Yahoo! Resumix
HG Recruiter clickable mockups: http://www.viviente.com/resumix/genie/
HG Hiring Manager clickable mockups: http://www.viviente.com/resumix/hmw/
Resumix 7 Flash presentation: http://www.viviente.com/resumix/flash/resumix7.swf

• Interaction design, UI design, and front-end programming/development for the award-winning series of Hiring Gateway enterprise software products: HG Recruiter, HG Hiring Manager, HG Relationship Manager, and HG Profile Manager.
• Hiring Gateway was chosen as the Top Human Resources Product of 2003 by Human Resource Executive Magazine, who called it "an applicant tracking system so intuitively designed that an operating manual is unnecessary".
• Process: HTML Wireframes were created to determine proper workflow, then working XHTML/JavaScript mockups were used to develop visual components, perform user testing and correct any further workflow issues. XSLT templates were made from the XHTML to create the working product. Final step was my review of the working UI, and correction of any errors or changes to the UI inadvertently inserted by the back-end developers.
• Customized HG Relationship Manager and HG Profile Manager software to match the look and feel of client websites, and played a key role in implementation. Customers include nVidia, ChevronTexaco, City of Seattle, Park Place Entertainment and many more. Close relationship with Professional Services team members.
• Created scripted static HTML demos for software products, used by Sales and Marketing teams in customer presentations.
• Updated and maintained Yahoo! Resumix corporate website

• Created clickable scripted XHTML prototypes for Yahoo! Hot Jobs Job Search redesign.
• Process: Visual Designer sent image files to me with his general vision for the new search pages, gave me background on project, goals, target audience, history, etc. I then created the working XHTML prototypes linked above to show my refinements to the interaction and UI design, which were used for in-house and user testing.
• Clean, optimized, front-end code used directly by Web Development/Engineering, saving an extra cycle of code production by that team.

• Redesigned the internal IT Help Desk system for maximum usability. Interaction design and UI design.
• Extensive JavaScript programming to add new workflow processes and customize existing ones.
• Project completed on time and under budget.

• Visually designed sections of Yahoo! Shopping such as Book Reviews, Author Interviews, Hot Video Games, International Cuisines, etc.
• Developed hand-coded HTML pages to meet strict Yahoo! guidelines for maximum user download speed and minimum document file size.

• Evaluated and rewrote HTML for 200+ pages, resulting in greatly increased cross-browser functionality and download speeds. One heavily used page previously took 65 seconds to download on a DSL line and would only load in MSIE. My changes resulted in a download time of 5 seconds in all common browsers for that same page.
• Redesigned nav bars and other commonly used features for greater usability.
• Recommended further changes to visual design, information design and copywriting to improve overall usability of site.
• Educated web team (GUI Developers, ASP Engineers) on HTML 4.0 standards and future use of XHTML. Educated Product Managers on usability issues.
• Created Website Workshop to act as a reference point for web team after my departure.

• Designed and built the front-end user interfaces for magazine sections including What Works, eCompany Conferences, Web Weekly, the Web Guide, and others (see portfolio). All interfaces created in Vignette Story Server 5.0 using HTML, JavaScript and SS Tool Command Language (Tcl).
• Created and developed Web Weekly section of magazine to help readers navigate to collected web articles on the site.
• Part of core interactive design team for User Registration section of site.
• Created Web Team Guide online directory to improve internal communications among team members
• Trained and supervised junior developers and contract developers.
• Optimized and corrected HTML and graphics sitewide to eliminate browser issues and bugs.
• Created advertisements and banner ads for both on and off-site advertising (see portfolio).
• First staff designer/developer hired at eCompany.