Michelle Oviedo
Phone: 888.260.3939
Email: michelle1200@yahoo.com | Portfolio: http://www.movdesign.com

Visual Communicator:
WEB DESIGNER - USER INTERFACE DESIGNER - GRAPHIC DESIGNER - WEBMASTER
9 years of experience in creating web sites and applications, promotional graphics, print services & animations for renowned companies including Stanford University, American Express, Flex/Muscle & Fitness, AIM Trimark Investments, Investors Business Daily and Yahoo!. Diverse skill set includes web and print design, animation, video editing and production. Online portfolio available at: www.movdesign.com

Computer Skills:
Web & Graphics Design:    Photoshop, ImageReady, Flash, Director, Dreamweaver, Sound Edit 16, Avid Video, Final Cut Pro, Premiere, Illustrator, Visio
Print Production: Quark Xpress, Illustrator
Internet Languages,
Systems, Applications:		 HTML (hand coding & WYSIWYG), CSS, DHTML, WAP, JavaScript, XML, XSL, FTP, Visual Studio, UNIX, .NET environment, Telnet, VI, Source Safe Version Control, Secure CRT, Fetch, WS-FTP, CVS, Also familiar with: ASP, PHP, Cold Fusion
Software/Other Tools: HTML (hand coding & WYSIWYG), CSS, DHTML, WAP, JavaScript, Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint
Platforms: MS Windows, Mac OS, familiar with UNIX & Linux

Professional Experience:
CORPORATE

Senior Visual/Interaction Designer
YAHOO! INC., Sunnyvale, CA (yahoo.com)
The world's largest global online network of integrated services.
2006 - Present
  • Designs the look and feel for Consumer Advertising UI products on a variety of platforms including video, web and mobile devices
  • Creates flow charts, rapid illustrations, storyboards, use cases and prototypes for new advertising products
  • Created interactive and visual designs for the television medium
  • Created flow charts and Flash-based prototypes and demos for interactive television UIs
  • Made efforts towards improving usability of Yahoo's Digital Home products
Senior Web Graphic Designer
INVESTORS BUSINESS DAILY (Owned by William O'Neil & Co), Los Angeles, CA (www.investors.com)
A national business and financial daily newspaper that serves over 800,000 investors worldwide through a variety of proprietary products and services.
2001 - 2005
  • Designed & developed several client web sites including the Dow Jones News Service site, Thomson First Call Data site & a Suze Orman feature page
  • Designed and revamped the user interfaces for William O'Neil & Co's (WONDA) web-based proprietary software application, used by several financial institutions worldwide
  • Created the icons, animations and introduction splash page for the WONDA software application
  • Created a flash interactive training tutorial & printed reference guide for software clients
  • Designed several print items, including WONDA’'s software CD covers, and graphics & charts for William O'Neil & Co's new book, How to Make Money Selling Stock Shorts
Senior Web Interface/Graphics Designer
MORE.COM, San Francisco, CA (sample: www.majicfish.com/more)
A health, beauty and wellness online superstore offering over 30,000 products & services
1999-2001
  • Designed & implemented the main user interface and graphics
  • Created & presented prototypes and slideshows of proposed designs
  • Worked with the design team & quality assurance team to solve usability issues
  • Designed jump pages, banners and online ads under tight deadlines
  • Created wireframes & flow charts to map out user experience of shopping & checkout process
  • Coordinated with marketing & merchandising dept on strategies & navigation of web site content
Web Designer
AIM TRIMARK INVESTMENTS INC., Toronto, Canada (www.aimtrimark.com)
One of Canada's largest mutual fund companies with over $40.8 billion in assets under management. 1997 - 1999
  • Designed & maintained both of Trimark’s retail and financial adviser web sites
  • Modified web content by hand coding HTML around a Cold Fusion environment
  • Worked with developers to create interactive components for several key features, including the Trimark Road Show Online Reservation site, RSP Loan Online Application, and a Call Me Now online account help request for unit holders
  • Digitized web cast video & audio files of the Annual General Meeting & Investor Education Presentations to put on the web sites
PART TIME & FREELANCE

Owner & Designer
MICHELLE OVIEDO DESIGN, San Francisco, Toronto, Los Angeles (www.movdesign.com)
A multimedia design firm providing web design, wireframes, animations, logo design, and print services.
1996 - Present
  • Create & maintain web sites for corporate, retail businesses and individual clients
  • Design logos, brochures & other print materials for a diverse clientele including a specialty gift shop, software company, limousine service business
  • Worked for a mobile commerce development company to design & create their wireless UI flow diagrams, which was bought & used by Sprint PCS.
Web Producer/Designer
JUST GIVE, San Francisco (www.justgive.org)
A nonprofit organization offering online donation services to individuals and charities
2005 - 2006
  • maintain web sites for JustGive and affiliates, including American Express and, Hallmark
  • manage new web projects and allocate work to designated programmers
  • create and manage test cases for usability testing of new features
  • create and update content and graphics for web site, including monthly newsletters and breaking news features
  • answer customer service emails regarding technical issues, new services, and requests

Education:
Classical Animation
SANTA MONICA COLLEGE, Santa Monica, CA
2004
  • Studies on the movements of the human body through life drawing classes & drawing techniques
  • Storyboarding

Computer Graphics Certificate (post-graduate)
SHERIDAN COLLEGE, Oakville, Ontario, Canada
1995 - 1996
  • Studies on interactive & multimedia techniques, CD-Rom & web design, computer hardware technology, 3D modeling and animation
Graphic Design Diploma
GEORGE BROWN COLLEGE, Toronto, Canada
1992 - 1995
  • Digital typography, print technology, information design & concept development, photography
Visual Arts Major
YORK UNIVERSITY, Toronto, Canada
1991 - 1992
  • Fundamental of design, life drawing, art history & critical thinking, audio/video editing
Interests & Associations:
Memberships: Interactive Multimedia Arts & Technologies Association (IMAT), Graphic Artists Guild
Interests: Fine arts & design, digital photography, dance, music, philosophy, psychology, entrepreneurship, interior design & landscaping

References:
Available upon request

 
 
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