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Cynthia Kimball

UX Designer
Portland,OR

Summary

  • Creative UX Designer with 10+ years developing innovative, approachable user experience frameworks for tech and publishing products. Skilled at diverging from UX norms without alienating users. Ceaselessly focused on user-centric design decisions. Accomplished at creating wholly new frameworks that feel completely familiar to ease user adoption.

Overview

33
33
years of professional experience

Work History

Caretaker

Volunteer Work
Pendleton, OR
06.2018 - Current
  • Scheduled and accompanied clients to medical appointments.
  • Determined specific needs and provided most appropriate level of services for patient well-being.

Editor/Publisher

ATT Press
Yakima, WA
06.2012 - 07.2020
  • Recommended layout changes to make materials more accessible and improve presentation.
  • Employed specialized layout and editing software to place text blocks, illustrations and other images or elements.
  • Interacted with authors and other internal customers to define job requirements and resolve content, production and scheduling issues.
  • Participated in meetings and conference calls to gather and communicate document layout and production process information and represent production function.

Author

Self Employed Writer
Yakima, WA
11.2011 - 12.2018
  • Maintained informative social media to help further storylines and promote future events.
  • Worked on creative brand messaging, campaigns and creative brainstorming.
  • Utilized exceptional writing, editing, and proofreading skills to produce engaging and error-free content.
  • Edited and proofread all texts with help of Scrivener and Microsoft Word.

Acquisitions Editor

Blushing Books
Charlottesville, VA
08.2013 - 01.2016
  • Created excitement surrounding new products or new product content and features.
  • Developed and acquired content for digital solutions.
  • Monitored current and pending acquisitions at various stages of development.
  • Provided concise and constructive editorial feedback to writers to improve article and story writing.

Web Developer

Portland State University Library
Portland, OR
10.2009 - 03.2011
  • Coded websites using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and jQuery languages.
  • Planned website development, converting mockups into usable web presence with HTML, JavaScript, AJAX, and JSON coding.
  • Validated third-party code to comply with internal standards and technical requirements.
  • Engaged with clients to plan and optimize site issues and queries.

Web Developer

Contracted
Tucson, AZ
08.1998 - 05.2008
  • Coded websites using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and jQuery languages.
  • Collaborated with marketing department to create microsites for their advertising campaigns, bringing in over $1m in sales in the first 72 hours.
  • Validated third-party code to comply with internal standards and technical requirements.
  • Engaged with clients to plan and optimize site issues and queries.

Education

Certification - Google UX Design

Coursera
Online
12.2021 - 04.2022

Skills

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Quote

How many ideas have there been in the history of the human race that were unthinkable ten years before they appeared?
Fyodor Dostoevsky

Timeline

Certification - Google UX Design

Coursera
12.2021 - 04.2022

Caretaker

Volunteer Work
06.2018 - Current

Acquisitions Editor

Blushing Books
08.2013 - 01.2016

Editor/Publisher

ATT Press
06.2012 - 07.2020

Author

Self Employed Writer
11.2011 - 12.2018

Web Developer

Portland State University Library
10.2009 - 03.2011

Web Developer

Contracted
08.1998 - 05.2008

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