Douglas van der Molen
douglasv@id.iit.edu

   
education  
03-06 Institute of Design, IIT Chicago, IL
Master of Design, Human-Centered Communication Design
   
97 - 01 Calvin College Grand Rapids, MI
Bachelor of Science
   
work  
current Designer, Google
Mountain View, CA

summer 2005 Interaction Designer, Intern, Adaptive Path
San Francisco, CA
Information visualization and Interaction design
   
winter/summer 2005 Lead Designer, ShopLocal.com
Chicago, IL
Executing the complete visualization of ShopLocal.com’s redesign. Responsible for translating the company’s vision to a world-class user experience for the 65,000 visitors the site gets daily.
   
summer 2004 Interaction Designer, Intern, Microsoft
Redmond, WA
Created high fidelity HTML prototype for SharePoint Portal Server. Rapidly prototyped several interaction models in Flash for the Outlook calendar. Conducted a Flash training class for the Microsoft Office Design Group.
   
  Freelance Web and Interactive Designer
2004 About, With and For
www.aboutwithandfor.com
Lead web designer for major design conference. The site provides conference attendees a place to gather both pre- and post-conference information (2004 conference website).
   
2005 Institute of Design Strategy Conference
www.id.iit.edu/events/strategyconference/
Lead web developer for the Institute of Design Strategy Conference as well as part of the design team that expressed the new brand vision for the conference. The site attracts high level business executives and design professionals from around the world.
   
2003

Ryan Reed Photography
www.ryanspencerreed.com
Through the use of XML and Flash, Ryan Reed, a renown documentary photographer, is able to easily add images and content to his site, while still providing a memorable user experience.
   
 

Multimedia Specialist, Calvin College
Grand Rapids, MI
Designed and developed advanced, interactive learning modules that enable students to interact with academic material. Lead designer for nationally recognized on-line technology course. Implemented and managed an award-winning technology based faculty support center.

   
skills  
  Design
Web Design, Interactive Design, Information Architecture, User Interface Design, Data Visualization, Rapid Prototyping, User-Centered Design Methods, Design Research Methods
   
  Technology
Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, Freehand, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, PHP, HTML, XML, CSS, PERL, MySQL, JavaScript, ActionScript 1.0 and 2.0, Flash Remoting
   
  WWW
Firm grasp of current and emerging Internet trends