...two versions: a text-only version follows this "visual résumé"...
"[Kate produces] not only graphics of great quality and creativity, but models of user interaction that continually widen the bounds of what is possible on this small platform. Though artistry and user-interface design may be considered the core of Kate's skill set, I have been repeatedly surprised at the extent and depth of her understanding of the theoretical and technical underpinnings of computer graphics, which has considerably rounded out my own understanding."- Greg Lutz, Founder and CTO, NearSpace;
Founder and past Board member, Autodesk
KATE WITHEY |
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415.317.7133 kate@katewithey.com www.katewithey.com |
KEY SKILLS | · | Design - clean, coherent user-interface designer for mobile devices, software, web sites; graphic & icon designer for screen or print; interactive designer for web, presentations, or tutorials |
· | English - CELTA certificate in teaching English; knowledgeable of correct usage in spoken/written, formal/informal, business/personal styles; clear, precise speaker & writer | |
· | Solutions - high-level analytical thinker; exceptionally creative & innovative problem solver; unusual combination of visual, verbal, & technical communication skills | |
OBJECTIVE | · | Contract work in Paris or California using any of my talents as a trainer, designer, or communicator, taking advantage of my 20 years' experience in the computer industry |
· | I thrive in flexible environments that support brainstorming & teamwork, value my sense of humor & playfulness, & have an international outlook | |
CLIENTS
& EMPLOYERS |
· | Cisco - designed user interaction screens, mock-ups, & scenarios for multiple mobile phone, tablet, & desktop platforms; created animated visualizations of future product ideas |
· | Triton - designed web-based interactive data-visualization front-end to complex database for company executives (replacing spreadsheet print-outs) | |
· | NearSpace - designed user interface features, screens, icons, & maps for Palm OS mobile guides to complex built environments; led design evolution of web client | |
· | Sinia - designed & storyboarded UI to mobile phone/web access system; created user-setup web site | |
· | Sun, JavaSoft - designed icons, screens, interactions, Java mobile device demo graphics | |
· | Apple - member original User Interface Group; editor Apple User Interface Design Guidelines; writer Inside Macintosh | |
· | Harvard University - designed front-end user interface to large multi-media classics database | |
EDUCATION | · | University of Cambridge - CELTA (Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults), 2003 |
· | Parsons School of Design, Paris - Visiting Scholar, Fine Arts, 1992-93 | |
· | Sorbonne III, Institut de Linguistique et Phonétique Générales et Appliquées - Intensive French linguistics & phonetics program, 1992 | |
· | Harvard University - EdM, Interactive Technology in Education, 1990 | |
· | MIT Media Lab - Graduate research, Visible Language Workshop, 1987-88 | |
· | Pomona College - BA, English, 1982 | |
ADDITIONAL SKILLS |
· | Languages - French: fluent; Spanish, German, Japanese, Russian, Modern Greek: some knowledge |
· | Art - Recent projects include paper mobiles, mosaics, jewelry, stained & fused glass work, greeting card design (one design published by MoMA) | |
· | Writing & Illustrating - Children's book illustrator (series of 6 early readers published 2-03; CD-ROM illustrations going to press 8-03) & writer (seeking publication) | |
· | Dance - Argentine tango, swing, lindy hop, salsa | |
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