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KateH
History
- Member for
- 42 weeks 2 days
Personal
- Full Name
- Kate Houst
- Location
- Minneapolis and Surrounding Suburbs
- I attend Twin Cities Web Pros Meetings
- Frequently but Life Gets in the Way
Professional
- Job Title
- Web Design & Development
- I am self-employed
- Professional Bio
Tessera Design, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota
Owner & Lead Graphic/Web Designer, 2002–Present
I founded Tessera Design in June 2002 and have operated as a one-person concern providing graphic design, web site design and development and digital media services for a variety of public sector and commercial clients. Tessera Design has emerged as a reliable entity for businesses needing a graphic/web design staff extension including General Mills, Legacy Design, Marshall Fields and Medtronic.
Applied Skill Areas
Project Management
- Writing estimates, creating project budgets and providing time management for project tasks
- Supplying art direction; assisting clients with conceptualization needs
- Hiring and managing back-end developers for website projects
- Training junior staff in software use, skill development and time management
- Digital asset management
- Fluent in Filemaker Pro, Microsoft Office
Graphic Design
- Proficient in graphic design conceptualization, idea generation, problem solving and design execution
- Fluent in industry-standard graphic design software including: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign, Adobe Acrobat, QuarkXPress
Web Design
- Proficient in web design, concept development, system requirements analysis and communication of web page development processes to clients
- Advanced skills in Dreamweaver, hand-coding with HTML and CSS
- Working knowledge of XML, JavaScript, Flash and ActionScript
Technical Expertise
- Excellent working knowledge of both Windows and Macintosh operating system environments
- Advanced working knowledge of hardware system, operating systems and troubleshooting
Skills
- HTML/XHTML
- Advanced
- Search Engine Optimization
- Intermediate
- Windows
- Intermediate
- Mac OS
- Advanced
- JavaScript
- Beginner
- CSS
- Advanced
- Photoshop/Graphics
- Advanced
- Additional Skills and Tools
- Flash / Action Script 2.0<br />