1SkinnyGirl.com Web Design and Development – New Lenox & Chicago, IL | Ashley Middleton

1SkinnyGirl.com Web Design and Development – New Lenox & Chicago, IL | Ashley Middleton

“Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories.” Laurie Anderson

Testimonials

  • “I can not tell you how many compliments we’ve had on our website!” Becky Edge of KidTalk, Inc.
  • “I really look like I belong with the big boys.” Rosemarie Kelso of Kelso Custom Covers
  • “This really gives us a presence.” AAIDT Member
  • “I’ve noticed that sites that have that much information tend to be cluttered, but yours doesn’t suffer from that at all.” Secret Admirer on W Dance Studio
  • “It’s professional without being boring.” Secret Admirer on W Dance Studio
  • “I love the layout, mapping, and incredible amount of detail… I am simply amazed at the resource you have developed here!” Z&B of Hornpipe Magazine on Diochra.com
  • “This looks so wonderful and professional! I can’t thank you enough! I love it!” Erin of the Cooney School of Irish Dance

Ashley Middleton

Download my resumé (PDF).

I have been toying with the Web for a decade now, and taking it seriously for about seven years. I am "content first, design second"; my style is simple and clean.

I love hand-coding in (X)HTML and CSS, and I'm a best practices groupie. (“Whoo! Show us your DOCTYPE!”) I attend professional, forward-thinking (and fun) conferences like SXSW and A List Apart, and always have a stack of new design and development and engaging business books to read. I’ve been relearning Flash, and also delving into DOM Scripting/JavaScript. I’ve just dipped a toe into PHP/MySQL, and will be exploring XML/XSLT soon.

Along with designing, I love to dance. I’ve been an Irish dancer since 1999 and am very excited to begin Highland dancing this coming January. I’ve also danced Egyptian-style and American Tribal-style belly dance, and had some experience with ballet, jazz and tap.

Thanks to years of Girl Scout indoctrination, I like to leave things better than I found them.

The Skinny

Education

  • University of Illinois at Chicago
    School of Art & Design
    BFA, Graphic Design
    August 2006–May 2010
  • Joliet Junior College
    Associate’s Degree in the Applied Arts
    Concentrated in Web & Entrepreneurship
    August 2002–May 2006

Conferences & Workshops

  • SXSW Interactive — March 2007
  • UIC Web Accessibility — July 2007
  • An Event Apart Chicago — August 2007

Affiliations

  • American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA)
  • Information Architecture Institute (IAI)
  • Interaction Design Association (IxDA)
  • Society of Typographic Arts (STA)