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LEANNE YANABU: Website Design and Development
2710 San Joaquin SE Albuquerque, NM 87106
(505) 255-7794 leanne@olopua.com
WEB SITES Specializing
in small business and non-profit organizations' website design
and maintenance
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Long
Term Ecological Resource Network
April 2010 - present
I'm learning the open source content
management system Drupal and updating content
on the websites with the LTER staff. |
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Psychic
Impressions
March 2010
I helped this afterlife
communications company optimize their search engine results
with one-on-one training and technical advice. |
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TEK
Systems
August 2009 - March 2010
I was a TEK Systems contractor on
assignment with Presbyterian Healthcare Services (see below). I
also trained Presbyterian's new Web Designer.
"This looks great, I'm really impressed and happy with how you laid it out and the text you drafted gives us a good start. I really like the graphic,
too...Great work Leanne!"-- Ms.
Pam Mason, Presbyterian Human Resource Coordinator |
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Morgan's
Dynamic Phonics
1998 - 2009
This local company produces workbooks
and textbooks on learning to read. I do occasional site content
maintenance for the owner, Ken Morgan. In 2009 I redesigned
the website from this to this.
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Presbyterian Healthcare
Services
October 1998 - April 2009
Presbyterian
is the largest non-profit healthcare organization in New Mexico,
with more than 9,000 employees operating numerous facilities statewide.
I updated content on the intranet on a team with web
administrators and programmers, and served as a Oracle Web Content Management software resource for other employees to keep the internet site current.
"Delighted with your work and the fast turn around -- greatly impacts and contributes to the development of our Presbyterian employees and the health of our patients!"" -- Ms. Johanna Stiesmeyer, Presbyterian Clinical Education and Nursing Research Director |
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Center for Latin American Resources and Outreach
May 2005 - September 2005
Aimed at a grade school teaching audience, this site features colorful photographs drawn from the Resources for Teaching About the Americas database.
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PhatStudent
July 2005 - September 2005
This New York program
taught entrepreneurialism to economically disadvantaged high
school students. They wanted a look that was clean and business-like,
with very few graphics. This site had a blog,
e-commerce links, and lesson plans.
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Latin American
Institute
December 1999 - December 2003
I redesigned the Latin American Institute
website in 2002. With the redesign, students and staff can
update news, events, and bios. The LAII web admin also built a
new searchable staff and faculty directory, and website search.
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Southwest
Health Care Recruiters
March 2000 - present
I designed and developed this simple,
fast-loading site for Southwest Health Care Recruiters, including
the logo.
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Latin American
Research Review
November 1998 - December 2001
Edited at UNM. Archived back issues
on-line. This academic journal is now a full-text on-line journal.
I designed the lively, attractive interface and converted eight
years of back issues into searchable on-line articles.
"The (web pages) look GREAT. Thank you for your speedy
good work. I appreciate you every day."
-- Rebecca Bannister,
former Latin American Data Base Director |
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Resources
for Teaching About the Americas
2002-2003
This site redesign was a collaborative
effort between the department director, the education facilitator,
the web administrator, and myself. I designed the graphics,
layout, and color scheme, with feedback from the team.
The difference between the old site (first designed around 1996)
and the redesign was striking.
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Biodynamic
Farming and Gardening Association
March 1999 - March 2000
A national non-profit organization
for people interested in natural farming methods. I redesigned
and reorganized the website, which features a Rudolf Steiner
biography, excerpts from their quarterly publication, and a
database of U.S. and Canadian community supported farms.
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Brazilian Studies Association
September 1999
An international, interdisciplinary
group of Brazilian humanities and social science interests.
This website had been designed but not uploaded. I cleaned up the code, verified the links,
organized the navigation, edited the text, and selected images.
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1998
and 1999 AIDS Walk Albuquerque
July 1998 - July 1999
The Eighth Annual 1999 AIDS Walk Albuquerque
was sponsored by New Mexico AIDS services and benefited New Mexico
AIDS service providers. This pro-bono website featured an on-line
signup form and many photos.
"You were able to help us join the 20th
century with a professionally designed site. We heard many
wonderful comments. People felt it was a very valuable resource."
-- Laura Kesselman-Jones,
Albuquerque AIDS Walk Director |
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Bainbridge
Bunting Memorial Slide Library
December 1998 - June 1999
The BBMSL is a research library within
the Fine Arts Department at UNM. The updated, professional website
with improved navigation that I made helped them
apply for foundation and government grants.
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Parents
Reaching Out (PRO) of New Mexico
June 1998 - June 1999
This site helps parents of disabled
children connect and communicate throughout the state of New
Mexico. Lots of pictures of cute children, but with a serious
purpose.
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Center for Radioactive Waste Management
June 1998 - Oct 1998
The Center for Radioactive Waste Management
conducted radioactive waste management research in conjunction
with UNM and outside contractors. This website featured an interactive
form and animated gif logos.
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Tamarind
Institute
March 1988 - May 1998
Tamarind Institute is a lithography
workshop, gallery, and educational entity affiliated with the
University of New Mexico. This website has about twenty major
pages and numerous illustrations. Special features include:
a searchable
research abstracts database and order
forms for their books, videos, and gift items. I expanded
and maintained the web site, adding pages on the history,
gallery, and special
editions such as the Word
suite.
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Cannon's
SweetHots
1998
This is a commercial website for a
family-owned and operated company in New Mexico. It was a very
simple, five-page site, but it covered the basics and I was able
to build it for a very reasonable cost.
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Where
Are You From?
1997
This website was created in conjunction
with my Master's of Fine Arts thesis at the University of Southern
Illinois. I explored issues of belonging, community, and spirituality.
I created all photographs, graphics and text on the site. Special
features include Quick Time and Quick Time Virtual Reality animations.
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EMPLOYMENT Web Content Manager, Presbyterian
Healthcare Services, Albuquerque, New
Mexico, 1998 - 2009 Assisted site owners charged with maintaining the +700
page external website and responsible for the design and maintenance of the +900 page
internal website.
"I really want to thank...you and
your web team for your work on our web site and your willingness
to respond to what we thought our needs were concerning the
layout and location of this site. Exactly what we needed. Thank
you again!"
-- Bill Norris, South
Central Colfax County Special Hospital District, Presbyterian
Healthcare Services |
HTML editor, Latin
American Database, Albuquerque, New Mexico,
1998
Converted articles from print to HTML for a
searchable database of whole-text journals. Formatted large tables and
optimized web graphics. Web
site developer, Tamarind
Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1998
Expanded and maintained web site. Created t-shirt and apron logos.
Graphic Designer,
Net21st and
Ski Rio, Albuquerque, New
Mexico, 1997
Created design, layout and logos for several commercial website proposals.
Created business cards, advertisements, brochures, rack cards, and
updated two major ski resort trail maps. Designed, illustrated, and
photographed graphic pieces for a multimedia proposal.
Successfully met all deadlines for Ski
Rio and Cuchara Ski Resort |
Graduate Assistant,
Southern Illinois
University, Carbondale, Illinois, 1994 - 1997
Initiated webpage design, development, and maintenance. Photographed
extensively in color and black and white. Created graphic design for
books, posters, fliers, and postcards.
"Leanne was very dedicated...She put
more time in than almost everyone else ever...one of the exceptional
students."
-- Matt McCrimmon, Apple Center
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OTHER EXPERIENCE
Agriculture/Gardening
Extension Agent, United States
Peace Corps, Mali, West Africa, 1991 - 1993
Gallery Exhibit Researcher, Installer, and Monitor,
Haverford College, PA, 1985 - 1990
Bookbinder, Haverford College, Pennsylvania 1987
- 1990
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
Capable
in the following applications and techniques:
Adobe Photoshop |
Oracle Universal Content Management |
Usability Testing |
Adobe Dreamweaver |
Excellent editing and writing skills |
Link checking and Google Analytics |
HTML/XML/CSS |
Presentation and Training experience |
Facebook, Twitter, Google+,
and LinkedIn
user |
Microsoft Office, including Frontpage |
Search Engine Optimization |
Award-winning Black & White and Color Photography |
EDUCATION
M.F.A. Photography, SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, Carbondale, Illinois, 1997
B.A. Philosophy,
HAVERFORD COLLEGE, Haverford,
Pennsylvania, 1989
Send comments, suggestions, or corrections
to: olopua@gmail.com.
All contents © Leanne
Yanabu All rights reserved.
Last updated: March 19, 2012 |
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