Tracy Corrigan
Proprietress
Blue Swan Studio
 7874 Country Club Road
Athens, OH 45701
Tel: 740.590.3130
Email: tracy@blueswanstudio.com
Web Site: http://www.blueswanstudio.com
P R O F E S S I O N A L
P R O F I L E		 Strengths:
  • Results-driven professional with solid experience leading project teams
  • Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills
  • Project Management
  • Web Design
  • Information Design
  • Web Architecture
  • Usability Testing

    Tools: Photoshop, Fireworks, ImageReady, Media Cleaner Pro, BBEdit, Dreamweaver, my brain

    Development: Hand-coded HTML, CSS, Javascript and CGI

    • C A R E E R
    P R O G R E S S I O N    		 Blue Swan Studio, 2003-Present
    Owner

    Own and operate successful freelance web design firm, serving small business, higher education and trade association sectors. Work includes consulting, custom web site design and construction, and corporate identity development.

     

    		 Ohio University, Communications and Marketing, 1998-2003
    Senior Web Designer

    Designed and managed the main Ohio University Web site, which contains more than 200 sub-sites and over 90,000 pages on its various servers.
  • Directed design teams in creating or redesigning Web projects for campus clients
  • Coordinated campus IT and Web programming staff to develop and deliver comprehensive Web solutions
  • Lead team of 35 to develop comprehensive web strategy, site goals and functions
  • Conducted usability testing with site users to measure site effectiveness and ease-of-use
  • Managed projects from initial client meeting through final billing
  • Developed and provided training and support methods for more than 100 campus pagemasters
  • Wrote Ohio University's Web Style Guide

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    		 National Business Incubation Association, 1993-1998
    Manager, Online Services, 1996-1998
    Coordinator, Media Relations, 1995-1996
    Asst. to Director, 1993-1995

    Designed and maintained Association Web site, including all HTML authoring, graphics creation, page layout and function.
  • Led team to develop future direction of Web site, its mission and its goals
  • Increased Web site traffic more than 330% from 1997 to 1998
  • Increased online book sales more than 300% from 1997 to 1998
  • Presented at international conference each year
  • Managed NBIA Business Matchmaker, an online database profiling more than 1,000 start-ups and mid-sized and large corporations to facilitate strategic alliance interests; solicited and identified strategic partners through early-stage negotiations; converted database from closed system to web site.
  • Wrote press releases, marketing materials and feature stories for local, state and national public relations efforts

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    		 School of Interpersonal Communication, Ohio Univ., 1991-1993
    Records Maintenance

    Responsible for maintaining records for more than 500 undergraduate and graduate students in five separate database systems; edited and designed school alumni newsletter and World Communication Association newsletter.

     

    		 E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, Ohio Univ., 1990-1991
    Asst. to Director

    Wrote and edited press releases and school newsletters; organized conferences, workshops and other school-related activities; created and developed an experiential learning program to give journalism students six months to one year of degree-related work experience.

     

    		 Video Features, Inc., 1990
    Sales Director
    Managed satellite sales office for a Cincinnati-based video production company.

     

    		 Athens Messenger,1989-1990
    Copy Editor

    F R E E L A N C E
    W O R K    		 1990-present
  • Web site consulting and design
  • Wrote Best of the Web, a column on the basics of Web design for the NBIA Review, and wrote Web site reviews for NBIA Review
  • Published short fiction
  • Wrote scripts for Video Features, Inc.
    • W E B
    A W A R D S    		 (2) Communicator Awards, Awards of Distinction, Study Web Academic Excellence Award, EntreWeb Four Star Award, Edward Lowe Foundation Hailed Site, Entrepreneur Magazine Link of the Week, ASAE Top 10% Finisher, Top 100 University/College site-100hot.com
    E D U C A T I O N Bachelor of Science, Journalism, 1989
    E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, Ohio University

    One year post-graduate study
    College of Education, Ohio University

    Continue professional development through Web design and site usability conferences and workshops

     
    References available upon request