Valerie Kameya
Brooklyn, NY 11215
valgirl@geocities.com
PROFESSIONAL GOAL: To become a web site producer or CD-ROM/multimedia product developer
- SKILLS:
- Strong background in HTML, BBEdit, Photoshop, Illustrator, Debabelizer, Gifbuilder,
PaintShopPro, Powerpoint, LotusNotes, Quark, CorelDraw, CorelVentura, Pagemaker, Word, WordPerfect.
Mac and PC versatile. Learning Director, Premiere, AfterEffects. Experience with black/white
photography, video and film. Writing published in DC and Berkeley journals.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
- Production artist--Interactive Media department, Siegel and Gale. 11/96-present.
- Coded sites and created images for American Express Financial Direct,
Cushman and Wakefield, and The Weather Channel (to be launched April 17).
- Consultant, Merrill Lynch Web Services. 9/96-10/96
- Redesigned and reorganized the Merrill Lynch intranet, managing and updating a LotusNotes webmaster
database, reviewed sites for compliance to corporate guidelines. Redesigned the MLWS department web pages,
prepared other department sites for launch. Designed templates for first time Web developers with various programs.
- Webmaster/Ph.D. coordinator, English and Comparative Literature department, Columbia University. 1/94-8/96.
- Responsible for design and maintenance of the English Department web page. Advised and administratively coordinated
300 graduate students; administered 7 email lists for students, reviewed students' academic progress.
Administrative assistant, East Asian Institute, Columbia University. 8/93-1/94.
Graduate coordinator, Anthropology Department, Columbia University. 1/93-7/93.
Administrative assistant, Paul Smith, New York City. 9/90-1/93.
Children's book buyer, Spring Street Books, 8/90-1/91.
Editorial assistant, Farrar Straus and Giroux children's books, 8/89-5/90.
- EDUCATION:
- M.A. in English Literature, Columbia University, May 1996.
- Thesis "Staging the Nation: Sub-Nationalism on the World Wide Web"
- Radcliffe Publishing Course certificate, August 1989.
- B.A. in English Literature, Grinnell College, May 1989.
- OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS:
- Web site mentioned as a women's resource in "Time Out New York" and a national women's magazine.
- 1996 National Women's Studies Association conference plenary speaker.
References provided upon request