Jennifer Knott

Jennifer's Philosophy: "Glitter and flash have a place in the universe, but need to take a side step for logical flow and clarity."

CONTACT: website.designer007@gmail.com
512-215-2424

 OBJECTIVE

Reliable, professional, creative designer seeks challenging position in which creativity is rewarded, professional growth is demanded, and a spirit of good humor and collegiality is expected.

 HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS

• Adaptability to a broad range of visual objectives, especially in the areas of Advocacy, Legal, Healthcare, Education, and Business Development
  
  
• Skilled in all aspects of design from conceptualization to implementation, not excluding contemporary applications of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) theory
  
  
• Superior communication skills; easily interfaces with customers, vendors, trainees and senior executive staff
  
  
• Fluent in all versions of Quark Xpress, InDesign, Microsoft Office Suite, Photoshop, Freehand, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, BBEdit, Adobe Acrobat, Macromedia Flash, and other authoring applications
  
  
• Additional skills: CSS, JavaScript, Cold Fusion, Access, XHTML, HTML, Perl; Unix, Windows and Macintosh platform agnostic
  
  
• Webmaster Certification

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Web Designer, Special Audience Marketing, Inc, Austin, Texas, 1998-present

• Conceptualize, flowchart, design, research and execute websites
• Train and supervise staff in website design, modification, and maintenance; SEO
• Interface with technical staff from 3rd party hardware and software vendors to resolve technical issues
• On-staff desktop support

AREAS of EXPERIENCE: Educational, Medical, Legal, Retail, The Arts

Art Director, Openshaw Media Group, Birmingham, Alabama, 1996-1998

• Created and developed 3-D animation for television, website and CD-ROM
• Built websites from top to bottom
• Video and audio editing

AREAS of EXPERIENCE: Educational, The Arts, Governmental

Graphic Designer, Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama, 1994-1996

• Marketed exhibitions through exhibition package design and development
• Provided internal desktop support

HIGHLIGHT: Invented and wrote kiosk directory system

Media Department Manager, Alabama Resource Center, Birmingham, Alabama, 1990-1994

• Purchased and monitored equipment and software
• Conceived, planned and created entire gamut of corporate marketing materials
• Directed and instructed on-staff graphic artists

CONTINUING EDUCATION

• Cold Fusion Design and Programming
• Designing webpages with CSS and ASP
• Access Database Management
• Flash Action Scripting
• 3-D Studio Max Special Effects
• PHP, Java, ASP.net, Interface Design and Usability, Accessibility

 EDUCATION

Master Certificate of Science

Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa (Engineering Distance Education program) — Expected completion Spring 2009
Human Computer Interaction, Computational Perception, Database Management, Psychology of Humans and Computers

Webmaster Certification

Austin Community College, Austin, Texas — 2008

Bachelor of Arts

University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama — 1996
Ceramic Sculpture/Art History