The Knitty Gritty Resume of Elizabeth Noyes
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
- Responsible for daily content of 150 websites, public and internal, for ten years.
- Led classified staff in successful bond measure effort to fund new capital improvements.
- Streamlined web content publishing workflows of 65 person, cross-functional team.
- Completed W3C and ADA Section 508 standardization efforts for multiple public and internal websites.
- Designed and printed letterpress business cards and moving announcements.
HONORS & AWARDS
- 2006 - Community College Public Relations Organization (CCPRO) Awards, Third Place, Community College Website category, Chabot-Las Positas Community College District
- 2004 - Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Service to the District
- 2003-2004 - Classified Senate President
- 2003 - Technology 2003 Focus Award for Web Accessibility Teaching and Learning Initiative, California Community College Chancellor’s Office and The Foundation for California Community Colleges
- 2002 - Technology 2002 Focus Award for Online AA Degree Pilot Program, California Community College Chancellor’s Office and The Foundation for California Community Colleges
- 1998 - New Media Invision Awards, Bronze Medal, Personal/Group Nonprofit, Student Project Category
- 1998 - California State University Student Research Competition, First Place Honors, Creative Arts and Design Category
SKILLS
Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Contribute; HTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL, XML.
Knowledge of various assistive technologies, ADA and Section 508 compliance standards.
Proficient in digital typesetting and letterpress techniques, including digital workflows based on photo-polymer plates.
EXPERIENCE
Webmaster, Las Positas College, www.laspositascollege.edu
Livermore, CA, 2001-Present
Recruited to build and direct district-wide design efforts
- Redesigned the Chabot-Las Positas Community College District website.
- Developed Tri-Valley Education Collaborative website.
- Represented Las Positas Faculty, Marketing, and IT staff as member of the District Web Committee, drafted the college
district’s Web Policies and Procedures.
Elected Classified Senate President, 2003-2004
Led information architecture and design initiative for over 150 institutional web sites campus-wide.
- Developed innovative navigation system based on people-oriented design.
- Conducted usability testing to direct web site redesign effort.
- Assessed, developed and maintained database-driven web applications, including browse, maintain and administration:
- staff directory
- searchable High School/ROP Articulated Courses
- Technology Department classroom equipment
- Designed template-based website and intranet compliant with W3C and ADA Section 508 standards.
- Wrote tutorials, Web Principles, Standards and Guidelines to enable assist staff in web management, image manipulation and web accessibility.
- Collaborated with Marketing, Administrative, and IT staff to improve website’s outreach to prospective students.
Web Design Manager, Adatom.com (defunct)/formerly Web Media Masters
Pleasanton, CA/Milpitas, CA, 1998-2000
- Managed and prioritized work flow for design team.
- Designed and created marketing and investor relations collateral.
- Designed and created web sites for business-to-business and e-commerce clients.
- Designed and produced web and email marketing promotions.
- Interviewed and trained new designers.
Slide Curator, California State University, Hayward
Hayward, CA, 1997-1998
- Managed a collection of approximately 100,000 images.
- Developed the organization process for collection.
- Photographed over 2200 additional images to add to library.
Assistant Director, University Art Gallery, California State University, Hayward
Hayward, CA, 1992-1998
- Assisted Gallery Director in coordinating exhibits.
- Managed exhibition logistics.
- Instructed students on installation procedures in gallery space.
EDUCATION
California State University, Hayward
MA, Multimedia, June 1998
BA, Art, Multimedia, Magna Cum Laude, June 1996