Objective:

To involve my passion for design, my skills and experience in creative and graphic arts, and my devotion to user-centric interfaces in a web design and development team aspiring to produce highly usable interfaces on Internet and Intranet frameworks.

Overview:

• Experience in web site design, development and deployment using HTML, CSS and JavaScript (since 1998)
• Experience in UI design, information architecture, intuitive application page flows and user testing
• Extensive experience in rapid translation of design and requirements documents into User Interface Prototypes using a variety of tools and softwares
• Experienced across all aspects of web-based projects as consultant, team lead, manager, art director, content developer, HTML/CSS developer, graphic designer and information architect
• Extensive experience with office and graphics software applications on Windows and Mac platforms
• Involved in a wide variety of business and professional creative services

Strengths:

• Solution oriented, inventive, enthusiastic team player and self-starter
• Excellent design and artistic skills
• Excellent (X)HTML/CSS direct coding skills with focus on cross-browser/cross-platform compliance
• Exceptional listening and communication skills, able to bring multiple disciplines and attention to detail to the design and implementation process
• Able to give and take direction as well as provide creative input and/or direction
• Accustomed to fast-paced environments and managing multiple projects with independent delivery schedules
• Experienced as team lead and/or liason between software engineering and graphic design groups

Technical skills:

SYSTEMS:
MacOSX, MacOS, Windows2000-XP, familiar with UNIX and LAMP environments, familiar with AJAX and other Web 2.0 Frameworks

SOFTWARE - GRAPHICS/DEVELOPMENT/OFFICE:
Expert & Highly Skilled: PhotoShop, ImageReady, PageMaker, Illustrator, BBEdit, HomeSite, MS Office/Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Visio
Moderately Skilled: DreamWeaver, InDesign, Quark, MS Access, MIVA Merchant, PerForce, Visual SouceSafe, TeamTrack/TeamShare, Act!, FileMaker Pro
Familiar: Flash, ColdFusion, BroadVision, WebTrends

LANGUAGES:
Expert level: (X)HTML, CSS
Skilled: JavaScript, DHTML, PHP
Familiar: CGI, Perl, ASP, ASPX, AJAX, RUBY, XML

MISCELLANEOUS:
User Interface and user experience design and development, usability testing, information architecture & web content development, web template design and development, variety of digital paint, draw, photo manipulation, page lay-out programs, print processes, content management, version control softwares, data back-up softwares, OS utilities, etc.

Summary of Recent Accomplishments:

• Provided (X)HTML coding, UI architecture consulting and graphics development direction to product managers, user interface team, and backend development team at a major e-commerce "dot-com" and technical services corporation
• Rapid development of web-based prototypes of User Interfaces in fast-paced, multi-project environments
• Participated in user tests within a fully-implemented user testing facility
• Development and deployment of web-based store-front interfaces for major on line design/print/buy e-commerce ASP
• Interfaced with multiple partners in development of online application UI screens and page flows
• Designed and developed architecture, content, art direction and graphics for hi-tech corporate web presences
• Designed, architected and implemented multiple web sites for non-profit agencies and foundations, and small businesses — responsibilities included information architecture, graphics development, visual continuity, page layout & flow, HTML and functional development, content development, and project management

Portfolio:

This portfolio shows a diverse array of site designs and architectures developed in accordance with client requirements, target aucience needs, client budgetary constraints, and overall consideration of client's projected voice to their community.

www.archerbravo.com (Archer Bravo Aviation, Inc., 2006)
www.aspsf.org (Arkansas Single Parent Scholarship Fund, 2005 – 2006)
www.cafepress.com Premium Shops marketing pages (CafePress.com, 2004 – April 2006)
Sampling of additional CafePress.com Top Tier client storefront UIs
(Note: the following URLs represent storefront UIs developed and/or enhanced during my tenure at Cafepress.com – templates still in use are fully implemented and commented, assisting follow-up personnel or shopkeepers in maintaining storefront integrity):
www.cafepress.com/badrapstore (Bad Rap nonprofit e-commerce storefront)
www.cafepress.com/brianboitano (Brian Boitano nonprofit e-commerce storefront)
www.cafepress.com/fullybully (Fully Bully corporate nonprofit e-commerce storefront)
www.cafepress.com/jibjabstore (JIBJAB Store e-commerce storefront)
www.cafepress.com/jolenestrailer (Jolene's Trailer Park Store e-commerce storefront)
www.cafepress.com/landoverbaptist (Landover Baptist Store e-commerce storefront)
www.cafepress.com/norml (NORML corporate nonprofit e-commerce storefront)
www.cafepress.com/petastore (PETA corporate nonprofit e-commerce storefront)
www.cafepress.com/startrek (StarTrek corporate e-commerce storefront)
www.cafepress.com/snoopystore (Snoopy.com corporate e-commerce storefront)

www.ccfound.org (CommunityCare Foundation, 2001 – 2006)
www.enviro-international.com (Enviro International, Architect and Builder, 1998 – present)
www.lccf.org (League of California Community Foundations, 1999 – 2004, new site implemented June 2002)
www.nwacf.org (Northwest Arkansas Community Foundation, 2000 – 2006, new release implemented June 2001)
www.penvol.org (Peninsula Volunteers, Inc., 1998 – 2006, new release implemented August 2003)
www.qra-inc.com (QRA Inc., 2005)
www.sheerandsultry.com (Sheer and Sultry, 2003 – 2006)
www.we8there.com (We8there Communications, 2003 – 2006)

(See also: www.conzz.com/index2.html for personal pages of Connie Seidel)

Professional Experience:

January, 2007-Present: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Bentonville, AR
UI Designer/Web Developer working for an internal Intranet group helping with redesign of internal products for buyers and vendors.