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| Project Portfolio | Academic Projects |
| Illustrations
for the 2009 book Raven
Wakes the World |
| RESUME |
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| Sr. User
Experience Architect 2/99 to present |
I design and
document the
functional flow, navigation and organization of content for Internet
applications. I am experienced with all phases of the
process from user research to requirements to design and development.
Interaction design activities can include heuristic evaluation,
requirements gathering, persona development, and creation of
navigational flow charts and wireframes. Project Portfolio |
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| Instructor The Art Institute of Atlanta, Decatur 7/2009
- present |
As a member
of the Web Design and Interactive Media department, I teach user
experience design best practices. |
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| Information
Architect / Interactive Producer
3/97
- 2/99 |
As an
Information Architect /
Interactive Producer, I managed the design and development of
interactive projects and was regularly responsible for the information
design.
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| Manager,
Presentation Services
MCI Telecommunications
Corp. |
As Presentation Services Manager, I supervised a team of Interactive Media Producers within the sales and marketing division. Rapid development included Internet/Intranet applications, interactive multi-media presentations on CDROM and PDF. |
| Publications
Specialist
Windsor Group, Inc. |
Produced collateral materials for this automobile insurance company in a desktop publishing role. |
| Graphics
Specialist
Med Images, Inc. |
Designed and produced marketing materials for this start-up company, specializing in the production of medical transcriptions with color photos. Also managed printing and distribution of medical reports. |
| Electronic
Artist
Digital A.V. |
Designed and produced computer graphic illustrations for this start-up company. Edited and compiled "electronic brochures," consisting of video, computer graphics and narration. |
| PROFESSIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS |
| ACM |
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| CHI
Atlanta |
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| Usability
Professionals' Association |
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| The
Interactive Media
Alliance |
1997-1998,
Membership
Committee Chair 1998 Executive Board Member |
| ART
WORK |
| Raven
Wakes
the World 2009 |
My partner John and I
collaborate to write and illustrate holiday stories for our
friends. Now a collection is available from Mercury Retrograde
Press. Raven
Wakes the World available at Amazon for Kindle, and in November,
available in print. |
| Artist |
Art Portfolio |
| Illustrator |
Digital
Illustration
Portfolio |
| EDUCATION |
| Georgia
Institute of Technology 2009 |
Masters in Human-Computer Interaction Areas of Interest: Creativity Support
Tools Academic Projects:
http://carolbales.pbwiki.com/
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| University
of Tennessee at Knoxville 1986 |
BFA in Studio
Art, concentration
in painting.
Graduated with Honors. Studied graphic design and computer programming as well, in order to prepare for a career in computer graphics. Served as Co-Chair of the Student Art League in 1986. |
| PUBLICATIONS |
| 2009
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A peer-reviewed
conference paper “Managing Information in a Creative Environment,” Carol Bales, Ellen Yi-Luen Do, to appear in ACM Creativityand Cognition, Oct 27-30, Berkeley (acceptance rate 32/137, 23%, MS student: Bales)http://www.creativityandcognition09.org/acceptedposters.htm |
| CONTACT |
Write to me at:
carolbales at mindspring dot com
Follow carolbales on Twitter
Check out
my blog UXCreativity
A list of User
Experience Design resources I collect to support my students at the
Art Institute of
Atlanta-Decatur.
Caveat: This site is currently being redesigned.