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Jessica Engelking1013 West 16th StreetChicago, Il60608312.421.4979

Software
Interwoven Teamsite 5.0, Homesite, Adobe Photoshop, ATG Dynamo, Joomla!, Dreamweaver, Microsoft Project, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Fireworks, Microsoft Access, Excel, Powerpoint.

Experience
2006-present Pearlspine, LLC
Owner
  • » Create cost effective websites for small to medium sized businesses.
  • » Develop front end design that faithfully represent client brands online.
  • » Build pure CSS table-less designs that are search engine friendly with or without CMS.
  • » Provide content and hosting maintenance, style guides, and support to extend the life of the client's site.

1998-2006 Harpo Productions, Inc. Oprah.com Chicago, IL
Web Developer
  • » Responsible for daily production of pages using HTML, JavaScript, and Teamsite in a high pressure, deadline oriented television production environment.
  • » Liaison with web site producers as well as television producers to create content that is web ready.
  • » Develop and document site standards.
  • » Create requirements for site wide design changes, new sections, and data cleanup tools.

2003 Evanston Northwestern Healthcare - Center on Outcomes, Research and Education
Freelance Web Developer and Project Manager
  • » Created http://www.facit.org/
  • » Communicated with client to scope project and assess requirements.
  • » Planed and facilitated client and team meetings and work sessions, including QA and post-mortem project review.
  • » Forecasted and managed budget and team hours.
1998-1999 Artisan For Hire, Inc. Chicago, IL
Freelance Web Developer
  • » Closerlook Creative - HTML and JavaScript for http://www.yesmail.com and Accenture Intranets.
  • » Andersen Consulting - Designed and implemented Phillip Morris online annual report.
  • » Blue Cross Blue Shield - Created year-end PowerPoint presentations from requirements.
1995-1998 Zacks Investment Research Chicago, IL
Investor Relations Web Project Manager
  • » Designed and developed Zacks Investors Window, a service that provided public companies with an online presence that included proprietary investor relations information and marketing. Clients including Bush Hog, Sunbeam Inc., Precor USA, Allied Products Corporation, and Acme Metals Inc.
  • » Created and maintained the interface for Zacks online: http://www.zacks.com.
  • » Built pages from the ground up using UNIX vi editor.
  • » Conceptualize architecture, design and content of investor relations web sites.
  • » Created and/or edited all images to be used on the site.
  • » Utilized animation and CGI scripts for dynamic pages.
  • » Expanded sales to include mass-market accounts.
1994-1995 American Color Labs Chicago, IL
Computer Technician
  • » Conducted quality control for outgoing jobs.
  • » Oversaw computer maintenance.
  • » Managed client technical support.
Education
1994 Bachelor of Arts, Photography - Columbia College, Chicago, IL
1999 Alternative Design Program - Archeworks, Chicago, IL

Archeworks is a post-graduate school of design co-founded by interior designer Eva Maddox and architect Stanley Tigerman, based in part on the Bauhaus model. Its mission is to use design-based applications to address societal problems. My team's objective was to design and develop a tool to facilitate elementary school inner-city public education. We chose the Internet and a web site to realize our goal. http://www.arccheworks.org
  • » Worked in a cross-discipline team that included an urban planner, web developer, and chemist
  • » Presented the site at quarterly critiques to audiences that included teachers, architects, fellow Archeworks interns, and other professionals.
  • » Charged with the task of creating a design tool to facilitate education, my team decided to build a web site that would be a virtual meeting place for the school's community, parents, teachers, and students
  • » Created graphic design of web site
  • » Built a template version of the site for presentation to possible investors, or other parties who might be interested in developing the site.
2001 ATG - Designing Dynamic Web Pages (developing client side for Dynamo)