Resume

Heather Anderson
Phone: 818-292-2766
Email: heather@phlux.com

EDUCATION
1993-1995 BA English with emphasis in Creative Writing, University of Kansas
2000-2001 Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
2000-2008 Landmark Education Corporation

EVENTS
Usability Week 2008 – Nielsen Norman Group

EMPLOYMENT
Current-2007
Independent Contractor User Experience Strategist, Pepper Interactive

  • Competitive audits
  • User Flows, sitemaps, wireframes
  • Executive summaries
  • Functional specification documents
  • Create proposals

Current-2006
Independent Contractor Information Architect, Siegel + Gale

  • Translate business and user requirements
  • Build/refine wireframes
  • Create workflow documents
  • Collaborate with strategy team
  • Advise design decisions

2004-2006
Senior User Experience Architect, Bidfly Inc.

  • Research competitive technologies/functionalities
  • Analyze development platforms
  • Integrate third party software
  • Develop findings document
  • Work with illustrator to create Ui concept boards
  • Build online wireframes for virtual collaboration decks

2000-Current
User Experience Architect/Consultant, Phlux Industries Inc.

  • Assess industry standards
  • Identify user/business needs and requirements
  • Determine resource allocation/budget
  • Coordinate content development
  • Create brand “experience”
  • Manage user-testing

1996-2000
VP Interactive/Senior User Experience Architect, Virtualis Inc.

  • Report to CEO on cost analysis/project
  • Lead production meetings
  • Created centralized production pipeline
  • Develop workflow diagrams
  • Ensure resource capabilities
  • Presented user-experience research findings
  • Conducted employee reviews
  • Interacted with designers, engineers, producers, and technical support to establish feedback loop and flush out innovative ideas.

SKILLS
Creative Direction
Information Architecture
Design Research
Analytical thinking
Conceptual thinking
Intuitive
Reliable
Adventurous
Honest

PARTIAL CLIENT LIST
Sony Playstation
Honda
IO Film
Genworth Financial
Maverick
Geffen
Fox
Warner Bros.

TECHNOLOGIES
Software: Dreamweaver, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Freehand, Fireworks, Flash, Acrobat, Omnigraffle, Visio, MS Office, MS Project
Languages: HTML, DHTML, XML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, Actionscript
Database: MySQL
OS: MAC, Unix, Linux

REFERENCES
Amy Mew
Senior Usability Consultant. Siegel + Gale

Chris Lyman
CEO, Fonality Inc.

Allen Bolden
CEO, FreeRange

Anthony Tanaka
Interactive Designer/Developer, Citigroup