Sherry Wacker 510-482-3543
51 Chelton Lane , Oakland CA 94611
e-mail: sherrywacker@gmail.com
Web sites:
Fine Art , Web Design, Personalized Car Art
Education
MS, Educational Technology Leadership, Cal State East Bay
BA Art Education University of Maryland
Professional Experience
Web Design, Self Employed, Oakland , CA
Designer, html coder, CSS writer, Flash animator doing customized sites for small business and educational institutions. Please view recent work here.
Manager, Development, CareTouch, Concord , CA
Responsibilities:
Oversee all creative projects involving web interface, user experience, creative branding and implementation into websphere site Carepanion.com
Oversee all marketing and creative work including print advertisements, web advertisements and catalogue
Accomplishments: Redesigned the web site Carepanion.com, designed the Carepanion Product Catalogue.
Creative Director, Technologent Inc, Santa Rosa , CA
Responsibilities:
Management of design staff
Establishment of site requirements, design of information architecture, implementation of corporate brand "look and feel" and iterative usability testing
Coding of front end and design and implementation of templates
Accomplishments: Successfully completed Etransact, Financial Partner's Guide Book Gold, East Bay Angels and the Technologent sites.
Senior Web Producer, Fireman's Fund Insurance Co., Novato ,CA
Responsibilities:
Production of corporate wide web site, Coordination of web site development activity across multiple departments, outside agencies and vendors, Recruitment and management of design staff
Accomplishments: Integrated numerous company applications into one common interface and initiated subsidiary integration into the Fireman's Fund site.
Senior Web Designer, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland CA
Responsibilities:
Recruitment of designers and determination of needed equipment, software and other tools for web site development. Management of relationships with clients including defining business requirements, establishing web site "look and feel" and conducting usability testing for the sites (including Intranet, Extranet and Internet) Development of user interface (UI) and information architecture (IA) for web sites including HTML coding and adapting javascript Implementation of multimedia applications for kiosks, including design, illustration and animation
Accomplishments: Successfully recruited a team of 5 web designers; designed and coded several websites including California HR. Designed interactive modules for an exhibit in Disneyland; and participated in the UI design for the KP online appointment system.
Developer, ABC Sports, Timonium, MD
Responsibilities: Design of interface screens in 3D Studio Max and Photoshop
Accomplishments: Created interface screens for ABC's Monday NightFootball and "Heroes of the Gridiron" PC
games and designed web site for interactive play of the Monday Night Football game.
Adjunct Professor, York College, York, PA
Taught: figure drawing, computer design, commercial design, and art appreciation. Initiated course of study and helped design courses and implement for computer art major.
Adjunct Professor, HACC, Harrisburg, PA
Taught elementary art education, art appreciation.
Represented by SI International in New York, NY
Illustrated for educational book publishers: HBJ, McGraw - Hill Educational Publishers, and Macmillan Publishers. Produced commercial art for agencies and businesses in the Pennsylvania - Maryland Corridor. During this time, showed fine art work in the following galleries: Bendan Art Galleries, Baltimore, MD Columbia Fine Arts, Columbia, Md. Pendragons', Annapolis, MD , Gallery One, Georgetown, DC
Organizations
Pro Arts Member, Art Slant, OreMi Mentoring program, MESART
Galleries where work showed: Bendan's Baltimore, MD, Gallery One, Georgetown, DC, Pendragons, Anapolis MD
Shows:
California Modern Art Gallery "Reflections of the Bay", San Francisco, CA, Juried show 2008
Pro Arts Open Studio 2008
Alameda Museum of History and Art " Tracks in the Sand", Dancing Poetry and Art Show 2011
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