Jessamyn Smallenburg

 Web & UX Design Résumé

Interviews
Personas
Scenarios
Competitive Evaluations
Heuristic Evaluations
Surveys
Usability Studies
Card Sorting
Contextual Inquiry
Sketching

XHTML
CSS
JavaScript
Adobe Dreamweaver
Photoshop
Illustrator
Axure RP Pro

PHP
MySQL
Java with Eclipse
Python

Mac OS X
Windows Vista
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Powerpoint
Microsoft Word

Research into Mobile Usability

SI 543: Java Programming
SI 572: Database Application Design
SI 658: Information Architecture
SI 682: Interface and Interaction Design

SI 649: Information Visualization
MO 501: Human Behavior and Organization
Stats 350: Statistics and Data Analysis

Education

University of Michigan School of Information
Master of Science in Information, April, 2010
Specialization in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
Applied Class Projects:

• Evaluation of Systems and Services, Interface and Interaction Design
• Comparative & Heuristic Evaluations, Usability Testing
• Survey Design, Survey Data Collection and Analysis
• Interaction Flow Maps, Personas, and Scenarios
• Prototype using Axure RP Pro
• Information Architecture
• Wireframes, Mock-Ups, Site Diagrams
• Information Architecture Strategy
• Tools: Microsoft Visio, Powerpoint, Word, & Photoshop.
• Database Applications in Health Care, Database Application Design
• Microsoft Access, Oracle, and MySQL
• PHP, MySQL, Apache (Xampp)

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University of Michigan Department of Psychology
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, December, 2005

• Extensive experience conducting research with scholarly journals.
• Completed anthropological field research for gathering behavioral data.
• Participated in doctoral level applied research.
• Awards/Honors
• Michigan Achievement Award, Fall 2005

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Work Experience

Ford Motor Company
Usability Specialist, June 2011 - Present

• Design wireframes using Axure RP Pro
• Conduct usability studies and heuristic analyses

Systems in Motion
Web Developer, Usability Analyst, October 2010 - Present

• Ford Motor Company Intranet
• Best Buy Mobile Website Development

University of Michigan Health Sciences Scholars Program
Website Developer and Administrator, January 2010 - October 2010

• Design and develop a brand new website for HSSP.
• Work closely with HSSP Administrative Staff to develop requirements.
• Tools used: Flash, JavaScript, CSS, XHTML.

University of Michigan Health Sciences Scholars Program
Website Developer, July 2009 ~ December, 2009

• Compile and organize resources for display on the Web.
• Use Web 2.0 techniques to enhance the site.
• Techniques and tools used: JavaScript, CSS, XHTML, and Flash.

University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute
Center for Chemical Genomics
Usability Scientist Intern, May 2009 ~ Jul. 2009

• Conduct usability evaluations to improve client's database system.
• Heuristic & Comparative Evaluation, Card Sorting, Usability Testing.
• Storyboards, Interaction Flow Map.

University of Michigan Graduate Library
Drupal Content Migrator, Sept. 2008 ~ Jan. 2009

• Transferred hundreds of library resources into the new Drupal framework.
• Used HTML markup to edit the pages in the new framework.

Jessamyn Smallenburg Websites
Freelance Website Designer, Current

• I use XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, Adobe Dreamweaver, Illustrator, Photoshop.
• I also use Flash and Java applets in my web design work.