| Experience |
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Present
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| Web
Designer and Developer |
Site Schemes
380 Shawnee Avenue
Winchester Virginia |
| Site Schemes designs and develops
innovative web presentations that market information, products
or services through creative, interactive design. With a focus
on providing personal service and continuous support including
monthly Web Trends reports, search engine registration, and
complete webmaster and hosting services, Site Schemes promotes
the World Wide Web as a place to communicate and learn. |
- Design and develop web presentations.
- Create and manage new business.
- Design and implement database systems.
- Design and develop email broadcast system for the National
Association of Purchasing Management-Virginia.
- Create original computer-generated art, perform photograhic
enhancements using Photoshop and Fireworks, revise existing
Java components.
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| Projects:
National Association of Purchasing
Management-Virginia, Solid Woods Unfinished Furniture,
Blue Ridge Auto Glass, Belle Starr Restaurant & Saloon,
Site Schemes |
Software/Programming:
ASP (VBScript), dhtml (javascripting),
html, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks,
Drumbeat, Microsoft Office, FTP Explorer, Web Position
Gold |
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1998
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| Graphic
Designer (Visual Information Specialist) |
Harpers Ferry Center
Wayside Exhibits
Harpers Ferry West Virginia |
| The Harpers Ferry Center in Harpers
Ferry, West Virginia, provides interpretive media including
publications, audio/visual presentations, visitor center exhibits,
wayside exhibits, historic furnishings, and a complete conservation
lab for all of the parks in the National Park Service. |
- Managed contract illustrators, designers, screen printers,
cartographers, and photographers for projects up to $150,000.00
each.
- Designed wayside exhibits (outdoor exhibits), collaborating
with writers at Harpers Ferry and park personnel.
- Created original computer-generated art and maps.
- Designed and developed interoffice database.
- Suggested and approved computer software and hardware.
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| Projects:
Death Valley, Delaware Water Gap,
Fort Caroline, Gateway, George Washington Birthplace,
Glacier, Golden Spike, Hawaii Volcanoes, Ice Age, Indiana
Dunes, Lewis and Clark, Martin Luther King, Jr. (for
Olympics in Atlanta) |
Software/Programming:
Quark XPress, Photoshop, Illustrator,
Microsoft Word, FileMaker Pro |
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1993 |
| Graphic
Designer (Visual Information Specialist) |
Harpers Ferry Center
Exhibit Planning & Design
(Later called Exhibits)
Harpers Ferry West Virginia |
| During my tenure at Harpers Ferry
Center, I worked for Historic Furnishings, Wayside Exhibits,
and Exhibit Planning & Design. I was requested to complete
special projects for the National Park Service Director, the
conservation lab, and the Division of Interpretive Planning.
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- Managed contract illustrators, designers, exhibit fabricators,
screen printers, cartographers, and photographers for
projects up to $150,000.00 each.
- Designed or assisted in designing museum exhibits.
- Travelled to parks to plan and design exhibits with
park interpretive staff and to contractor facilities to
inspect work.
- Created original computer-generated art and maps.
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| Projects:
Canyonlands, Death Valley, Fort
Caroline, Lyndon B. Johnson, Manassas, Padre Island,
Saugus Iron Works, Shenandoah, Steamtown, Voyageur |
Software/Programming:
Photoshop, Illustrator, Microsoft
Word, CorelDraw, BlueprintDesigner |
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1991
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| Exhibit
Specialist |
Harpers Ferry Center
Wayside Exhibits
Harpers Ferry West Virginia |
- Managed contract screen printers, cartographers, and
photographers for projects up to $150,000.00 each.
- Designed wayside exhibits (outdoor exhibits).
- Managed the Task Order Assist program, coordinating
projects serving as the liason between the parks and contractors.
- Travelled to parks to assist in design and production.
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| Projects:
Allegheny Portage Railroad, Andersonville,
Apostle Islands, Badlands, Bandelier, Biscayne, Black
Canyon of the Gunnison, Blackstone River Valley, Bryce
Canyon, Cabrillo, Cape Cod, Castillo de San Marcos,
Chattahoochee River, Chickamauga and Chattanooga, Colonial,
Denali, Ebey's Landing, Fossil Butte, Gettysburg, Grand
Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains, Harpers Ferry, Independence,
Isle Royale, Jamestown, Kalaupapa, Mammoth Cave, Nez
Perce, North Cascades, Rock Creek, Sleeping Bear Dunes,
USS Arizona Memorial, Wolf Trap Farm Park for the Performing
Arts, Yellowstone |
Software/Programming:
CorelDraw, PageMaker, Ventura Publisher |
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1988 |
| Editorial
Assistant |
Harpers Ferry Center
Historic Furnishings
Harpers Ferry West Virginia |
| I wrote an article for Interpretation
(Winter 1990), the National Park Service newsletter for interpreters,
on desktop publishing and also served on a panel of "experts"
at a desktop publishing training seminar. I designed the Summer
1993 issue of Interpretation entitled "Point of View." |
- Edited, wrote, and designed historical research documents.
- Managed contract illustrators and photographers.
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| Projects:
Appomattox Court House, Clara Barton,
Carl Sandburg, Chiricahua, Christiansted, Cumberland
Island, Death Valley, Thomas Edison Home, Eleanor Roosevelt
Home, Ellis Island, Eugene O'Neill, Fort Larned, Friendship
Hill, Hot Springs, Lincoln Home, Martin Van Buren, Sagamore
Hill, Salem Maritime, Sitka, Valley Forge, Voyageurs |
Software/Programming:
CorelDraw, PageMaker, Ventura Publisher |
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1985 |
| Secretary |
National Fisheries Center
Leetown West Virginia |
| While an employee of the federal
government I received 10 awards for special achievements and
outstanding performance and numerous letters of appreciation.
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- Managed accounts and contracting for five governmental
units.
- Assisted in budget process and in debugging the budget
program written for the USFWS.
- Edited and designed quarterly reports.
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Software/Programming:
Word processing software, BASIC
and FORTRAN |
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1980 |
From 1977 until 1980, I stayed at home with my son.
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1977 |
| Graphics
Arts Asst / Clerk |
Argonne National Laboratories
Germantown Maryland |
| Produced graphics (viewgraphs and reports) for
presentations to Congress in support of the Liquid Metal Fast
Breeder Reactor project. |
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1976 |
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