Website Design Portfolio

Click here for web design and consulting resume. Sample sites appear below.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you are interested in hiring a freelance web designer or taking lessons in web design.

UCLA Graduate Student Resource Center

UCLA Graduate Student Resource Center

  • Provides information, referrals, counseling, and workshops for graduate and professional students
  • Created matching sites for Graduate Writing Center and Graduate Student Orientation
  • Designed in September 2009
  • Dreamweaver templates (at client's request)
  • Client maintains content

TPS Group

The TPS Group

  • Search and recruiting firm for mid- to senior-level professionals
  • Designed in June 2009
  • Uses GoDaddy's Website Tonight service (at client's request)
  • Client maintains content

Brannon and McKinney: Poway Dentists

Brannon and McKinney: Poway Dentists

  • Private dental practice
  • Designed in February 2009
  • Drupal CMS

PAMLA 2009

Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association 2009 Annual Conference

  • Annual conference for academic organization
  • Designed in February 2009
  • Drupal CMS
  • Features webform to collect conference paper proposals
  • Client maintains majority of content

UCLA Graduate Students Association

UCLA Graduate Students Assocation

  • Student group representing all graduate and professional students at UCLA
  • Design iterations in February 2009 (migrated to Drupal CMS), December 2007 and February 2006 (Dreamweaver templates)
  • Featured web calendar, photo gallery, reservation forms, news feed, and approximately 200 pages about programs, initiatives, and organizational history
  • Code and content are now maintained by new webmaster

* This site was under my management for over three years. The new leadership has significantly altered the design and organization, and I do not want to claim the site for my portfolio. But you can still view it here.

PAMLA

Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA)

  • Academic organization promoting the study of literature and languages
  • Designed in November 2007
  • Drupal CMS
  • Client contributes announcements and news stories

UCLA IGSA

UCLA International Graduate Students Association

  • Student group providing events and resources for international graduate students
  • Designed in September 2007
  • Drupal CMS
  • Client maintains code and content

UCLA Graduate Student Events

UCLA Graduate Student Events (retired)

  • Sponsors social and cultural events to foster interaction among graduate and professional students
  • Designed in September 2007; clients replaced with new design in September 2009
  • Drupal CMS
  • Earlier design iteration March 2005 (Flash site)

Accent-Studios

Accent-Studios (retired)

  • Professional photographer's portfolio and services
  • Designed in May 2007
  • Wordpress (as CMS)
  • Client maintained content

University Catholic Center

University Catholic Center

  • Church serving UCLA's Roman Catholic community
  • Designed in May 2006
  • Joomla CMS
  • Features calendar, photo gallery, discussion forums, user profiles
  • Client maintains code and content

What Is Genre?

What Is Genre?

  • Interactive site designed to interrogate the nature of genre
  • Designed May 2006
  • Co-authored with Brent James as part of UCLA Graduate New Media Colloquium 2005-2006
  • Makes extensive use of Flash and Quicktime movies

UCLA Sustainable Resource Center

UCLA Sustainable Resource Center

  • Student-run center offering programs and resources related to sustainability
  • Designed in October 2005
  • Dreamweaver templates
  • Client maintains code and content

UCLA GSA Community Service Commission

UCLA GSA Community Service Commission

  • Student group promoting community service opportunities for gradaute students
  • Designed in October 2005
  • Dreamweaver templates
  • Client maintains code and content

Instructional Technology Resources

Instructional Technology Resources

  • Describes campus computing resources and offers tutorials on a variety of technological topics, including web design, image editing, extracting video and sound clips, using digital archives, and more
  • Designed in August 2005 for UCLA Center for Digital Humanities
  • Led project, designed Dreamweaver templates, and contributed content
  • Co-workers also contributed content
  • Client now maintains code and content

Summer Vacation 2005

Summer Vacation 2005

  • Personal site to share photos and narratives about two-week long road trip
  • Designed in July 2005
  • Dreamweaver templates
  • Features JavaScript photo slideshow

Marathon Reading 2005

Marathon Reading: Arabian Nights (retired)

  • Annual fundraiser hosted by the UCLA Department of English
  • Designed in March 2005
  • Featured event information and reader sign-up form
  • Also designed sites for Middlemarch (2004), Ulysses (2002), and Gravity's Rainbow (2000)

Ecampus FAQ

Ecampus Frequently Asked Questions

  • Explains policies and procedures for using course websites; includes illustrated tutorials and best practice guidelines
  • Designed in October 2004 for UCLA Center for Digital Humanities
  • Designed Dreamweaver templates and contibuted content
  • Co-workers also contributed content
  • Client now maintains code and content

Heather and Luke's Wedding

Heather and Luke's Wedding

  • Personal site to share information and photos
  • Designed in January 2004

 

Webmaster Positions

Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association, 2007-present

UCLA Graduate Students Association, 2005-2008

UCLA Department of English Annual Marathon Reading, 2000-05 (intermittently)

UCLA Regents Scholar Society, 1997-99

American Computer Experience, summer 1997, summer 1998

 

Languages and Skills

HTML, XHTML, CSS, XML; basic PHP, Javascript, and MySQL

Adobe Dreamweaver, Flash, Photoshop, and Acrobat Pro

Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook

Google Analytics, Google Apps, Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

Open-source Content Management Systems (Drupal, Joomla, Wordpress, Plone)

Learning Management Systems (WebCT, Moodle, Turnitin)

Digitizing audio and video (Audacity, Camtasia, iMovie, iDVD)

Familiar with TEI (Text Encoding Initiative)

Social Networking and Web 2.0 Tools (Facebook, Twitter, blogs, forums, wikis)

Comfortable on Mac or Windows platforms