Luke
Wroblewski, Interface Designer
luke@lukew.com
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| Experience |
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| 1996-present |
User
Experience Director & Founder, LukeW
Interface Designs
 Design
and develop interface designs, information organization systems,
and visual identities for Web applications and Web sites
Collaborate
with, assemble, and manage inter-disciplinary design teams
Manage
budgets, timelines, and resources to successfully meet diverse
client needs
Act
as primary contact for new all business development
Develop
interface strategy/style guides for Web sites and Web applications
Give
presentations on interface design concepts for various interest
groups
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| 2003-present |
Instructor,
Graduate School of Library
and Information Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Teach
and develop curriculum for graduate and undergraduate interface
design courses
Mentor
inter-disciplinary graduate students
Collaborate
on multiple research projects and committees
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| 1997-2003 |
National Center
for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA),
Champaign, IL
Senior Interface Designer
(1999-2003)
Designed
and developed interface designs, information organization
systems, and visual identities for Web applications and Web
sites
Assembled
and managed inter-disciplinary teams to create Web sites and
Web applications
Regularly
led interface design efforts on national and international
research projects
Developed
internal Web design process and resource allocations
Conceptualized
various system architectures
Published
research papers at national and international conferences
New Media Designer/Developer (1997-1999)
Designed
and developed Web sites and new media projects (including
video, multimedia)
Collaborated
in design and development of large-scale Web sites
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| 2001-present
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Author, John
Wiley & Sons, and various
Authored
Web design book titled Site-Seeing:
A Visual Approach to Web Usability
Authored
numerous interface design articles
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| 1998-1999 |
New Media Designer/Developer,
Precision Graphics
Inc.
Designed
and developed Web sites
Developed
interactive Web-based CD-ROMs and software installers |
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| Education |
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| 2001 |
Interface Design
MFA through Narrative Media Program at the University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign
Program
included course work in Computer Science, Library and Information
Sciences, Human Factors Engineering, and Graphic Design
Graduate
GPA: 4.0 / 4.0
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| 1998 |
Graphic Design BFA
w/ Highest Honors at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Undergraduate
GPA: 3.94 / 4.0
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| 1998 |
Art History BA w/
Highest Honors at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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| Computer
Skills |
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Expert user
of Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Macromedia Dreamweaver
and Microsoft Office. Skilled user of Macromedia Flash, Macromedia
Director, QuarkXpress, Pro Tools, and other design and development
tools.
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Experienced
in programming with JavaScript, CSS, ASP, DHTML, HTML, and
Lingo. Familiar with Perl, XML, VBScript, CFML, C, and C++.
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| Proficient in
Windows and Mac OS operating systems. |
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| Patents |
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| Ergonomic workstation
design: patent #08/834,533 dated 04.07.97 |
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| Honors
& Activities |
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Web site designs
recognized by Yahoo, Ask Jeeves, Eisenhower National Clearinghouse,
and more.
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Received University
of Illinois Bronze Tablet: a University award for outstanding
academic achievement given to the top three percent of the
graduating class in each college.
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| Conducted and
authored multiple music-journalism projects for On-Ramp inc. |
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| Language
Proficiencies |
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| Fluent in Polish
and sufficient in Spanish. |
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| References |
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John Melchi,
Director of Communications,
NCSA, Alliance
jmelchi@ncsa.uiuc.edu
217.244.3049
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Colleen Bushell,
Professor in Art and Design / NCSA Automated Learning Group
University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
cbushell@uiuc.edu
217.359.6655
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Andreas Veneris,
Professor of Computer Science
University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
veneris@eecg.toronto.edu
416.946.3062
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