About Alex
Alex has been working as a freelance web site and graphic designer since 1996. Alex is the web site designer, coder and project manager for all contracts originating with Marmalade Studio. For larger projects, Alex taps into her extensive San Francisco Bay Area network of web developement professionals and hires subcontractors when needed. Over the years, Alex has worked on subcontracts for other design firms and has held many long term corporate contracts.
Biography
In 1994, Alex moved to the San Francisco Bay Area after graduating from Maine College of Art. While slaving away in the corporate world, she had the good luck to be included in a government grant which provided HTML training. Alex was immediately inspired by the interactive media and has ever since focussed her design work on the development of web sites.
In the years since her introduction to HTML, Alex has developed and designed web sites using text editors, PageMill, Dreamweaver and Golive. In recent years, Alex has chosen to use Adobe software products exclusively for the production of all her web and graphic design work. Alex has always worked on a Mac and avoids Windows (and all other poorly designed user interfaces) like the plague.
Alex received corporate training in Access database design over a decade ago. She continues to develop desktop databases using FileMaker and web databases using MySQL. Most of her corporate positions have included interface design for online software applications as well as management of the company web site.
Experience & Education
Alex's professional career has been a balance of employment positions and freelance contracts. While on contract in the Usability department of PeopleSoft, she was the interface designer for their Campus Solutions software which is translated into 8 languages and ships internationally. Alex's corporate positions have included Marketing Communications Director, Director of Online Content and Senior Web Developer.
Alex studied fine art at Parsons School of Design in Paris France and obtained her BFA degree from Maine College of Art.
Alex currently resides in Oakland, CA.