aubrey benasa

I make web sites!

Five years as hybrid front-end developer/designer. Games, advertising, retail industries. Modern minimalist aesthetic. Design driven by UX and mobile first. Loves collaboration, naturally independent. Strives for consistency, excited by change.

employment

Web Designer, 2010–present

Groundspeak Inc., Seattle
Computer games, 50+ employees

Work on design, UI/UX, localization for new features and ongoing maintenance for Geocaching.com. Cross-platform tested. Work closely with Developers, Test, Product Management, Creative, Marketing, and Community Relations. Scrum, ASP.NET, Visual Studio, CSS3, Blueprint, jQuery, FogBugz, JIRA, Balsamiq, CS5, Web Translate It, and Optimizely.

Geocaching.com

client
Groundspeak Inc.
project role
web design & front-end development
tools
ASP.NET Web Forms, HTML5, CSS, Blueprint, jQuery

Timberland Trail of Heroes

client
Groundspeak Inc.
project role
web design & front-end development art direction by Timberland
tools
ASP.NET Web Forms, CSS, Blueprint, jQuery

employment

Front End Developer, 2009–2010

Tribal DDB Worldwide, Seattle
Advertising, 500+ employees

Developed websites and landing pages into compliant XHTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Developed cross-client compatible email campaigns. Produced redline guides, optimized graphics, localization assets, implementation guides, and sitemaps. Worked closely with Interactive Producers, Art Directors, and Copy Editors. Used CS4, BBEdit, Omnigraffle, and Atlas.

Windows Live Messenger

client
Tribal DDB Seattle
project role
web design & front-end developmentJavaScript by BKWild
tools
HTML, CSS

McDonald’s iwantfrieswiththat.com

client
DDB Seattle
project role
email and site build, graphics production, flashart direction by Evan Jones
tools
HTML and CSS, Photoshop CS3, SmartSVN

Armor All Owner Center

client
Tribal DDB San Francisco
project role
graphics production, site updates & debugging
tools
Flash, ActionScript 2, XML, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, SVN

Atigeo

client
Tribal DDB Seattle
project role
front-end development, CMS editing; art direction by Shawn Herron
tools
HTML, CSS, JavaScript

Brighten Up Phoenix

client
Tribal DDB Seattle
project role
front-end development; art direction by Shawn Herron
tools
HTML, CSS, JQuery

core competencies

technical skills

F64cg

client
F64cg
project role
web design & front-end development art direction by Jasmine Hartsook
tools
XHTML, CSS, jQuery

David Garrigues

client
RDP Creative
project role
front-end development; art direction by RDP Creative
tools
HTML, CSS, JQuery

employment

Creative Web Developer (contractor), 2008

Nordstrom, Seattle
Retail, 10,000+ employees

Sliced compositions using ImageReady. Developed boutique splash and product pages into compliant XHTML and CSS code. Developed HTML and CSS templates for custom shop pages. Developed marketing mails using CheetahMail. Unit tested pages, working with Internet Producers and Development Testing. Used Site Manager CMS and Microsoft Visual SourceSafe.

Nordstrom

client
Nordstrom
project role
coding and development 180 boutique conversions for Nordstrom online
tools
HTML, CSS, Homesite, ImageReady, VSS

employment

Teaching Assistant
2009–2010 (3 sessions)

School of Visual Concepts, Seattle
Educational institution
10+ employees

Assist faculty and students for Intro and Intermediate HTML/CSS and Intro to ActionScript 3.0.

education

Certificate
Web Development

Seattle Central Community College

Bachelor of Arts
Interdisciplinary Visual Arts

University of Washington

volunteer work

Webmaster, 2006–2008

Association of Women in Computing, Puget Sound
Non-profit org, 50+ members

Mantained web site, managed listservs and announcements, facilitated monthly events.