Portfolio

"Content Cross-Promotion" presentation at PodCamp DC,
4/19/2008
  • Wrote and delivered presentation on strategies to link pieces of content from different sites
  • Audience member: "Coming out of PodcampDC, I think that the most creative AND useful presentation award goes to Jennifer Berk...."
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Presentation at SlideShare
"The Wedding Dress That Fits You Best" Facebook application,
10/2007 - 3/2008
  • Designed and built quiz application on behalf of Xeno Media for JLM Couture
  • Added social elements to integrate quiz into Facebook site
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Application about page (requires login)
American Association of Diabetes Educators,
4/2006 - 9/2007
  • Observed focus groups of site users
  • Wrote use cases
  • Redesigned site structure
  • Built XHTML/CSS/JavaScript templates
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Chicago-area college marketing/PR directors group,
6/2007
  • Wrote and delivered presentation on web trends for higher education
  • Discussed design, usability, blogs, podcasts, social bookmarking, social media, social networking, virtual worlds, and mobile communications
  • From one organizer: "They both did a great job of presenting new information and engaging the audience.... I heard a number of comments, too, from others after the meeting who said it was a great presentation."
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Home Run Inn 2 Go Yahoo store,
7/2006-11/2006
  • Built HTML/CSS/JavaScript templates
  • Set up Yahoo store back end
  • Invented method for using PHP and Yahoo store tags in the same page
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Society of Women Engineers Archives,
8/2006-10/2006
  • Built HTML/CSS/JavaScript templates
  • Adapted C# code that pulled content from Stellent CMS
  • Set up XML files for navigation so additional information and profiles could easily be added
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America's Second Harvest,
2005
  • Built HTML/CSS/JavaScript templates
  • Created OpenCms templates and set up autogeneration of navigation
  • Wrote JSP employment opportunity page and administrative tool
  • Documented process for making affiliate database updates
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Live site (since largely redesigned)