Sean Heavey
User Experience Consultant
Baltimore, MD, USA
443.304.8886
be.net/seanheavey
I am a web designer, developer, and consultant with 8 years of experience in a wide array of industries including academia, marketing and Federal Government. I am currently looking for new opportunities in the Baltimore/Washington region. I’ve worked for noteworthy clients such as the Smithsonian, Department of Education and the Wikimedia Foundation.
I also have experience in many soft skills such as client relations, project management and technical documentation. In addition to regular billable client work I’ve assisted with internal marketing efforts, business development and proposal writing.
I also have experience in many soft skills such as client relations, project management and technical documentation. In addition to regular billable client work I’ve assisted with internal marketing efforts, business development and proposal writing.
Work Experience
SeanHeavey.com
User Experience Consultant
Concept-to-Launch support and creative leadership for digital products:
• Lead ideation, strategy, user experience, and design meetings with stakeholders.
• Develop formal digital strategy plans, information architecture, and product roadmaps.
• Design wireframes, style guides, mockups, and prototypes.
• Build and support digital products using Drupal, Wordpress, Squarespace.
• Implement and customize themes, modules, and features using HTML, CSS, JS, PHP.
• Lead ideation, strategy, user experience, and design meetings with stakeholders.
• Develop formal digital strategy plans, information architecture, and product roadmaps.
• Design wireframes, style guides, mockups, and prototypes.
• Build and support digital products using Drupal, Wordpress, Squarespace.
• Implement and customize themes, modules, and features using HTML, CSS, JS, PHP.
February 2017
- Present
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Excidion Inc.
Web & UX Designer, Defense.gov
Complete redesign and re-branding of Defense.gov:
• Emphasis on user experience, content-design, high-fidelity media, and interaction.
• Work with content creators to design Interactive Stories from ideation through coding.
• Design and develop new features to increase social media engagement.
• Design and develop web Special Reports and Interactive Stories using HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap.
• Emphasis on user experience, content-design, high-fidelity media, and interaction.
• Work with content creators to design Interactive Stories from ideation through coding.
• Design and develop new features to increase social media engagement.
• Design and develop web Special Reports and Interactive Stories using HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap.
July 2017
- November 2018
Maryland, United States
Quotient Inc.
Web Developer
Designed multiple websites for Govt. clients:
- The Smithsonian Institute
- National Institutes of Health
- Dept. of Education
Worked with Subject Matter Experts to translate product requirements into design solutions.
Developed front-end and CMS theming for websites, primarily utilizing Drupal.
Assisted in Drupal CMS implementation including views, blocks and content migration.
Aided Business Acquisition by providing technical guidance and writing for proposals.
- The Smithsonian Institute
- National Institutes of Health
- Dept. of Education
Worked with Subject Matter Experts to translate product requirements into design solutions.
Developed front-end and CMS theming for websites, primarily utilizing Drupal.
Assisted in Drupal CMS implementation including views, blocks and content migration.
Aided Business Acquisition by providing technical guidance and writing for proposals.
April 2013
- February 2017
Columbia, Maryland, United States
New Media Studio - UMBC
Assistant Web Designer (part time)
October 2009
- May 2010
Maryland, United States
Various Clients
Visual Arts Specialist
Center for Art, Design, and Visual Culture: Designer
2009 and Prior
CSD Architects: Junior Graphic Designer
National Gallery of Art: Digital Imaging Intern, Digital Imaging Specialist (contract)
Ashton Design: Design Intern
National Geographic Television: Art and Animation Intern
US Army Research Laboratory: Graphics Apprentice
Full work experience upon request.
2009 and Prior
CSD Architects: Junior Graphic Designer
National Gallery of Art: Digital Imaging Intern, Digital Imaging Specialist (contract)
Ashton Design: Design Intern
National Geographic Television: Art and Animation Intern
US Army Research Laboratory: Graphics Apprentice
Full work experience upon request.
2009
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Education
University Of Maryland, Baltimore County
Bachelor's of Art
Major: Graphic Design, Minor: Art History
August 2007
- May 2010
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Montgomery College, Rockville
Associate of Fine Arts
AFA - May 2007
Major: Studio Art
Additional courses in design/graphics
Major: Studio Art
Additional courses in design/graphics
August 2004
- May 2007
Rockville, Maryland, United States
Awards
UMBC 2009 Senior Exit Exhibition
Design Award
2009
UMBC 2009 Senior Exit Exhibition
CADVC Choice Award
2009
UMBC 2009 University Research And Creative Achievement Day
2009 URCAD Selected Poster
2009
Skills
Adobe After Effects,
Adobe Dreamweaver,
Adobe Flash,
Adobe Illustrator,
Adobe Indesign,
Adobe Photoshop,
Adobe Premier,
Color Management,
CSS,
CSS3,
Digital Imaging,
Digital Photo Retouching,
Digital Video Editing,
Digital Video Recording,
Digitial Photography,
DotNetNuke,
Drupal,
HTML5,
JavaScript/JQuery,
Large Format Print Design,
Logo/Identity Design And Branding,
Mac OSX,
Microsoft Office,
Microsoft Windows,
Motion Graphics ,
Multi-Page Document Print Design,
PHP,
Prepress/Pre-Flighting,
Print Design,
Print Production,
Printer Coordination,
Usability Design,
User Interface Design,
Web Design & Development,
WordPress,
XHTML,
XML,