Kelicia Christianson
I strive to foster effective and efficient communication by crafting quality web sites using the principles of universal design, emphasizing accessibility, usability, thoughtfulness, and tasteful aesthetics.
Skills & Proficiencies
I have cultivated a diverse and broad skill set which spans from end user facing visual design to behind the scenes code.
Design
Accessibility, User Experience, Responsive Web Design, Graphics
Web Standards
HTML, CSS, Javascript, XML, XSLT, SVG
Programming
PHP, ColdFusion, Ajax, APIs
Build Processes
Gulp/Grunt, Sass, CLI
Specifics:
- Core Competencies: Accessibility (W3C’s WCAG 2.0, Section 508, Aria), Javascript profiling tools, Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, Google Webmaster Tools, command line interface (CLI), Source control (GIT), SEO, database creation and management, API use and development
- Adobe Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Fireworks, Flash
- Frameworks: Foundation, Bootstrap, Primer
- Design: Responsive web design, mobile design, “living” style guides & pattern libraries, HTML email and newsletter design, reusable and flexible modules, graphics and widgets, vector graphic design, photo editing, rapid prototyping, UX flows, and mockups
- CMS and site generators: Wordpress, OmniUpdate, Drupal, Sharepoint, Jekyll
- Administrative and operative: Project management and time tracking systems, ServiceNow (SNOW) ticketing, application development and management methodologies (Lean, Agile, and Kaizen), Microsoft Office and O365
Works
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OmniUpdate Websites
WordPress Websites
Non-UND Websites
TINT Integration
Other OU Snippets
Pitches
Icons
Logos
About
I am a dog walkin', web designin', latte lovin', moon gazin' geeky type person.
I thrive when I am doing work that has a clear value and purpose and allows me to help others grow and develop and realize their full potential. I feel best about the work I do when it is done with other creative and caring individuals in a cooperative environment.
Some personality traits I believe I have and express in my work are adaptability/flexibility, positivity, and creativity paired with solid focus and prioritization of data and analysis towards the big picture/end game. I easily empathize and can understand and communicate with others one-on-one. Being an accessibility minded developer suits these traits well because I can see the tangible effects of my efforts based on end user satisfaction and by solving problems for staff.
About the crafting of this site [COLOPHON]
This site is built on the Zurb Foundation framework with customizations including CSS3, A11Y, jQuery, and javascript.
Standards
A11y, usability, principles of design, universal design, RWD, DRY, Web standards
Design
Every design should start with goals and constraints.
- The goals for this design are:
- Easy to use, fast to load with just the right amount of information.
- It must super solid, well crafted, have a little personality and a little interactivity.
- Self determined constraints:
- Less is more, one page feel, limited color scheme and no more than two dynamic/animated features.
Outside of scope: Flexibility, being able to be edited by others, using every cool trick, SEO (My POSH semantic well crafted HTML is SEO by default but since I only intend to provide this website to a few special recipients (you!) I've chosen to forgo any SEO outside of well crafted code).
Knowing the scope and needs of any project is important. If this site had multiple pages I would have looked into using something for templating like handlebars. If it needed to be edited by a non-web dev I would have used a CMS backend. If it needed to be edited by other web developers I would have started with a proper git flow process.
Code
HTML5, CSS3, Javascript, jQuery, SASS, GULP, SVG
Software & Tools
A person could use many tools but these are the ones I've come to appreciate the most.
Coda, Chrome, iTerm, MAMP, WordPress, Evernote, TextExpander, ionos web hosting, Illustrator, Git