Kate Withey | Resume

RESUME

...two versions: a text-only version follows this "visual résumé"...

"[Kate produces] not only graphics of great quality and creativity, but models of user interaction that continually widen the bounds of what is possible on this small platform. Though artistry and user-interface design may be considered the core of Kate's skill set, I have been repeatedly surprised at the extent and depth of her understanding of the theoretical and technical underpinnings of computer graphics, which has considerably rounded out my own understanding."

- Greg Lutz, Founder and CTO, NearSpace;
Founder and past Board member, Autodesk

KATE
WITHEY ·
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· 415.317.7133
kate@katewithey.com
www.katewithey.com

KEY SKILLS · Design - clean, coherent user-interface designer for mobile devices, software, web sites; graphic & icon designer for screen or print; interactive designer for web, presentations, or tutorials

· English - CELTA certificate in teaching English; knowledgeable of correct usage in spoken/written, formal/informal, business/personal styles; clear, precise speaker & writer

· Solutions - high-level analytical thinker; exceptionally creative & innovative problem solver; unusual combination of visual, verbal, & technical communication skills

OBJECTIVE · Contract work in Paris or California using any of my talents as a trainer, designer, or communicator, taking advantage of my 20 years' experience in the computer industry

· I thrive in flexible environments that support brainstorming & teamwork, value my sense of humor & playfulness, & have an international outlook

CLIENTS &
EMPLOYERS · Cisco - designed user interaction screens, mock-ups, & scenarios for multiple mobile phone, tablet, & desktop platforms; created animated visualizations of future product ideas

· Triton - designed web-based interactive data-visualization front-end to complex database for company executives (replacing spreadsheet print-outs)

· NearSpace - designed user interface features, screens, icons, & maps for Palm OS mobile guides to complex built environments; led design evolution of web client

· Sinia - designed & storyboarded UI to mobile phone/web access system; created user-setup web site

· Sun, JavaSoft - designed icons, screens, interactions, Java mobile device demo graphics

· Apple - member original User Interface Group; editor Apple User Interface Design Guidelines; writer Inside Macintosh

· Harvard University - designed front-end user interface to large multi-media classics database

EDUCATION · University of Cambridge - CELTA (Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults), 2003

· Parsons School of Design, Paris - Visiting Scholar, Fine Arts, 1992-93

· Sorbonne III, Institut de Linguistique et Phonétique Générales et Appliquées - Intensive French linguistics & phonetics program, 1992

· Harvard University - EdM, Interactive Technology in Education, 1990

· MIT Media Lab - Graduate research, Visible Language Workshop, 1987-88

· Pomona College - BA, English, 1982

ADDITIONAL
SKILLS · Languages - French: fluent; Spanish, German, Japanese, Russian, Modern Greek: some knowledge

· Art - Recent projects include paper mobiles, mosaics, jewelry, stained & fused glass work, greeting card design (one design published by MoMA)

· Writing & Illustrating - Children's book illustrator (series of 6 early readers published 2-03; CD-ROM illustrations going to press 8-03) & writer (seeking publication)

· Dance - Argentine tango, swing, lindy hop, salsa

KATE WITHEY	· · · · ·	415.317.7133 kate@katewithey.com www.katewithey.com
KEY SKILLS	·	Design - clean, coherent user-interface designer for mobile devices, software, web sites; graphic & icon designer for screen or print; interactive designer for web, presentations, or tutorials
	·	English - CELTA certificate in teaching English; knowledgeable of correct usage in spoken/written, formal/informal, business/personal styles; clear, precise speaker & writer
	·	Solutions - high-level analytical thinker; exceptionally creative & innovative problem solver; unusual combination of visual, verbal, & technical communication skills
OBJECTIVE	·	Contract work in Paris or California using any of my talents as a trainer, designer, or communicator, taking advantage of my 20 years' experience in the computer industry
	·	I thrive in flexible environments that support brainstorming & teamwork, value my sense of humor & playfulness, & have an international outlook
CLIENTS & EMPLOYERS	·	Cisco - designed user interaction screens, mock-ups, & scenarios for multiple mobile phone, tablet, & desktop platforms; created animated visualizations of future product ideas
	·	Triton - designed web-based interactive data-visualization front-end to complex database for company executives (replacing spreadsheet print-outs)
	·	NearSpace - designed user interface features, screens, icons, & maps for Palm OS mobile guides to complex built environments; led design evolution of web client
	·	Sinia - designed & storyboarded UI to mobile phone/web access system; created user-setup web site
	·	Sun, JavaSoft - designed icons, screens, interactions, Java mobile device demo graphics
	·	Apple - member original User Interface Group; editor Apple User Interface Design Guidelines; writer Inside Macintosh
	·	Harvard University - designed front-end user interface to large multi-media classics database
EDUCATION	·	University of Cambridge - CELTA (Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults), 2003
	·	Parsons School of Design, Paris - Visiting Scholar, Fine Arts, 1992-93
	·	Sorbonne III, Institut de Linguistique et Phonétique Générales et Appliquées - Intensive French linguistics & phonetics program, 1992
	·	Harvard University - EdM, Interactive Technology in Education, 1990
	·	MIT Media Lab - Graduate research, Visible Language Workshop, 1987-88
	·	Pomona College - BA, English, 1982
ADDITIONAL SKILLS	·	Languages - French: fluent; Spanish, German, Japanese, Russian, Modern Greek: some knowledge
	·	Art - Recent projects include paper mobiles, mosaics, jewelry, stained & fused glass work, greeting card design (one design published by MoMA)
	·	Writing & Illustrating - Children's book illustrator (series of 6 early readers published 2-03; CD-ROM illustrations going to press 8-03) & writer (seeking publication)
	·	Dance - Argentine tango, swing, lindy hop, salsa