Chris A. Raymond
Designer/Visual Problem Solver
Falls Church, VA, USAI am retired from full-time employment but open to inquiries for:
• logo and identity design
• software QA and usability assessments
• logo and identity design
• software QA and usability assessments
Work Experience
PBS
Senior UX Designer
Conduct user research, develop wireframes and user flows, design interactive experiences for digital education products for parents and teachers.
Virginia, United States
Consultant
UX, UI, Interaction Design
Specializing in interaction design, prototyping, and UI design, with a dash of content strategy and UI and UX writing.
Monster Government Solutions
Interaction/UX Designer
Led overhaul of Utility module of enterprise applicant tracking system, including:
• Conducting contextual inquiry
• Conducting remote usability testing and documenting user pain points
• Building screen flows and interactive prototypes for 20+ features within the module.
• Conducting contextual inquiry
• Conducting remote usability testing and documenting user pain points
• Building screen flows and interactive prototypes for 20+ features within the module.
Virginia, United States
Speak Agent Inc
Senior UX Designer
Do visual and interface design, produce screenflows, wireframes and clickable prototypes, write user testing protocols, spec business and user requirements, for an online platform for teaching academic vocabulary to English language learners.
Maryland, United States
Roy Rosenzweig Center For History And New Media
Senior Web Designer/Creative Lead
Designed and coded web sites for historians and the public, and designed print collateral in support of the Center's web projects.
Virginia, United States
Roy Rosenzweig Center For History And New Media
Web Designer
Virginia, United States
Freelance
Design consultant
Completed print and web design projects for a variety of clients, including Monster Government Solutions, the American Society of Interior Designers, INPUT.com, and AARP.
District of Columbia, United States
Crabtree + Co.
Graphic Designer/Art Director
Conceived and executed broad variety of print and web projects, including brochures, logos, newsletters, posters, websites, landing pages, and T-shirts. Did all production and pre-press work on my projects.
Virginia, United States
Meadows Design Office
Graphic Designer
Designed brochures, logos, newsletters, posters, and other print collateral for clients in the cultural and non-profit areas. Did all production and pre-press work on my projects.
District of Columbia, United States
Association Of Science-Technology Centers
Director of Publications and Information Services
Edited and produced monthly newsletter (the production of which I moved in-house); set editorial calendar, wrote feature and news stories; administered $65k budget; brokered co-publishing deals; supervised a writer and fulfillment associate.
District of Columbia, United States
Education
Virginia Commonwealth University
Graphic design coursework
Pursuant to a career change from journalism/editorial, studied graphic design at VCU’s highly regarded Comm Arts program.
Virginia, United States
Cornell University
PhD, Sociology
Focused on sociology of science and social of mass media, completing a dissertation that examined coverage of occupational health issues in the mainstream and alternative press. Graduated magna cum laude.
New York, United States
Buffalo State College
BA, Sociology/Psychology
Buffalo, New York, United States
Awards
Printing & Graphic Communications Assn.
Best of Category: Home Page Design
Printing & Graphic Communications Assn.
Award of Excellence: Poster Design
Art Directors Club-Washington DC
Website design
Art Directors Club-Washington,DC
Invitation/program design
Society For Technical Communications
Award of Distinction, brochure design
Knight Center For Specialized Journalism
Fellowship
American Psychological Association
National Media Award, Excellence in Newspaper Writing,Honorable Mention
Chicago Medical Writers Assn.
Morris Fishbein Award (writing for professionals)
Chicago Medical Writers Assn.
Beth Fonda Award (writing for lay audience)
Chicago Women In Publishing
Excellence in Design, Writing, and Editing
Engineering College Magazine Assn.
Best Recurring Feature
Skills
Copyediting,
Illustration,
Interaction Design,
Print Design,
Software QA,
UI Design ,
Usability Assessment,
UX Design,
Web Design,
Software
Proficient with Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), Sketch, Textmate, Transmit.
Solid working knowledge of html, css3.
Experience with Wordpress, php, jquery.
Learning Figma, Adobe XD.
Solid working knowledge of html, css3.
Experience with Wordpress, php, jquery.
Learning Figma, Adobe XD.