Professional and Creative Web Site Design Solutions

Jennifer Wolfgang, dba BlueJ Designs

GRAPHIC & WEB DESIGNER
Senior Web Designer experienced in delivering high quality user interface solutions; proven abilities managing design through multiple business owners; experience includes:
  • Web Site Design & Construction
  • Graphic Design
  • Cross-functional Team Projects
  • Project Management
  • Information Architecture
  • Usability / User-interface Design
  • Prototyping
  • Content Management
COMPUTER & TECHNOLOGY SKILLS
  • Photoshop, ImageReady, Illustrator
  • HTML, CSS, DHTML, PHP, JavaScript
  • Dreamweaver, HomeSite, Flash
  • QuarkXPress, Visio
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Web User Interface Designer, 2003 - 2007
Travelocity - Southlake, Texas
Senior designer leading cross-product and cross-team user interface solutions. Acting lead of four junior designers.
  • Re-designed and developed all HTML/CSS for the Hotel Traveler Review path. Consulted directly with Lead Information Architect and the client to achieve a final and launched (July 2007) user-interface as the cap to a three year effort.
  • Designed and developed multi-product UI for SEO pages of the UK site served through a CMS; pages to be used for customer acquisition through search engine listings.
  • Provided design leadership/support during platform transition of the UK site; established productive relationships with acquired European company’s UI teams (Lastminute.com).
  • Successfully proposed (via documented competitive analysis) re-branding the Hotel shopping path; completed all interface updates through custom HTML and CSS solutions.
  • Lead designer for initial launch of scalable checkout path; provided a modular design solution in HTML/CSS; design has since been successfully updated for multiple-products.
Freelance Web Site Designer 2002 - Present
Creative Director, 2003
Interweb New Media - Dallas, Texas
  • Directed core web development team in completion of client projects.
  • Managed relationships with design contractor and marketing collateral supplier.
Senior Designer/Consultant, 2000 - 2002
PricewaterhouseCoopers (Studio Interactive Division) - Dallas, TX
Project Manager and Design Lead for web site designs, redesigns and implementations, developed, proposed, and managed scope, budget and resource allocation for projects.
  • Managed cross-functional teams; led design and delivery - including integrating a content management solution - of multiple web sites and extranets for a leading construction company.
  • As project manager, generated over $100,000 in follow-on projects by providing excellent customer service; maintained a continuing relationship with the client.
  • Recommended and won additional budget of $90,000 to transition database platforms enabling the client to utilize existing resources to maintain the sites.
  • Interviewed client teams to gather requirements and assess needs, performed usability assessments, and provided final design solutions.
  • Completed design, HTML, and JSP integration within six days for a kiosk web site demo used at the Planet2000 tradeshow.
Web Design Team Lead / Production Assistant, 1998 - 2000
DIVA Communications (The Undergroundshopper) - Farmers Branch, TX
Led design initiatives for company sponsored web sites. Created original and spec advertisement designs and coordinated placement with sales staff for a monthly magazine.
  • Created GUI designs for a research application to manage merchant reviews.
  • Supervised team of designers in executing daily maintenance of the company web site.
EDUCATION
Associate of Applied Science, Multimedia Production
The Art Institute of Dallas, Dallas, Texas