About the Studio
Nan Fredman has been designing and producing web pages professionally since 1996; and designing for print before and after that. Currently she produces the Great American Stations Project web site for Amtrak, where she configures, manages, and maintains the Plone system the web site runs on; writes a little Python code when necessary; researches and writes histories of the Amtrak train stations; and photographs stations for the site.
She also paints in oil, as well as creating custom beaded jewelry.
Professional Capabilities at a Glance
- Expert graphic design for web and print
- Expert digital illustration for web and print
- Ferrets out project requirements and turn them into architectures
- Turns architectures into web navigation systems
- Turns navigation systems into interfaces
- Applies Section 508 principles to web design
- Uses high-end, industry-standard digital design and illustration
software
- Uses typography efficiently and correctly in layouts
- Creates compelling presentations and presentation graphics
- Models, textures, and renders digital 3D graphics
- Paints portraits and still lifes in oils as well as drawing and
cartooning
- Designs data structures
- Codes in HTML, JavaScript, PHP, CSS, and others
- Manages Unix web sites
- Understands security concerns
- Optimizes web pages for search engines
- Manages and tracks paid search engine listings
- Analyzes web statistics into marketing intelligence
- Explains technical concepts in simple terms
- Creates flow diagrams, graphs, and charts
- Develops compelling demonstrations and tutorials
- Writes proposal copy
- Writes journalistic information-intense web copy
- Writes focused marketing copy
- Writes organized technical documentation
- Organizes Government and business proposals
- Makes budget and labor estimates
- Recommends software solutions
- Re-uses code and finds the right off-the-shelf software
- Organizes and prioritizes production tasks
- Encourages and helps others who want to learn
- Cares about company morale
- Respectfully directs and manages vendors
- Coordinates well with other departments and their concerns
- Coddles clients and customers
Software Proficiencies
- Plone 2.5.5, 3.0 (Content Management System)
- Adobe Photoshop CS3
- Adobe Illustrator CS3
- Adobe PageMaker 7
- Adobe Acrobat
- Adobe DreamWeaver CS3
- Adobe Flash CS3
- Adobe Fireworks CS3
- Adobe InDesign
- Quark Xpress
- MacNeel Rhino 3.0
- Deep Paint 3D, DeepUV
- Microsoft Office XP (Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, etc.)
Programming, Scripting, and Operating Systems
- Plone 2.5.5, 3.0 (Content Management System)
- HTML
- CSS
- DHTML
- SQL
- PHP
- JavaScript
- CGI script installation
- Forum software installation
- UNIX/Apache web server management
- Windows XP, NT, 98, 2000
also...
- Lisp, CommonLisp, C, Fortran, Pascal, and VAX assembly language
