Design Development
Resume:
Shirley McClain
*** ******* ******, **** ***** IL 60137
**************@*****.***
Shirley McClain
www.ShirleyMcClainPortfolio.com
** * **** 06 to Nov 10
May 10
1999 June04 to Aug 04
Jun 99 Overviews
July 99
LiveText,Inc. Winter - IL IL FL
Splore, Inc. - - -ChicagoChicago Chicago IL
Catylist, Tree Design Haven,
Wishing Inc. La Grange
Design Resources Group, Inc. -IL
09 Freelance
05
98 Sears Holdings Corporation
03
User Experience & User (NASDAQ: SHLD) is the(Continue) largest broadline
Freelance LeadDirector
Sears Holdings CorporationExperience, User Interface & Front
Owner, Creative User Interface Lead, Designer nation's fourth
08 567 Development Glen Ellyn specialty retail stores in the United States and
04 End Anthony Street,
Software Development
97 June 98 toover 4,000 full-line and IL 60137
retailer with
02 Collaborated with clients to understand project requirements.
June 99
Canada. Sears Holdings is web leading home appliance retailer as well end leader in
Responsible for front end the development within JAVA based back as a
312.925.7281userwith the -entire user experience architecture, user
Purdue Memorial Union West Lafayette best practicesmanagement.
Responsible oversawconsumer standardsusing CVS for code of LiveText,
Created andfor
tools, lawn and garden, development team and IN
system. Collaborated experience electronics and automotive repair and maintenance.
07 interface design and serviceENERGY into userRetail Partner of the Year. Key propri-
Graphic Designer systems. development of the application.
a web-based translated requirements STAR experience strategy. and
Sears Holdings is the front end
Analyzed and (SaaS) 2010 provider for accreditation, assessment
course managementKenmore,
**************@*****.************ and DieHard, and a broad apparel offering,
etary brands corporate identities, project development, project manage-
Established include
06 Deliverables forstudies Identified value propositions and assisteduse case as well
ment, usability information information architecture for clients defining
Responsible included: and architecture deliverables Smith and Joe Boxer,
including such well-known labels as Lands' End, Jaclyn including included
Jan 98business Commercialworkflow architecturedetailed Country Florida
Created to usability andall information diagrams, deliverables, including:
scenarios, April 98
www.ShirleyMcClainPortfolio.com It alsoworkshopwireframes withcollection,
overall Institute, strategies; highlybrands. of in has the sessions and
CCIM and oversaw Covington involved Realtors including Living
as the Apostrophe studies, Association
CMG Worldwide translate their and prototype mockups. largest provider of home
client in offeredtocompetitive Texas,IN We are the nation's into functional
comparative and by-specifications business requirements Palm Beach,
which is order UI Sears and research, use cases, business process and
Gulfcoast, flows,
interaction Colorado Indianapolis Chicago, Miami Dade,
Spring, Kmart.
feature specifications.Mississippi, Arizona,use case studies, workflow Holdings
services, Jacksonville, Responsible for Eugenemade annually. Sears
workflow diagrams, informationmillion servicerelationships/sitemap, classifi-
Orlando, Design Internship hierarchy and calls Oregon, Virginia and
with more than 1 1
Graphic designs through usability studies and direct interaction with clients.
diagrams, information architecture wire interaction flows, UI specifications,
cation schemes, detailed wireframes and framing and interaction flows, UI
Validated
New York State.
Corporation operates through its subsidiaries, including Sears, Roebuck and Co. and
specifications, prototype mockups. prototype mockups.
copy direction, copy direction and
Kmart Corporation.
Aug 97 to Dec front end development and ensuring the final executions
Responsible for 97
Collaborated with internal-contracted Ruby-on-Rails developmentproject
Collaborated with client departments and clients to team
Purdue use case requirements. for end-users. as leadunderstandgoals &
meet all News Service West Lafayette IN
using Agile development process. Served Establishuser experience
requirements while advocating project
Splore, LLC. Internship
Graphicclientsfront end developer solutions. 10-weeks development
architect Design evaluate proposed during the
Assisted and to
success matrix to establish their corporate identities knowledge sharing
Splore takes social networking, crowd-sourcing, andand brand standards. to a whole
cycle before the initial launch.
new level. The web revolution created an explosion of websites. And that information
Highly involved with the planning and on marketing materials, enhancing
Conceptualized, greater dependence scoping of projects, communicating
overload led to a designed, and producedsearch engines, question and answer sites,
and discussion forums.well as in application team, and managing these
Participated with developers development design, estimation, coding,
with stakeholders values.
clients marketable as
02 Feb 00 to May 02
testing, debugging, configuration, integration and documentation.
projects from inception to completion.
divine Inc. / Xqsite - Chicago IL
Conceptualized, designed, and produced corporate websites as well as
01 LiveText,front end implementation from development teamto functional
Hands-on
Collaborated with business analyst and design prototypes to develop
web applications.
Inc.
web application usingDirector LiveText platform. manages university-level educa-
Sr. Designer to Art SCSS and
user-centered framework for the Haml.
LiveText is a web-based accreditation solution that
tion while measuring the current status and the design, estimation, coding, learning
Participated with developers in application improvement of both student
00 Responsible for contextual and usability researchManagersuseranalyzing and
testing, Engagement Managers and Project to gather in requirements,
Assisteddebugging, configuration, integration and documentation.
and institutional programs.
analyzed experiencerequirements into user experience of requirements.
translating business design andof comprehensive toolsstrategy.
oversaw the execution
LiveText offers an extensive set and services to assist with the
measurement of student learning as from institutional missions functional
Hands-on front end implementationwell as design prototypes to and goals, including:
Freelance translated andXHTML and JavaScript.
Analyzed and Graphic Design
web application clients requirements into user experience strategy.
Collaborated withusing CSS, designers to perform variety of design diagnostics.
Course Management
Student Portfolios
Validatedconceptual creation, art direction production of Splore corporate
Clients conceptual creation, art direction SolidSpace, interaction with clients.
the designs through usability studies and direct System Development
Led the included Parlano, Acquity Group,and and production of client web
Work Experiences Team, SilkRoad Technology Inc., Catylist Inc.,
Integration, The Hollingshead tools
Coaching and Collaboration
solution strategies.
brand strategy and identity.
Evangelized Capabilities Estate, The Day School, practices internally
Reporting Greene Real
Suave, John user experience standards and best Firstwater, Rosebud
Education coordinated user experience consultingassisted Creative
and externally. Background
File Manager
Designed and reviewed as awith vendors in variety of marketing materials
Oversaw and Served design-related deliverables and resource within
Restaurant, Home Depot and LaSalle Investment Group.
Mayorganization. cards, presentation templates and exhibition materials.
the 10 business design sessions.
2011 Purdue University
including to present
Directors on leading
Sears Lafayette, IN
West Holdings Corporation
Responsible for Estate Software, Inc. design
Hands-on Real front implementation from implementation. Worked closely
Catylist front end end development and
10 with developmentusing CSS Commercialin ASP, JSPprototypesenvironments. associa-
to functional
Senior is the #1 provider of and HTML Informationandall user requirements.
web applications team to ensure final executions meet PHP for
DegreeUser Experience Architect, Online Business Unit real estate
Catylist Exchanges
Collaborated platform connects peopleon code and releasefacilitates transactions in
tions. Its CIE with development team with properties and management
Bachelor of with developers in application design, estimation, coding, testing,
Participated Arts (Class of 1999) Catylist also provides search engine technology for
using StarTeam. user nationwide. strategic and tactical architect in the
real estate communities experience
Serve as the lead
debugging,development groups, and and documentation.
economic configuration, integration
04 overall Sears.com social and community suite of marketing tools for commer-
Major estate professionals. duringoffers a full development and project
May 02 to Aug 04 engagement program.
cial real Inc. and responsible for business
Assisted Account Managers
Conceptualize - Chicago IL
Catylist, identifying its guiding principles
Visual Communication Design
Hands-on front end implementation from design prototypes to functional web
engagement.
03 based on business objectives, thus implement the social engagement
experienceusing CSS, XHTMLInterface Designer
application framework. Collaborate with development team, product
User Experience & User and JavaScript.
Awards
Clients included GE Equity, Bank of America, Cognis, H&R Block the social
and BOXX
02 management Airlinesend business stakeholders to strategize Business
team and
Dean's List and Semester Honors (95 & 97)
program roadmaps. ViewseumGGP NetworkwithinContestenvironment and
Responsible for front Cargo, development Services, Conway
web AJAX
Tech, United with stakeholders to understand product feature requirements.
Collaborated Hitachi
2nd Place based back end system. Collaborated with development team
in Web Page Design (97)
mod_perl ViaChange, dotspot, eFiltration, Business Logic, CapacityWeb,
Solutions,
Honorable Mentions for the Association of College Unions National Conference (99)
in
using Git (then, SVN) andcode to 8 user experience architects across the
up management.
FiNetrics, Salespring
Analyzed and translated Mindwrap.
Manage the IA team ofrequirements into user experience strategy.
program during the iterative development process. Collaborate with
creative team, front endinformation architecture deliverables such as use
Active involvement with all development team, product management
team, scenarios, analyst, and engineering team on designing strategies,
case business usability studies, workflow diagrams, detailed wireframes
Relevant Skill Sets
leveraging best practices, accuratelyand prototype mockups. develop-
and interaction flows, UI specifications estimating and tracking
Creative Director, Creative Services
ment progress across multiple simultaneous projects.
Software Developmentdevelopment and ensuring the final executions
Responsible for front end Languages
Led the conceptual creation, art direction and production of LiveText's corpo-
WorkSCSS, DHTML, stakeholders in planning and scoping of projects;
meet closely with JavaScript,
CSS, all use case requirements. Haml, HTML, XHTML, XML
strategize strategy. features based on value propositions in order to
rate brand functional
Familiar and requirements and success metrics.
Designed Environments
fulfill businessimplemented websites and user interface design for corporate
00 Aug regionalFeb Perl, PHP, Ruby onfirms. outsidegit, SVN, CVS, StarTeam,all
Coachedto commercial real estate Rails, AJAX, creative contractors in Web 2.0
ASP, 99 and directed creative team and
and JSP, LAMP, 00
Classified Ventures projects.
graphic design related - Chicago IL
Participate in cross-functional team workshops; serve as user experience
Applications with help identifying business objectives and strategies
1999 representative to developers in application design, estimation, sessions.
Participated coding,
Interactivelens of user-centered deliverablesmodels.
Oversaw the review design related interaction and leading design
testing, and Designer
throughdebugging, configuration, integration and documentation. Illustrator,
Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks, Freehand, FrontPage, HomeSite,
InDesign, ImageReady, Microsoft Office Applications, PageMaker, Photoshop,
98 Responsible with marketing and salesfrom design prototypes to functional
Collaborated for use case studies, departmentsdiagrams, information
Hands-on QuarkXPress, Visio, VMWareworkflow in strategic planning for
RubyMine, front end implementation
Responsibilities included web user interface design, banner design.
architecture wire and execution of creative flows.
the developmentusing CSS, XHTML and JavaScript. and deliverables.
web application framing and interaction solutions
97 Products Language Apartments.com, MovingCenter.com,
Foreign included:
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5
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Provide recommendations HomeHunter.com. organizations on design
Chinese (Cantonese & and to other product
NewHomeNetwork.com Mandarin)
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strategies and framework conceptualizations.
Shirley McClain
567 Anthony Street, Glen Ellyn IL 60137
**************@*****.***
Shirley McClain
www.ShirleyMcClainPortfolio.com
2010 CompanyMarch 10
04 Aept 02 toDec 06
06 S pril 06 to Nov 10
May 10
1999 June04 to Aug 04
Jun 99 Overviews
July 99
LiveText,Inc. Winter - IL IL FL
Splore, Inc. - - -ChicagoChicago Chicago IL
Catylist, Tree Design Haven,
Wishing Inc. La Grange
Design Resources Group, Inc. -IL
09 Freelance
05
98 Sears Holdings Corporation
03
User Experience & User (NASDAQ: SHLD) is the(Continue) largest broadline
Freelance LeadDirector
Sears Holdings CorporationExperience, User Interface & Front
Owner, Creative User Interface Lead, Designer nation's fourth
08 567 Development Glen Ellyn specialty retail stores in the United States and
04 End Anthony Street,
Software Development
97 June 98 toover 4,000 full-line and IL 60137
retailer with
02 Collaborated with clients to understand project requirements.
June 99
Canada. Sears Holdings is web leading home appliance retailer as well end leader in
Responsible for front end the development within JAVA based back as a
312.925.7281userwith the -entire user experience architecture, user
Purdue Memorial Union West Lafayette best practicesmanagement.
Responsible oversawconsumer standardsusing CVS for code of LiveText,
Created andfor
tools, lawn and garden, development team and IN
system. Collaborated experience electronics and automotive repair and maintenance.
07 interface design and serviceENERGY into userRetail Partner of the Year. Key propri-
Graphic Designer systems. development of the application.
a web-based translated requirements STAR experience strategy. and
Sears Holdings is the front end
Analyzed and (SaaS) 2010 provider for accreditation, assessment
course managementKenmore,
**************@*****.************ and DieHard, and a broad apparel offering,
etary brands corporate identities, project development, project manage-
Established include
06 Deliverables forstudies Identified value propositions and assisteduse case as well
ment, usability information information architecture for clients defining
Responsible included: and architecture deliverables Smith and Joe Boxer,
including such well-known labels as Lands' End, Jaclyn including included
Jan 98business Commercialworkflow architecturedetailed Country Florida
Created to usability andall information diagrams, deliverables, including:
scenarios, April 98
www.ShirleyMcClainPortfolio.com It alsoworkshopwireframes withcollection,
overall Institute, strategies; highlybrands. of in has the sessions and
CCIM and oversaw Covington involved Realtors including Living
as the Apostrophe studies, Association
CMG Worldwide translate their and prototype mockups. largest provider of home
client in offeredtocompetitive Texas,IN We are the nation's into functional
comparative and by-specifications business requirements Palm Beach,
which is order UI Sears and research, use cases, business process and
Gulfcoast, flows,
interaction Colorado Indianapolis Chicago, Miami Dade,
Spring, Kmart.
feature specifications.Mississippi, Arizona,use case studies, workflow Holdings
services, Jacksonville, Responsible for Eugenemade annually. Sears
workflow diagrams, informationmillion servicerelationships/sitemap, classifi-
Orlando, Design Internship hierarchy and calls Oregon, Virginia and
with more than 1 1
Graphic designs through usability studies and direct interaction with clients.
diagrams, information architecture wire interaction flows, UI specifications,
cation schemes, detailed wireframes and framing and interaction flows, UI
Validated
New York State.
Corporation operates through its subsidiaries, including Sears, Roebuck and Co. and
specifications, prototype mockups. prototype mockups.
copy direction, copy direction and
Kmart Corporation.
Aug 97 to Dec front end development and ensuring the final executions
Responsible for 97
Collaborated with internal-contracted Ruby-on-Rails developmentproject
Collaborated with client departments and clients to team
Purdue use case requirements. for end-users. as leadunderstandgoals &
meet all News Service West Lafayette IN
using Agile development process. Served Establishuser experience
requirements while advocating project
Splore, LLC. Internship
Graphicclientsfront end developer solutions. 10-weeks development
architect Design evaluate proposed during the
Assisted and to
success matrix to establish their corporate identities knowledge sharing
Splore takes social networking, crowd-sourcing, andand brand standards. to a whole
cycle before the initial launch.
new level. The web revolution created an explosion of websites. And that information
Highly involved with the planning and on marketing materials, enhancing
Conceptualized, greater dependence scoping of projects, communicating
overload led to a designed, and producedsearch engines, question and answer sites,
and discussion forums.well as in application team, and managing these
Participated with developers development design, estimation, coding,
with stakeholders values.
clients marketable as
02 Feb 00 to May 02
testing, debugging, configuration, integration and documentation.
projects from inception to completion.
divine Inc. / Xqsite - Chicago IL
Conceptualized, designed, and produced corporate websites as well as
01 LiveText,front end implementation from development teamto functional
Hands-on
Collaborated with business analyst and design prototypes to develop
web applications.
Inc.
web application usingDirector LiveText platform. manages university-level educa-
Sr. Designer to Art SCSS and
user-centered framework for the Haml.
LiveText is a web-based accreditation solution that
tion while measuring the current status and the design, estimation, coding, learning
Participated with developers in application improvement of both student
00 Responsible for contextual and usability researchManagersuseranalyzing and
testing, Engagement Managers and Project to gather in requirements,
Assisteddebugging, configuration, integration and documentation.
and institutional programs.
analyzed experiencerequirements into user experience of requirements.
translating business design andof comprehensive toolsstrategy.
oversaw the execution
LiveText offers an extensive set and services to assist with the
measurement of student learning as from institutional missions functional
Hands-on front end implementationwell as design prototypes to and goals, including:
Freelance translated andXHTML and JavaScript.
Analyzed and Graphic Design
web application clients requirements into user experience strategy.
Collaborated withusing CSS, designers to perform variety of design diagnostics.
Course Management
Student Portfolios
Validatedconceptual creation, art direction production of Splore corporate
Clients conceptual creation, art direction SolidSpace, interaction with clients.
the designs through usability studies and direct System Development
Led the included Parlano, Acquity Group,and and production of client web
Work Experiences Team, SilkRoad Technology Inc., Catylist Inc.,
Integration, The Hollingshead tools
Coaching and Collaboration
solution strategies.
brand strategy and identity.
Evangelized Capabilities Estate, The Day School, practices internally
Reporting Greene Real
Suave, John user experience standards and best Firstwater, Rosebud
Education coordinated user experience consultingassisted Creative
and externally. Background
File Manager
Designed and reviewed as awith vendors in variety of marketing materials
Oversaw and Served design-related deliverables and resource within
Restaurant, Home Depot and LaSalle Investment Group.
Mayorganization. cards, presentation templates and exhibition materials.
the 10 business design sessions.
2011 Purdue University
including to present
Directors on leading
Sears Lafayette, IN
West Holdings Corporation
Responsible for Estate Software, Inc. design
Hands-on Real front implementation from implementation. Worked closely
Catylist front end end development and
10 with developmentusing CSS Commercialin ASP, JSPprototypesenvironments. associa-
to functional
Senior is the #1 provider of and HTML Informationandall user requirements.
web applications team to ensure final executions meet PHP for
DegreeUser Experience Architect, Online Business Unit real estate
Catylist Exchanges
Collaborated platform connects peopleon code and releasefacilitates transactions in
tions. Its CIE with development team with properties and management
Bachelor of with developers in application design, estimation, coding, testing,
Participated Arts (Class of 1999) Catylist also provides search engine technology for
using StarTeam. user nationwide. strategic and tactical architect in the
real estate communities experience
Serve as the lead
debugging,development groups, and and documentation.
economic configuration, integration
04 overall Sears.com social engagement a full suite of marketing tools for commer-
Major estate professionals. duringoffers program. Conceptualize and
May 02 to Aug 04
cial real Inc.
Assisted AccountChicago IL
Managers business development and project
responsible for- identifying its guiding principles based on business
Catylist,
Visual Communication Design
objectives, thus implement the social design prototypes to functional web
Hands-on front end implementation from engagement experience frame-
engagement.
03 application using CSS, XHTML and JavaScript.
work. Collaborate withUser Interface Designer management team
User Experience & development team, product
Awards
Clients included GE Equity, Bank of America, Cognis, H&R Block and BOXX
02 and business stakeholders to GGP Networkwithin AJAXConway Business
Dean's List and Semester Honors (95 & 97) social program roadmaps.
strategize the
Responsible for front end web development Services, environment and
Tech, United with stakeholders to understand product feature requirements.
Collaborated Airlines Cargo,
2nd Place based back end system. Collaborated Contest (97)
mod_perlthe Hitachi Viewseum Web Page Design with development team
in
Solutions, ViaChange, of up to 8 user experience architects across the
dotspot, eFiltration, Business Logic, CapacityWeb,
Manage Mentions in the Association of College Unions National Conference (99)
Honorable IASVN) for
team
program (then,translated code management.user process. Collaborate with
using Git Salespring and Mindwrap.
FiNetrics, and
Analyzed during the iterative development experience strategy.
requirements into
creative team, front end development team, product management
team, business analyst,all information architecture deliverables such as use
Active involvement with and engineering team on designing strategies,
leveraging best usability studies, workflow diagrams, detailed wireframes
case scenarios, practices, accurately estimating and tracking develop-
ment progress flows,Sets
Relevant Skill UI specifications and prototype mockups.
and interaction across multiple simultaneous projects.
Creative Director, Creative Services
Software Developmentdevelopment and ensuring the final projects;
Responsible for front end Languages
Work closely with stakeholders in planning and scoping ofexecutions
strategize functional features direction and production of LiveText's corpo-
Led the conceptual creation, art based HTML, XHTML, XML
CSS, SCSS, DHTML, JavaScript, Haml, on value propositions in order to
meet all use case requirements.
fulfillbrand strategy.
rate business requirements and success metrics.
Familiar and implemented websites and user interface design for corporate
Designed Environments
00 Participate incommercial real estate firms. outsideserve as user experience
Aug regionalFeb Perl, PHP, Ruby on Rails, AJAX, git, SVN, CVS, StarTeam,all
Coachedto cross-functional team workshops; creative contractors in Web 2.0
ASP, 99 and directed creative team and
and JSP, LAMP, 00
representative related projects.
graphic design to help identifying
Classified Ventures - Chicago IL business objectives and strategies
Applications with developers in interaction models.
1999 through the lens of user-centeredapplication design, estimation, sessions.
Participated coding,
Interactive reviewconfiguration, integration and documentation. Illustrator,
Oversaw and Designer
Dreamweaver, Flash,design related deliverables and leading design
testing, debugging, Fireworks, Freehand, FrontPage, HomeSite,
98 Responsible wire framingVisio,studies, departmentsprototypes to functional
InDesign, ImageReady, Microsoft Office workflow diagrams, information
for use case Applications, PageMaker, Photoshop,
architecture with marketing and salesfrom flows. in strategic planning for
Collaborated
Hands-on QuarkXPress, and interaction design
RubyMine, front end implementation
VMWare
Responsibilities included web user interface design, banner design.
the developmentusingexecution of creative solutions and deliverables.
web application and CSS, XHTML and JavaScript.
97 Provide Language Apartments.com, MovingCenter.com,
Foreign included:
Products recommendations to other product organizations on design
1
5
Page 2 of 7
4
3
7
6
strategieson next page Mandarin)
(Continue and framework conceptualizations.
Chinese (Cantonese &
NewHomeNetwork.com and HomeHunter.com.
Shirley McClain
567 Anthony Street, Glen Ellyn IL 60137
**************@*****.***
Shirley McClain
www.ShirleyMcClainPortfolio.com
2010 CompanyMarch 10
04 Aept 02 toDec 06
06 S pril 06 to Nov 10
May 10
1999 June04 to Aug 04
Jun 99 Overviews
July 99
LiveText,Inc. Winter - IL IL FL
Splore, Inc. - - -ChicagoChicago Chicago IL
Catylist, Tree Design Haven,
Wishing Inc. La Grange
Design Resources Group, Inc. -IL
09 Freelance
05
98 Sears Holdings Corporation
03
User Experience & User (NASDAQ: SHLD) is the(Continue) largest broadline
Freelance LeadDirector
Sears Holdings CorporationExperience, User Interface & Front
Owner, Creative User Interface Lead, Designer nation's fourth
08 567 Development Glen Ellyn specialty retail stores in the United States and
04 End Anthony Street,
Software Development
97 June 98 toover 4,000 full-line and IL 60137
retailer with
02 Collaborated with clients to understand project requirements.
June 99
Canada. Sears Holdings is web leading home appliance retailer as well end leader in
Responsible for front end the development within JAVA based back as a
312.925.7281userwith the -entire user experience architecture, user
Purdue Memorial Union West Lafayette best practicesmanagement.
Responsible oversawconsumer standardsusing CVS for code of LiveText,
Created andfor
tools, lawn and garden, development team and IN
system. Collaborated experience electronics and automotive repair and maintenance.
07 interface design and serviceENERGY into userRetail Partner of the Year. Key propri-
Graphic Designer systems. development of the application.
a web-based translated requirements STAR experience strategy. and
Sears Holdings is the front end
Analyzed and (SaaS) 2010 provider for accreditation, assessment
course managementKenmore,
**************@*****.************ and DieHard, and a broad apparel offering,
etary brands corporate identities, project development, project manage-
Established include
06 Deliverables forstudies Identified value propositions and assisteduse case as well
ment, usability information information architecture for clients defining
Responsible included: and architecture deliverables Smith and Joe Boxer,
including such well-known labels as Lands' End, Jaclyn including included
Jan 98business Commercialworkflow architecturedetailed Country Florida
Created to usability andall information diagrams, deliverables, including:
scenarios, April 98
www.ShirleyMcClainPortfolio.com It alsoworkshopwireframes withcollection,
overall Institute, strategies; highlybrands. of in has the sessions and
CCIM and oversaw Covington involved Realtors including Living
as the Apostrophe studies, Association
CMG Worldwide translate their and prototype mockups. largest provider of home
client in offeredtocompetitive Texas,IN We are the nation's into functional
comparative and by-specifications business requirements Palm Beach,
which is order UI Sears and research, use cases, business process and
Gulfcoast, flows,
interaction Colorado Indianapolis Chicago, Miami Dade,
Spring, Kmart.
feature specifications.Mississippi, Arizona,use case studies, workflow Holdings
services, Jacksonville, Responsible for Eugenemade annually. Sears
workflow diagrams, informationmillion servicerelationships/sitemap, classifi-
Orlando, Design Internship hierarchy and calls Oregon, Virginia and
with more than 1 1
Graphic designs through usability studies and direct interaction with clients.
diagrams, information architecture wire interaction flows, UI specifications,
cation schemes, detailed wireframes and framing and interaction flows, UI
Validated
New York State.
Corporation operates through its subsidiaries, including Sears, Roebuck and Co. and
specifications, prototype mockups. prototype mockups.
copy direction, copy direction and
Kmart Corporation.
Aug 97 to Dec front end development and ensuring the final executions
Responsible for 97
Collaborated with internal-contracted Ruby-on-Rails developmentproject
Collaborated with client departments and clients to team
Purdue use case requirements. for end-users. as leadunderstandgoals &
meet all News Service West Lafayette IN
using Agile development process. Served Establishuser experience
requirements while advocating project
Splore, LLC. Internship
Graphicclientsfront end developer solutions. 10-weeks development
architect Design evaluate proposed during the
Assisted and to
success matrix to establish their corporate identities knowledge sharing
Splore takes social networking, crowd-sourcing, andand brand standards. to a whole
cycle before the initial launch.
new level. The web revolution created an explosion of websites. And that information
Highly involved with the planning and on marketing materials, enhancing
Conceptualized, greater dependence scoping of projects, communicating
overload led to a designed, and producedsearch engines, question and answer sites,
and discussion forums.well as in application team, and managing these
Participated with developers development design, estimation, coding,
with stakeholders values.
clients marketable as
02 Feb 00 to May 02
testing, debugging, configuration, integration and documentation.
projects from inception to completion.
divine Inc. / Xqsite - Chicago IL
Conceptualized, designed, and produced corporate websites as well as
01 LiveText,front end implementation from development teamto functional
Hands-on
Collaborated with business analyst and design prototypes to develop
web applications.
Inc.
web application usingDirector LiveText platform. manages university-level educa-
Sr. Designer to Art SCSS and
user-centered framework for the Haml.
LiveText is a web-based accreditation solution that
tion while measuring the current status and the design, estimation, coding, learning
Participated with developers in application improvement of both student
00 Responsible for contextual and usability researchManagersuseranalyzing and
testing, Engagement Managers and Project to gather in requirements,
Assisteddebugging, configuration, integration and documentation.
and institutional programs.
analyzed experiencerequirements into user experience of requirements.
translating business design andof comprehensive toolsstrategy.
oversaw the execution
LiveText offers an extensive set and services to assist with the
measurement of student learning as from institutional missions functional
Hands-on front end implementationwell as design prototypes to and goals, including:
Freelance translated andXHTML and JavaScript.
Analyzed and Graphic Design
web application clients requirements into user experience strategy.
Collaborated withusing CSS, designers to perform variety of design diagnostics.
Course Management
Student Portfolios
Validatedconceptual creation, art direction production of Splore corporate
Clients conceptual creation, art direction SolidSpace, interaction with clients.
the designs through usability studies and direct System Development
Led the included Parlano, Acquity Group,and and production of client web
Work Experiences Team, SilkRoad Technology Inc., Catylist Inc.,
Integration, The Hollingshead tools
Coaching and Collaboration
solution strategies.
brand strategy and identity.
Evangelized Capabilities Estate, The Day School, practices internally
Reporting Greene Real
Suave, John user experience standards and best Firstwater, Rosebud
Education coordinated user experience consultingassisted Creative
and externally. Background
File Manager
Designed and reviewed as awith vendors in variety of marketing materials
Oversaw and Served design-related deliverables and resource within
Restaurant, Home Depot and LaSalle Investment Group.
Mayorganization. cards, presentation templates and exhibition materials.
the 10 business design sessions.
2011 Purdue University
including to present
Directors on leading
Sears Lafayette, IN
West Holdings Corporation
Responsible for Estate Software, Inc. design
Hands-on Real front implementation from implementation. Worked closely
Catylist front end end development and
10 with developmentusing CSS Commercialin ASP, JSPprototypesenvironments. associa-
to functional
Senior is the #1 provider of and HTML Informationandall user requirements.
web applications team to ensure final executions meet PHP for
DegreeUser Experience Architect, Online Business Unit real estate
Catylist Exchanges
Collaborated platform connects peopleon code and releasefacilitates transactions in
tions. Its CIE with development team with properties and management
Bachelor of with developers in application design, estimation, coding, testing,
Participated Arts (Class of 1999) Catylist also provides search engine technology for
using StarTeam. user nationwide. strategic and tactical architect in the
real estate communities experience
Serve as the lead
debugging,development groups, and and documentation.
economic configuration, integration
04 overall Sears.com social engagement a full suite of marketing tools for commer-
Major estate professionals. duringoffers program. Conceptualize and
May 02 to Aug 04
cial real Inc.
Assisted AccountChicago IL
Managers business development and project
responsible for- identifying its guiding principles based on business
Catylist,
Visual Communication Design
objectives, thus implement the social design prototypes to functional web
Hands-on front end implementation from engagement experience frame-
engagement.
03 application using CSS, XHTML and JavaScript.
work. Collaborate withUser Interface Designer management team
User Experience & development team, product
Awards
Clients included GE Equity, Bank of America, Cognis, H&R Block and BOXX
02 and business stakeholders to GGP Networkwithin AJAXConway Business
Dean's List and Semester Honors (95 & 97) social program roadmaps.
strategize the
Responsible for front end web development Services, environment and
Tech, United with stakeholders to understand product feature requirements.
Collaborated Airlines Cargo,
2nd Place based back end system. Collaborated Contest (97)
mod_perlthe Hitachi Viewseum Web Page Design with development team
in
Solutions, ViaChange, of up to 8 user experience architects across the
dotspot, eFiltration, Business Logic, CapacityWeb,
Manage Mentions in the Association of College Unions National Conference (99)
Honorable IASVN) for
team
program (then,translated code management.user process. Collaborate with
using Git Salespring and Mindwrap.
FiNetrics, and
Analyzed during the iterative development experience strategy.
requirements into
creative team, front end development team, product management
team, business analyst,all information architecture deliverables such as use
Active involvement with and engineering team on designing strategies,
leveraging best usability studies, workflow diagrams, detailed wireframes
case scenarios, practices, accurately estimating and tracking develop-
ment progress flows,Sets
Relevant Skill UI specifications and prototype mockups.
and interaction across multiple simultaneous projects.
Creative Director, Creative Services
Software Developmentdevelopment and ensuring the final projects;
Responsible for front end Languages
Work closely with stakeholders in planning and scoping ofexecutions
strategize functional features direction and production of LiveText's corpo-
Led the conceptual creation, art based HTML, XHTML, XML
CSS, SCSS, DHTML, JavaScript, Haml, on value propositions in order to
meet all use case requirements.
fulfillbrand strategy.
rate business requirements and success metrics.
Familiar and implemented websites and user interface design for corporate
Designed Environments
00 Participate incommercial real estate firms. outsideserve as user experience
Aug regionalFeb Perl, PHP, Ruby on Rails, AJAX, git, SVN, CVS, StarTeam,all
Coachedto cross-functional team workshops; creative contractors in Web 2.0
ASP, 99 and directed creative team and
and JSP, LAMP, 00
representative related projects.
graphic design to help identifying
Classified Ventures - Chicago IL business objectives and strategies
Applications with developers in interaction models.
1999 through the lens of user-centeredapplication design, estimation, sessions.
Participated coding,
Interactive reviewconfiguration, integration and documentation. Illustrator,
Oversaw and Designer
Dreamweaver, Flash,design related deliverables and leading design
testing, debugging, Fireworks, Freehand, FrontPage, HomeSite,
98 Responsible wire framingVisio,studies, departmentsprototypes to functional
InDesign, ImageReady, Microsoft Office workflow diagrams, information
for use case Applications, PageMaker, Photoshop,
architecture with marketing and salesfrom flows. in strategic planning for
Collaborated
Hands-on QuarkXPress, and interaction design
RubyMine, front end implementation
VMWare
Responsibilities included web user interface design, banner design.
the developmentusingexecution of creative solutions and deliverables.
web application and CSS, XHTML and JavaScript.
97 Provide Language Apartments.com, MovingCenter.com,
Foreign included:
Products recommendations to other product organizations on design
1
5
Page 2 of 7
4
3
7
6
strategieson next page Mandarin)
(Continue and framework conceptualizations.
Chinese (Cantonese &
NewHomeNetwork.com and HomeHunter.com.
Shirley McClain
567 Anthony Street, Glen Ellyn IL 60137
**************@*****.***
Shirley McClain
www.ShirleyMcClainPortfolio.com
2010 CompanyMarch 10
04 Aept 02 toDec 06
06 S pril 06 to Nov 10
May 10
1999 June04 to Aug 04
Jun 99 Overviews
July 99
LiveText,Inc. Winter - IL IL FL
Splore, Inc. - - -ChicagoChicago Chicago IL
Catylist, Tree Design Haven,
Wishing Inc. La Grange
Design Resources Group, Inc. -IL
09 Freelance
05
98 Sears Holdings Corporation
03
User Experience & User (NASDAQ: SHLD) is the(Continue) largest broadline
Freelance LeadDirector
Sears Holdings CorporationExperience, User Interface & Front
Owner, Creative User Interface Lead, Designer nation's fourth
08 567 Development Glen Ellyn specialty retail stores in the United States and
04 End Anthony Street,
Software Development
97 June 98 toover 4,000 full-line and IL 60137
retailer with
02 Collaborated with clients to understand project requirements.
June 99
Canada. Sears Holdings is web leading home appliance retailer as well end leader in
Responsible for front end the development within JAVA based back as a
312.925.7281userwith the -entire user experience architecture, user
Purdue Memorial Union West Lafayette best practicesmanagement.
Responsible oversawconsumer standardsusing CVS for code of LiveText,
Created andfor
tools, lawn and garden, development team and IN
system. Collaborated experience electronics and automotive repair and maintenance.
07 interface design and serviceENERGY into userRetail Partner of the Year. Key propri-
Graphic Designer systems. development of the application.
a web-based translated requirements STAR experience strategy. and
Sears Holdings is the front end
Analyzed and (SaaS) 2010 provider for accreditation, assessment
course managementKenmore,
**************@*****.************ and DieHard, and a broad apparel offering,
etary brands corporate identities, project development, project manage-
Established include
06 Deliverables forstudies Identified value propositions and assisteduse case as well
ment, usability information information architecture for clients defining
Responsible included: and architecture deliverables Smith and Joe Boxer,
including such well-known labels as Lands' End, Jaclyn including included
Jan 98business Commercialworkflow architecturedetailed Country Florida
Created to usability andall information diagrams, deliverables, including:
scenarios, April 98
www.ShirleyMcClainPortfolio.com It alsoworkshopwireframes withcollection,
overall Institute, strategies; highlybrands. of in has the sessions and
CCIM and oversaw Covington involved Realtors including Living
as the Apostrophe studies, Association
CMG Worldwide translate their and prototype mockups. largest provider of home
client in offeredtocompetitive Texas,IN We are the nation's into functional
comparative and by-specifications business requirements Palm Beach,
which is order UI Sears and research, use cases, business process and
Gulfcoast, flows,
interaction Colorado Indianapolis Chicago, Miami Dade,
Spring, Kmart.
feature specifications.Mississippi, Arizona,use case studies, workflow Holdings
services, Jacksonville, Responsible for Eugenemade annually. Sears
workflow diagrams, informationmillion servicerelationships/sitemap, classifi-
Orlando, Design Internship hierarchy and calls Oregon, Virginia and
with more than 1 1
Graphic designs through usability studies and direct interaction with clients.
diagrams, information architecture wire interaction flows, UI specifications,
cation schemes, detailed wireframes and framing and interaction flows, UI
Validated
New York State.
Corporation operates through its subsidiaries, including Sears, Roebuck and Co. and
specifications, prototype mockups. prototype mockups.
copy direction, copy direction and
Kmart Corporation.
Aug 97 to Dec front end development and ensuring the final executions
Responsible for 97
Collaborated with internal-contracted Ruby-on-Rails developmentproject
Collaborated with client departments and clients to team
Purdue use case requirements. for end-users. as leadunderstandgoals &
meet all News Service West Lafayette IN
using Agile development process. Served Establishuser experience
requirements while advocating project
Splore, LLC. Internship
Graphicclientsfront end developer solutions. 10-weeks development
architect Design evaluate proposed during the
Assisted and to
success matrix to establish their corporate identities knowledge sharing
Splore takes social networking, crowd-sourcing, andand brand standards. to a whole
cycle before the initial launch.
new level. The web revolution created an explosion of websites. And that information
Highly involved with the planning and on marketing materials, enhancing
Conceptualized, greater dependence scoping of projects, communicating
overload led to a designed, and producedsearch engines, question and answer sites,
and discussion forums.well as in application team, and managing these
Participated with developers development design, estimation, coding,
with stakeholders values.
clients marketable as
02 Feb 00 to May 02
testing, debugging, configuration, integration and documentation.
projects from inception to completion.
divine Inc. / Xqsite - Chicago IL
Conceptualized, designed, and produced corporate websites as well as
01 LiveText,front end implementation from development teamto functional
Hands-on
Collaborated with business analyst and design prototypes to develop
web applications.
Inc.
web application usingDirector LiveText platform. manages university-level educa-
Sr. Designer to Art SCSS and
user-centered framework for the Haml.
LiveText is a web-based accreditation solution that
tion while measuring the current status and the design, estimation, coding, learning
Participated with developers in application improvement of both student
00 Responsible for contextual and usability researchManagersuseranalyzing and
testing, Engagement Managers and Project to gather in requirements,
Assisteddebugging, configuration, integration and documentation.
and institutional programs.
analyzed experiencerequirements into user experience of requirements.
translating business design andof comprehensive toolsstrategy.
oversaw the execution
LiveText offers an extensive set and services to assist with the
measurement of student learning as from institutional missions functional
Hands-on front end implementationwell as design prototypes to and goals, including:
Freelance translated andXHTML and JavaScript.
Analyzed and Graphic Design
web application clients requirements into user experience strategy.
Collaborated withusing CSS, designers to perform variety of design diagnostics.
Course Management
Student Portfolios
Validatedconceptual creation, art direction production of Splore corporate
Clients conceptual creation, art direction SolidSpace, interaction with clients.
the designs through usability studies and direct System Development
Led the included Parlano, Acquity Group,and and production of client web
Work Experiences Team, SilkRoad Technology Inc., Catylist Inc.,
Integration, The Hollingshead tools
Coaching and Collaboration
solution strategies.
brand strategy and identity.
Evangelized Capabilities Estate, The Day School, practices internally
Reporting Greene Real
Suave, John user experience standards and best Firstwater, Rosebud
Education coordinated user experience consultingassisted Creative
and externally. Background
File Manager
Designed and reviewed as awith vendors in variety of marketing materials
Oversaw and Served design-related deliverables and resource within
Restaurant, Home Depot and LaSalle Investment Group.
Mayorganization. cards, presentation templates and exhibition mat
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