web design portfolio

Unless stated otherwise, the web sites featured below were designed solely by me, from concept to finished product. Thumbnail (click and graphic will open in a new window) Description CITES, School of Nursing, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill While web design is not one of my major responsibilities at the School of Nursing, I was given the task of redesigning my division's web site. The previous design was difficult to navigate, so my most important goal was to make it easy for users to find the information they sought. I accomplished this through the expanding menu on the left, repetition of the menu's links on the main page, and the "quick links" on the right. Since the site's redesign launch in late 2006, my team has received nothing but compliments on its improved usability.   The Eating and Life Enhancement Center In late 2006, I was approached by Dr. Jeffrey DeSarbo about creating a web site for his psychiatry practice in Garden City, New York. He wanted his site to provide current and prospective patients with information about his staff and office. I assisted Dr. DeSarbo with acquiring a domain name and hosting. Future goals for this site include web-based forms for new patients that are submitted electronically to office staff, and pictures of staff and office facilities.   CITES Newsletter, School of Nursing, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The CITES Newsletter was is an online publication distributed through email and online. Its purpose is to inform the School of Nursing's faculty and staff of new (and old) ways to improve teaching with technology. I created the template for this newsletter in collaboration with my co-workers in CITES, and regularly write articles. I am also responsible for distributing the newsletter to faculty and staff email lists and posting it to the web.     Andrea & Mark's Wedding I got engaged in October of 2004, and I'm a web designer. How could I not create a wedding web site? Since the majority of our family and friends are scattered across the country, a web site was the best way to keep everyone up-to-date on wedding plans. This was my first CSS-heavy site, so I'm proud of it (and I'm not at all biased because it's about me).   Council for Allied Health in North Carolina One of my first tasks as an employee of UNC was to create a web site for this Council. They meet bimonthly to discuss issues regarding Allied Health professions. Members are scattered across the state, so a web site was needed as a central source of current information. I created this site from scratch, and also acquired hosting from an outside vendor. When I left my full-time position at UNC in September 2003, I was hired as a web site consultant, and was responsible for regular updates through May 2005. Due to funding constraints, my position was cut, but I continue to volunteer my time for updates.   CHART, Department of Allied Health Sciences, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill I was referred by the Executive Director of the Council for Allied Health in North Carolina to the Project Coordinator of CHART, a program whose purpose was to recruit, train, certify and place students and employees in several allied health fields. The program needed someone to update and perform maintenance to their web site, as their previous webmaster had graduated and moved away. I was hired as a consultant in May of 2004 and communicated with the Project Coordinator through email until my departure from the project in May 2005. Due to budget cuts, this program and its web site no longer exist. The link to the left is the latest version I had saved on my computer.   RPI Pep Band Alumni and Friends A large portion of my time in college was spent participating in the RPI Pep Band in one capacity or another. It's where I met my husband and many of my close friends. In December of 2003, a fellow alum approached me with an idea for a Pep Band alumni website. Its purpose would be for alumni to stay in touch and to keep informed of on-campus events. I volunteered to design the web site as a tribute to the many happy memories made while a member of the Pep Band.     TobaccoCME.com This site, supported by a grant from the National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute, is a suite of online courses targeted towards physicians who wish to receive continuing education in tobacco interventions for their patients. Many of its users are not particularly web-savvy, so we made it a point to make the site as clean and simple as possible. I created most of the graphics within the courses, including graphs, charts, photograph manipulations, and JavaScript rollover features. The layout followed the predetermined standard for AddictionCME.com, TobaccoCME.com's parent site. As of May 2005, the site has changed its design substantially. While the site design no longer reflects my work, but the graphics I created and placed within the courses still remain.   Tobacco Free Patients This is another suite of online courses for health professionals, supported by a grant from the National Cancer Institute. The goal was to make this site look different from TobaccoCME.com so the two would not be confused. I created most of the graphics within the courses, including graphs, charts, photograph manipulations, Flash animations, and JavaScript rollover features. As of May 2005, the site has changed its design substantially. While the site design no longer reflects my work, but the graphics I created and placed within the courses still remain.   Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute I was hired in August 2001 to completely redesign the Chemistry & Chemical Biology Department's web site They were conducting a nationwide search for a new department head at the time, and they wanted a more "professional" looking site to reflect their caliber. I was responsible for every aspect of the development process, including graphic design, page layout, photography, and content research. This site was completed in May of 2002. I was employed as an independent contractor from July 2002 through May 2005. After that, the Department hired an in-house designer and completely changed the look of the web site. If you click the graphic to the left, you'll see my original design.   AHSC 350: Assistive Technology in Allied Health This site was designed for an online class which was first taught in Spring of 2003. The course was initially taught through Blackboard, an online education software package. While Blackboard is convenient and easy to use, its customization abilities are limited. The instructor of AHSC 350 wanted a web site that better suited the course, in both functionality and look. The class has not been taught since Spring 2004, so the information is outdated.     Center for Literacy and Disability Studies I designed this site in October of 2002. The Center promotes literacy for those with disabilities. Conferences and presentations are held all over the country, so this site was created as a way to keep track of "who will be where when." The Center is still in its infancy, so the "Projects" section is sparse at the moment.     Amber & Sebastian's Wedding I created this web site for two of my friends who were married in 2003. They wanted a place where guests could go for information regarding the ceremony, reception, gift registries, or anything else applicable to the wedding. Prior to the implementation of this site, they had a plain black-on-white list of links. One's wedding day is special, and I thought their web site should reflect that. Both the bride and groom were pleased with the results. Only in Dreams: An Online Community EMAC majors like myself have to take a course called Capstone Design which lasts both semesters of our senior year. RPI's course catalog describes Capstone Design as: "Through a series of production and writing assignments, breakout seminars, group critiques, and public exhibition, the goal is to develop a work-in-progress in the winter semester and a final version in the Spring semester of the capstone project and senior thesis paper." My project was about dreams and dream interpretation. It's a topic that has interested me for years. It contained scientific information about why dreams happen, an alphabetical listing of common dream themes, information about dream experts, a list of books for further reading, and a bulletin board (no longer in service due to excessive spamming) so people could discuss their dreams with others. This site was completed in April of 2002.     FulFill-Net Online Product Demo I created this demo as part of my 2001 summer internship at FulFill-Net, a startup company that provided technology to warehouse managers to keep track of their orders and inventories. It has received many compliments for its simplicity. The company and its website no longer exist, but I saved a copy of my demo. Please note that only the links pertaining to the demo work in this copy. Bernfeld for Assembly My friend's father was running for public office, and I needed a final project idea for my Advanced Content Development for the World Wide Web class in the Fall of 2000. I offered to design Mr. Bernfeld's campaign web site. All he had to do was send me information. Unfortunately, he didn't win the election, but I did receive an A for my work.