Résumé
Professional Experience
3/1994-Present - Designs by Nick Finck
Web Craftsman
- Establish a business presence, conduct project pitches and complete contracted work.
- Develop deliverables ranging from wireframes, sitemaps, usability tests, and expert reviews and complete site creation and redesigns.
7/2004-2/2005 - ZAAZ
Information Architect
- Define information architecture strategy for projects, conduct interviews and recruit new IAs, assist in defining project scope.
- Develop information architecture blueprints, wireframes, personas, content inventories, usability test scripts and other IA and usability materials for projects.
10/2003-3/2004 - Paulette Carter Design Group
Project Manager / Information Architect
- Manage web team, assign tasks, client communication, work with 3rd party vendors, assist in day to day management tasks.
- Develop information architecture blueprints for projects, assist in defining project scope.
8/2002-4/2003 - Rapidigm, Portland Solution Center
Information Architect
- Implement user interface and middleware of client sites and applications.
- Provide development functions such as layout and design balance for clients including PacifiCorp, Long's Drugs, UniShippers, Wisconsin Historical Society, Christus Health and Trane Systems.
3/2002-8/2002 - PacifiCorp, CBS Web Strategy
Web Designer / Developer
- Develop corporate Technical Specification and Web Style Guide.
- Supply creative direction, interface design, image compression, functionality and development of Intranet corporate presence web sites and applications.
4/2001-3/2002 - Intel, Microelectronics Services
Web Designer / Developer
- Accountable for the art direction, design and development of internal and external ASCIS production tracking sites.
- Provide creative direction, layout, interface design, image compression, script integration as well as development of HTML, CSS, and complex JavaScript.
1/2001-3/2001 - Intel, Internet Imaging Services
Web Designer / Art Director
- Deliver art direction, logo design, layout, and image compression.
- Design and develop client photo sharing and photo editing web applications for Intel's Internet Imaging Services department.
6/1998-11/2000 - White Horse Interactive
Senior Web Developer
- Responsible for implementation of HTML, JavaScript, CSS and DOM (dHTML) on client Internet, Intranet and Extranet sites.
- Technical advisor, founding member of the Advisory Board, supervisor for junior web developers on large projects.
Skills & Proficiencies
- Web Design & Development
- Information Architecture
- Web Application Design
- User Experience Engineering
- Usability Engineering
- Interaction Design
- Technical Writing
- Creative Writing
- Public Speaking
- HTML / XHTML
- JavaScript
- CSS / XSLT
- DOM (dHTML)
- Perl
- JSP
- Authorware
- Flash
- Photoshop
- Illustrator
- ImageReady/Fireworks
- Quark
- Acrobat
- Information Design
- Visio
- UML
- ASP
- Motion Production
Freelance Experience & Recognition
- Web Designer and Editor in Chief for Digital Web Magazine.
- Web Developer and Associate Producer for A List Apart.
- Contributing Writer for WebReview magazine, DIK, The Web Standards Project, Independents Day.
- Site Development for Portland Brewing Co., PBS, Du Val Business Law, FDIC, HillmanCurtis.
- Author of "For the Love of Design" for Scene 360.
- Author of "Envisioning Voice" for Independents Day.
- Author of "Independent Publishing is Growing Up" for Digital Web Magazine.
Education
- Northwest Film Center Certificate in Cinematography 9/1993-6/1999
- Portland Community College Certificate in Videography 9/1994-6/1995