Location:
Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area
Work:
The St. Petersburg Times
Dec 1994 - Oct 2011
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Senior Online Designer
Pages, Inc.
1993 - 1994
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Graphic Designer
School Book Fairs
1991 - 1993
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Graphic Designer
Skills:
Web Design, jQuery, Motion Graphics, Multimedia, Photoshop, Video Editing, Illustrator, Adobe Creative Suite, Multimedia Storytelling, Social Media, HTML, Flash, Journalism, User Experience, User Interface Design, Typography, Graphic Design, Illustration, Visual Communication, Information Graphics, Keynote, Image Manipulation, HTML5, CSS3, CSS, Final Cut Pro, SEO, Photo Editing, Retouching, Video Production, Dreamweaver, Data Visualization, PowerPoint, Layout, Graphics, Blogging, Storytelling
Honor & Awards:
2010 ASNE finalist in online storytelling: "The Golden Hour" http://www.tampabay.com/news/article1073959.ece
59th Annual Green Eyeshade Awards, a journalism contest that recognizes excellence in 11 Southern states:
ONLINE – BEST USE OF MULTIMEDIA FIRST PLACE:
The girl in the window
The Times Staff (I was the multimedia designer)
2008 SND Award of Excellence for Non-Breaking News: "Doubt"
58th Annual Green Eyeshade Awards:
ONLINE – BEST USE OF MULTIMEDIA FIRST PLACE "Doubt"
Meg Laughlin, Don Morris, Desiree Perry
Tampabay.com/ St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg, FL
Green Eyeshade Award: ONLINE – FEATURE REPORTING THIRD PLACE "Zoo Story"
Thomas French, Desiree Perry, Stephanie Boyer
Tampabay.com/ St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg, FL
Florida Society of Newspaper Editors
Multimedia Third Place "Doubt"
Desiree Perry, Meg Laughlin and Don Morris for multimedia.
Certifications:
Final Cut Pro, Apple
Web Communication using Adobe Dreamweaver 6, Adobe
Rich Media Communication using Adobe Flash 6, Adobe
Visual Communication using Adobe Photoshop 6, Adobe