Tiffany Fehr

Last updated December 9th 2009
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Tiffany Fehr

Seattle, Washington USA


http://www.tiffehr.com

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Qualifications 

Versatile UX designer & web developer with 9 years experience in website development. Extensive involvement in high-traffic web development cycles and projects, with focus on SEO and website performance. Strong background in cross-browser/-platform development as well as Web standards, optimization and accessibility. Excels in rapid development environments. Currently learning/re-learning ASP.net MVC, C#, ASP.net and continuous integration environments.

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Career Highlights 

User Experience Designer & Developer

Redmond, WA

msnbc.com

September 2007


Roles include supporting company initiatives and journalism within both day-to-day and long-term projects, often juggling multiple projects at the same time. I provide both front-end design and development, improving the reader-facing experience as well as news-specific products. Technical skills include semantic XHTML, modular CSS, object-oriented JavaScript and jQuery, C# (beginner), XML, XSLT, ASP.net MVC and other middle-tier and front-end practices. In addition to technical duties, projects often include representing and designing workflow and tools around company-wide initiatives.

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User Experience Designer & Developer

Seattle, Washington

Hillclimb Media, a Demand Media company

March 2006 - June 2007


User Experience Engineering (design and development) for Hillclimb Media's collection of niche recreation web properties, notably Run.com, RunThePlanet.com, GardenGuides.com and GolfLink.com. Beyond UX planning, front-end development and an small amount of design, typical work includes conceptualization, mind-mapping, usability and SEM strategies as well as competitive analysis and search analytics.

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Web Designer/Developer

Seattle, Washington

WhitePages.com, Inc.

January 2002 - October 2005


Led UI design and development within the Engineering team for WhitePages.com network of large partnerships and sites. Designed and developed a skinnable front-end framework for co-brand distribution, focusing on minimal maintenance. Championed interaction design/development and user advocacy.

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Web Designer/Developer

Seattle, Washington

Ocentrix, Inc.

May 2001 - January 2002


UI developer/designer and content writer focused on small-business websites for automotive and motorcycle dealerships, with a special relationship to Harley-Davidson®. Beyond design and development, earned extensive experience directly collaborating with clients, account managers and Harley-Davidson® corporate design standards.

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Volunteer Work 

Volunteer Production Manager

Seattle, Washington

Digital Web Magazine

August 2006 - January 2009


Volunteer Production Manager for Digital Web Magazine, an independent web publication for web designers, web developers and information architects. Editorial writing duties, as well as occasional article writing duties.

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Volunteer Web Master

Seattle, Washington

Eightfold Design

1995 - Present


Utilizing design/development skills, direct a very small (aka, one person) freelance design firm specializing in design, development and support for non-profit or social causes. Projects include websites, print and multimedia design.

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Education 

Bachelor of Arts

August 1996 - May 2000

Wellesley College, Boston, Massachusetts
Media Arts & Sciences and Studio Art

 

Certificate

March 2004 - June 2005

University of Washington - Department of Human-Centered Design and Engineering, Seattle, Washington
User-Centered Design

 

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Technical Skills 

Languages: XHTML, XSLT, XML, JavaScript, jQuery, CSS, regular expressions; working knowledge of SQL, ASP, ASP.net; source control via CVS/VSS, TFS and SVN

Specialties: Web standards, CSS, JS, jQuery, accessibility, user-centered design, user experience design, modular CSS, object-oriented javascript, design pattern-based development.

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Affiliations 

  • Girl Scout Gold Award recipient

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