================================== MEREDITH DODGE = = Homepage: www.meredithdodge.com = = Email: meredith.dodge@gmail.com = = Address: 20201 Chateau Dr. = Saratoga, CA 95070 = = Mobile phone: (206) 658 7383 = ================================== ========= OBJECTIVE ========= Full-time multimedia/web design position utilizing both my creative and technical skills ======= SUMMARY ======= •1.5 years experience designing, coding, and maintaining large websites; creating graphics, multimedia, and newsletters for marketing and advertising •Certificate in multimedia design, up-to-date training in latest web technologies •Strong analytical thinking, communication, writing, and interpersonal skills •International experience: worked for 1.5 years as journalist in Taiwan •Graduated Cum Laude with a B.A. in Chinese ====== SKILLS ====== •Hand coding HTML, CSS, and JavaScript •Web standards and accessiblity •Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator •Adobe Flash/ActionScript •Mandarin Chinese, written and spoken, Traditional/Simplified •Copy editing/writing •MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook •Windows and Mac operating systems FAMILIAR WITH •ASP.NET, PHP •SQL, MySQL •XML =============== WORK EXPERIENCE =============== July 06 - present WEB DEVELOPER, Actel, Mountain View, CA Responsibilities: (1) Creating CSS/XHTML tableless templates for complete website redesign (http://www.actel.com); (2) QA for cross-browser/cross-platform support; (3) Producing home page Flash campaign movie; (4) Designing and producing web graphics, Flash banners, newsletters, landing pages, and internal sites; (5) Integrating presentation layer for ASP.NET applications; (6) Day-to-day website maintenance and updates. ----- Feb – June 06 Multimedia Intern, BuddyTV, Seattle, WA Responsibilities: (1) Website design and maintenance; (2) Integrating and updating presentation layer for ASP and ASP.NET applications; (3) Creating web graphics and Flash banners; (4) Updating the database using SQL; (5) Participating in strategy brainstorming sessions; (6) Customer service/tech support. ----- 2004-05 Reporter/Copy Editor, Features Section, Taipei Times, Taipei, TAIWAN Responsibilities: (1) Writing articles on art, culture, social issues, etc. for the Features Section of this English-language newspaper; (2) Edited articles by other reporters in the Features Section; (3) Attending Chinese press conferences, translating Chinese press releases. Sample articles available on request. ----- ========= EDUCATION ========= 2005-06 University of Washington Extension, Seattle, WA Multimedia Production and Design Certificate Program. ----- 2000-04 Pomona College, Claremont, CA B.A. in Chinese Language and Literature; minor in Philosophy; graduated Cum Laude. ----- 2002-03 National Chengchi University, Taipei, TAIWAN Intensive Mandarin Chinese, three quarters. ----- ===================== HONORS and ACTIVITIES ===================== 2004 Member, Phi Beta Kappa Society 2004 Recipient, Thesis Prize, Asian Languages and Literatures Department, Pomona College 2003 Recipient, Freeman Foundation Grant for Research and Travel in Asia 2002-03 Member, varsity basketball team, National Chengchi University 2000-01 Member, varsity soccer and water polo teams, Pomona College 2000 National Merit Scholar 2000 High School Valedictorian