I am a web designer with a focus in UX design. I spend my days coding, designing, prototyping, testing, and researching. My main languages are HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, though I also dabble with Python, Django, and PHP in my current career at TDS Telecom, located in Madison, WI.
As a millennial, I spent a good chunk of my life on the Internet. I would create my own websites from scratch using Paint Shop Pro, FTP servers, blog hosting sites - you name it, chances are I experimented with it in my childhood and teen years. This interest in the web most likely came from my computer programmer father and has definitely followed me into adulthood.
Having graduated in late 2020, TDS is my first job in this career - however I would love to expand my breadth in other industries as well as keep a firm relationship where I currently am. My focuses are documentation and workflow improvements, and I hope that you believe that it radiates in my work. You can contact me if you would like to work together, and I look forward to hearing from you!
Work
Education
Champlain College
Bachelor of Science, Web Design & Development
2016-2020
3.98 GPA
Certification, Web Programming
December 2020
Certification, PHP Programming
December 2020
Certification, UX Design
September 2022
Experience
TDS Telecom
Lead Front End Web Designer
April 2023 - Present
Front End Web Designer
May 2021 - March 2023
Skills
- Adobe Creative Cloud
- Adobe Experience Manager
- Agile
- Bootstrap
- Command Prompt/Terminal
- CSS
- Django
- Figma
- GIS Maps
- Git/Gitlab
- HTML
- JavaScript
- Jira
- Kanban
- Prototyping
- PyCharm
- Python
- Robohead
- Sublime Text
- User Testing
- Visual Studio Code
- Windows, Mac, and Linux enviornments
- Wireframing
Accolades
Inspiring Excellence Award
"A Mapping Miracle"
TDS Telecom, Optimizing Processes Category
2022
Previously, every time a DFN (Dedicated Fiber Network) would change, a static map would need to be updated to correspond to it. This meant having the data admins create a map image, email it to the web designers to resize it into three different sizes, upload it into the content management systems, and then give the link back to the data admins to put into the management site. This was rarely instantaneous, and dozens of maps needed to be updated depending on the neighborhood - meaning the employees' workflow would suffer as well as the users' experience and reliance on up-to-date information.
As of January 2022, the TDS Fiber site now uses interactive GIS (geographic information system) maps that update in real-time to accommodate for the ever-changing fiber network boundaries. Customers can now check the status of their neighborhood and rely on it being accurate, as well as move the map around, use zoom, and rely on a map legend to know what areas are in what phase of fiber builds.
Role: Web Designer
Duties: Color palette design, font design, accessibility requirements
(including the recommendation of implementing dark mode)