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Wellington, New Zealand

Featherweight is Sharon Galeon - a web designer and information architect with over 10 years experience.

Sharon is well rounded and versatile. Her body of work consists of large clients from around the globe, (ANZ, The New Zealand Qualifications Authority, New Zealand Post, Epson, KCRW, AT&T, Scripps Networks, + Baileys to name a few).

Sharon currently resides at the bottom of the globe in Wellington, New Zealand. She is available for freelance and contract positions in Wellington and can work remotely with overseas clients.

When not obsessing over perfect pixels, Sharon can be found in the kitchen creating something that will make your mouth happy and your pants tight. To mitigate this passion she also loves running, hot yoga, exploring all the beauty her adopted home has to offer, and having long conversations over fine, Kiwi wine.


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Experience

  • Information Architect + Web Designer
    Wellington, New Zealand
    May 2011 - Present
    Featherweight Ltd

    Featherweight is my personal design consultancy. Recent projects include: ANZ, Department of Corrections, Telecom, and Whakatane District Council.

  • Designer
    Wellington, New Zealand
    Mar 2010 - May 2011
    *experience

    Web designer working on a variety of projects for clients including the redesign of the NZQA website. Additionally, designing and concepting for clients such as AXA and EECA.

  • Web Designer (contract)
    Wellington, New Zealand
    Sep 2009 - Oct 2009
    BaseTwo

    Redesigned the Parkinson's New Zealand website.

  • Information Architect + Web Designer (contract)
    Wellington, New Zealand
    Aug 2009 - Sep 2009
    DNA

    Redesigned the visuals and reconstructed the IA for the New Zealand Post's Careers site.

  • Art Director
    London, UK
    Jul 2008 - Oct 2009
    Reevoo.com

    Reevoo.com is a user review website that focuses on electronics. I worked directly with the development team, the UX director and Reevoo management to reassess the goals of the site, develop personas and commence a redesign (and rebranding effort).

    Additionally, I managed the day to day designs as they were needed for the site. I also managed the design of Reevoo’s other product - ReevooMark.

  • Web Designer (contract)
    London, United Kingdom
    Mar 2008 - Jul 2008
    Dot Matrix

    Worked with a design team to create the look/feel and experience of the CMS for the Scripps Network.

  • Interaction designer
    Los Angeles, CA
    May 2007 - Jan 2008
    United Future

    Worked with the UX team at this Los Angeles based agency, architecting interaction systems and designing for a variety of clients including: KCRW, Participant Productions, ABC, Emmys.com, Music.com and Evite.

  • User Experience Designer (contract)
    Los Angeles, CA
    Dec 2006 - May 2007
    Yellowpages.com

    Worked with the UX team redesigning the YPC website. Since the launch of the redesigned site, the click-through rate has increased over 40%!

    My function was to compose layouts and build wireframes and flows. The new system we developed is user focused, aesthetically appealing and is intuitive, making a seamless process for searching.

  • Web Designer
    El Segundo, CA
    Nov 2004 - Dec 2006
    Murad, Inc.

    Worked within the web marketing team for a high-end skincare company on all of the online promotions including: email blasts, ad banners and promotional landing pages. We paid particular attention to SEO and focused on the user experience in order to generate more satisfaction for our users.

Education

  • BA - History of Art and Architecture
    Santa Barbara, CA
    Sep 1993 - Aug 1997
    University of California at Santa Barbara

    Received honors and distinction in my major.

  • Certification in Computer Graphics
    Los Angeles, CA
    Jan 1999 - Jan 2002
    University of California at Los Angeles

    Certification program at UCLA.

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