E r y n W h i t w o r t h

eryn(at)ischool.utexas.edu || download Resume (*.pdf 65 KB)

Objective

I see digital collections as a bridge for people to interact with media across physical and digital repositories. These interests have led me to the study of visual information retrieval, information architecture, and information design, all in the spirit of user centered design movement. My goal is to develop a technical skill set necessary to conduct research on building a digital collection of fine art images that would offer a richer sensory experience.

Education

Design Experience

User Interface Design

Visual Design

Savvy Keynote Entertainment

Branding and Fliers

Artifacts from IA design projects:

Work

Graduate School

  • Teaching Assistant | IT lab | School of Information
    University of Texas at Austin | January 2008 - Present
      • Job Description:
    • The IT Lab is the hub of activity for the School of information. Being a teaching lab the lab is staffed with Purpleshirts, the iSchool Teaching Assistants who staff the Lab and provide helpful information and assitance on a variety of techonlogies. As a Purpleshirts, iSchool iTlab Teaching Assistants, who staff the Lab and provide helpful information and assitance on a variety of techonlogies. As a Purple shirt I provide twenty hours of in lab support per week.

      Check out my LinkedIn profile for a review of my work at the lab.

  • Intern | Archives of American Art | Smithsonian Institution
    Washington, DC | July 2008 - August
      • Job Description:
    • As an intern I work with the IT staff at the Archive for five weeks in Washington DC. I work on projects ranging from evaluating usability of interfaces to improving the effectiveness of search. An interesting project on the horizon involves evaluating metadata standards with a team of staff for a suitable structure for sharing the Archives' data for an institution wide research tool.
  • Intern | Luna Imaging Incorporated
    Los Angeles, CA / Austin, TX | May 2008 - September
      • Job Description:
    • I was brought in to advise the company about how to begin building usability engineering into their existing development cycle. The project continued working toward to establishing a baseline of user research that involved developing user profiles and personas, and numerous survey instruments. I conducted phone interviews with clients and recruited end users for a screening pool of potential test participants.
      The project culminated in round of usability testing of the application under investigation. I worked with UserVue and Morae Manager for the tests and analysis. Reports and presentations were my primary of communication and dissemination of my findings. The company is using my findings and recommendations to make changes to the product.
    • Teaching Assistant | Professor Caroline Frick | School of Information University of Texas at Austin | August - Present
        • Project:
      • Publicize United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World day for Audiovisual Heritage (WDAVH) by collecting and annotating film clips for WDAVH 2007 trailer, and collecting and annotating World day celebrations for web publication on http://www.ccaaa.org/wdavh/
    • Graduate Assistant | Information in Cyberspace | School of Information
      University of Texas at Austin | August - December 2007
        • Job Description:
      • Provide ten hours of chat support per week for several sections of online course
      • Assist in conversion to Drupal course management system
      • Grade xhtml, and css documents, and writing assignments about information technology and the internet
        Source Control Experience:
      • Maintain mark up of interior course pages and manage file permissions.
        Wiki experience:
      • Create and edit course content with a team of Information and Computer Science students.
        Project:
      • Converting XHTML pages into PHP pages using Drupal Content Management System.

    Computer Skills

    Markup: XHTML | HTML| XSLT | CSS

    Other: PHP | Drupal | MySQL | Metadata Schema Encoding

    Software:

    • Adobe CS3: Acrobat 8 Professional | Illustrator | Flash | Photoshop
    • Microsoft: 2007 PC + 2008 Mac Word, Excel | Visio 2007

    Scholarship and Recognition

    Billie Grace Herring Scholarship, UT iSchool | April 2007

    Outstanding Leadership in Philosophy Scholarship | April 2006

    President's Honor Roll | Spring 2006 and Fall 2006

    Dean's Honor Roll | Fall 2005

    Symposium of Philosophy | President | 2005 - 2007

    Graduate Course Work

      Summer 2009
    • Professional Experience Project inf 388l
      • One Butterfly Interface Design
      Spring 2009
    • Information Design Studio
    • Organizing and Providing Access to Information inf 384c
    • Managing Information Services and Organizations inf 397c
      Fall 2008
    • Database Management Principles and Applications
      • Selima Optique Web Application
    • Independent Study: Investigating Pan Institutional Cross Catalog Search Interface at Smithsonian Institution
    • Metadata
      Spring 2008
    • Understanding and Serving Users
    • Special Topics Course: Redesigning the iSchool Website
    • Concepts of Information Retrieval
    • Introduction to Research Methods
      Fall 2007
    • Introduction to Information Studies inf 180j David Gracy
    • Mathematical Foundations of Information Science inf 383e Miles Efron
    • Internet Application inf 380k Megan Winget
    • Information Architecture and Design I inf 385e Fleming Seay

    Foreign Language

    • French Language Proficiency | Reading: Advanced | Writing: High Intermediate | Speaking: High Intermediate
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