERIENCE:
Drs. Paivi Hoikkala and Dorothy Wills - Pomona, CA
Book Designer, 2010
Typesetting, image processing and formatting of scholarly book Dimensions of International Migration.
Academic Affairs, Cal Poly Pomona
Book Designer, 2010
Design and layout of WASC Reaccreditation Educational Effectiveness Review.
Web design and programming clients:
Website development in HTML/XHTML, PHP, CSS and/or WordPress. I meet with client to develop new information architecture. I also perform quality assurance testing of all sites and train clients to maintain their sites in order to give them greater control and to reduce costs.
Ten Mile Run Website Design
Harrisburg, PA, January 2014-present
Wheatstone Home Improvement
Palmyra, PA, 2014
Soroptimist International Santa Clarita Valley
Valencia, CA 2010 - Present
AMG Enterprises D.P., Inc
Torrance, CA, 2008-2009
Included new corporate branding.
Middle Fork Willamette Watershed Council
Dexter, OR, 2008
HR Builders, Inc
San Jose, CA, 2006 - Present
Premier Financial Alliance
Valencia, CA, 2004 – 2006
Vox Femina Los Angeles
Culver City, CA, 2001 - 2011
Other Web Sites (as senior team member): www.cityofhope.org, www.songsatthelake.com, www.walk4hope.org, and www.healthebay.org.
Bachelor of Arts degree in English, Occidental College – Los Angeles, CA