About

With more than five years in an eclectic blended role of graphic designer, learning engineer/instructional designer, technical writer and proofreader, junior web developer, and office manager at a small business, Sydney has cultivated a wide variety of skills and proficiencies in the design, learning, and office professions.

When not working on client projects, she enjoys designing and building functional storage solutions, enjoying displays of automotive performance, and being an aunt to numerous adorable kids.

Experience

Graphic Design 
8 Years 

Writing
4 Years

Instructional Design 
5 Years 

User Experience Design 
5 Years

Front End Web Development

4 Years 

Industrial Design 
Informal/Hobby 

Education

Industrial Design, BS
The Art Institute of California–Orange County

Intentional design founded on principles of product psychology, user experience, and product life cycle; product design and development; marketing demographics research; visual communication; product presentations; manufacturing techniques research; prototyping and machining; graphic design; and sketch ideation.

Skills

Graphic Design

  • Adobe Creative Suite
  • Branding Design
  • Vector Design
  • Template Design
  • Layout Design
  • Sketch Ideation
  • Prototyping, Concept Development
  • Product Development
  • Quality Assurance

Writing

  • Microsoft Office
  • Technical Writing 
  • Proofreading
  • Copy editing
  • Copywriting
  • Process Documentation
  • Fiction Writing (hobby)

Instructional & UX Design

  • Developed online, in-person, and hybrid training programs for a wide variety of programs, proficiencies, and end users.
  • Created training modules from product/user manuals and SMEs for preparing end users to do general maintenance, general hardware and software handling, and specific complex tasks
  • Created expansive interactive online workbook-style training from existing hardcopy workbook
  • Assess Learning Outcomes 
  • Quality Assurance
  • Software used:
      • Articulate Storyline
      • LearnDash LMS
      • WordPress
      • H5P

Front End Web Development

  • WordPress 
  • WordPress Page Builders: Gutenberg, Elementor, Beaver Builder, Thrive Architect 
  • Convert Documents (commonly Microsoft Word or Google Docs) into web pages following client branding standards
  • Convert graphical PDFs into web pages following client branding standards
  • LearnDash LMS
  • User Experience Design 
  • Quality Assurance

Professionalism

  • Project Management
  • File Management (Google Suite, DropBox, FileCloud) 
  • Customer Service 
  • Communication 
  • Problem Solving 
  • Compartmentalization 
  • Inventory Management
  • Personnel/Hiring
  • Schedule and Time Management 

Security

  • ITAR Compliance
  • EAR Compliance
  • HIPPA Compliance (pharmacy)
  • GovCloud Compliance
  • FileCloud Software 
  • xAPI Reporting

See Design Samples

Peruse some samples of Sydney's design work.

Portfolio