Design Software

becky torbochkin

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E XPERIENCE S KILLS

Information Designer // GENERAL DYNAMICS VIZ Adept at

PITTSBURGH, PA // 2 007 PRESENT User Analysis, Interaction Design,

Design features for the Command Post of the Future (CPOF), Paper Prototyping, Design Patterns,

the Army s primary command and control application. User Stories, Requirements

Duties include: user research, writing user stories, persona Gathering & Analysis, Typography,

development, reviewing requirements, setting goals, creating Color, Visual Interface Design, Icons

designs and detailed speci cations, working with developers and Marks, Writing.

to re ne and implement, assist in testing, bug- xing, triage,

Familiar with

and eld support. Some roles I ve played:

Managing budget, creating

Pattern Library Lead // Currently lead the creation of an

schedules, managing small teams

Interaction Pattern Library and Style Guide for a very unusual

software interface. Teach others about interaction patterns,

T ECHNOLOGIES

how to use them, and how to write them. Encourage team

contributions, plan weekly topics, and facilitate reviews. Experienced in

XHTML, css, Adobe Illustrator,

User Study Lead // Led a small team of designers on a short

InDesign, Photoshop, Flash,

usability study to analyze the learnability of CPOF and identify

Dreamweaver, Acrobat Pro. O ce,

opportunities to improve. Planned our schedule, managed

Windows & Mac

budget, set deadlines, and tracked progress. Wrote about

user feedback, satisfaction, and performance; applied basic Familiar with

usability metrics and surveys. Sketched solutions and

ActionScript, Javascript,

prioritized feature ideas. Final report was delivered to CPOF S

AfterE ects, OpenSource CMS s.

customer, Tactical Battle Command.

Feature Designer // Designed new interactions and interfaces Without A Mouse, I

for: map navigation, drawing complex military graphics, data

Capture lovely digital photographs.

entry, noti cation, and collaboration

Thrive in diverse teams. Garden,

Designer, Commander s Mobile Assistant // Worked on a drink tea, collect paper and fabric,

prototype for a web-based mobile version of our command play lots of computer games.

and control software. Designed visual interface layouts,

planned functionality across iterations, prioritized features E DUCATION

according to business need.

Carnegie Mellon University

Adjunct Instructor // SCHOOL OF DESIGN 200 2005 Bachelor of Fine Arts

in Communication Design

CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY // FALL 2006 FALL 2008

Minor in Photography and Digital

Taught design students Adobe software fundamentals.

Imaging, QPA 3.9

Designer // INFORMATICS STUDIO

Landesberg Prize for Excellence

PITTSBURGH, PA // WINTER 2005 SUMMER 2007

in Typography, Spring 2005

Developed the visual design, interaction, and information

Art Director s Club Scholarship in

architecture for a variety of websites and web applications for

Graphic Design, Work featured in

clients such as the Centers for Disease Control, Nethealth,

the 83rd ADC Annual, 2004

Children s Hospital, and the National Institute of Health.

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