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Owen Otto

Work Experience

User Experience Designer (2007 - present)
Google

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User Interface Designer (2006 summer internship)
Google

- Designed interfaces for features in Google Maps, Earth, and Translate
- Redesigned the interface for an internal application to increase efficiency, including requirements gathering and lo-fi user testing
- Presented designs on a daily basis to diverse groups, from designers and researchers to engineers and product managers
- Contributed to a new feature that is currently being patented

Content Producer (2005-2007)
Yahoo!(contractor)

- Selected news and entertainment content for SBC Y! portal with daily audience of over 6 million registered users
- Created multimedia editorial promotions by tying together related text articles, video content, and photos

Web Developer (2005-2007)
UC Berkeley's School of Information

- Designed and implemented a new department intranet, including requirements gathering, visual and interaction design, and front-end development
- Collaborated with a team of 5 to produce the redesign of a web site (www.ischool.berkeley.edu)
- Implemented visual designer’s Photoshop mockups
- Programmed front-end using Javascript, PHP, CSS, and XHTML

Project Coordinator (2003-2005)
WestEd

- Represented a group of users in designing a web-based content management system for tracking information about a library of reading passages
- Developed and debugged portions of the content management system using HTML, Perl, and MySQL
- Organized a database and complementary physical filing system for thousands of documents
- Designed and implemented workflow processes, including creating flow charts and software documentation [sample]
- Project managed a team of 5 desktop publishers and proofreaders to produce printed test booklets

Education

University of California, Berkeley
Master of Information Management and Systems, May 2007. 3.77 GPA.
Human-computer interaction concentration

UC Berkeley Extension
"First Course in Java" class, June 2004.

University of California, Berkeley
BA, English, December 2002. 3.5 GPA.

Skills

User Interface Design:
- User-centered design process (interviewing, low-fi prototyping, card sorting, user testing)
- Heuristic evaluation of interface designs
- Information architecture (navigation design, wireframes, site maps)
- Basic graphic design principles (typography, grids, negative space, color theory)

Programming/Web Development:
- XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, MySQL, PHP, Perl, XML, Actionscript and Java
- Database architecture and design

Software/Operating Systems:
- Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and many more
- MAC, PC, Unix (beginner)

Project Management:
- Organize, create and document user-friendly systems and processes
- Collaborate with diverse team members, from designers to accountants to programmers
- Manage and communicate budgets and timelines

Writing/Editing:
- Headlines, articles, interviews, reviews, annual reports, and brochures
- Software documentation and navigational system naming
- AP and Chicago style guides

previous comments:

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