Valmedia, Sole proprietor | Valerie Blackburn Graphic Design | UIUX Design |
Web Design | Development
Graphic Designer, UIUX Designer, Web Designer and Developer
Designer and developer experienced in producing engaging online content and developing the best design solutions consistently utilizing art, technology and industry standards, with the ability to manage multiple projects successfully.
Valmedia is a sole proprietorship with experience in campaigns, graphic design, marketing, promotions, sales, social media analysis, UIUX design, web design and web development.
Career highlights include: Redesign of a sales application for a Fortune 500 retail company, leading the redesign of the main product application as a UIUX Designer. The design of a magazine and several niche publications for a large Oklahoma City media company. The design and development of websites and applications that are responsive for business clients.
Education
1994 - 1999
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK
2001 - 2003
Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology
Okmulgee, OK
2000 - Present
Tulsa Community College, Tulsa Technology Center,
Oklahoma City Community College, DeVry University - OKC, Francis Tuttle Technology Center, OSU-OKC
Certifications
B.S. in Marketing,
Minor in Finance
A.S. Graphic Design
Continuing education in Web Design and Web Development includes coursework at these universities
to obtain knowledge in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP
and animation. Online continuing eduaction includes
Code Academy, Coursera, Google, OKC Coders, Treehouse, Wordpress and Yoast.
Auto Cad course at OSU-OKC.
'API Design and Fundamentals on Apigee,' with Google Cloud Skills Boost, 'Google Analytics for Power Users,' Google Foundations in User Experience (UX) Design,' 'Front End Web UI Frameworks and Tools: Bootstrap 4,' 'SEO for Beginners' with Yoast Academy for WordPress, 'Fit to Learn: IT Design Thinking,' MyInnerGenius, IBM SkillsBuild.