clairebkwong@gmail.com
clairekwong.com
EDUCATION
Goldsmiths, University of London, London, UK, September 2019
MA Computational Arts, Distinction
Brown University, Providence, RI, December 2013
BA Computer Science and Modern Culture & Media, 3.77 GPA
New York University, Interactive Telecommunications Program Camp, June 2015 and 2016
Rhode Island School of Design, Digital + Media coursework, January 2011 to May 2012
SKILLS
Web: JavaScript, Node.js, PHP, HTML, CSS, SQL, NoSQL, WordPress
Code: C++, OpenFrameworks, C, Java, Clojure, Python, Processing, Bash
Software: MaxMSP, Git, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, MadMapper
Hardware: Arduino, Kinect
EXPERIENCE
Senior Full Stack Software Engineer, Eden Health (August 2020 to present)
Web Technology Specialist Technician, London College of Communication (January 2020 to March 2020)
• Advised graduate and undergraduate students with web technology, creative coding and physical computing
• Supported students in developing, scoping, and realizing art and design projects
• Developed and led workshops to teach web technology
• Temporary position which ended due to visa expiration
Software Developer, Temboo (May 2014 to September 2018)
• Full-stack web developer on both front-end and back-end of a complex user-facing web application
• Acted as sole web developer for one year
• Led projects by writing specs, estimates, and task lists and managing team members
• Also worked with user experience, automated and manual quality assurance, code generation, hardware
• Released a new feature approximately every month
Web Developer, Freelance (January 2009 to present)
• Design, develop, and maintain websites for clients in the arts
• Selected projects:
• badlandsunlimited.com: Implemented redesign of e-commerce platform
• emissaries.live: Created website for exhibition at MoMA PS1
• iancheng.com: Developed custom architecture for displaying artwork
• getbadcorgiapp.com: Implemented features for site commissioned by Serpentine Galleries
Intern, Arcangel Studio (September to December 2012, June to August 2013)
• Assisted artist Cory Arcangel in coding and formatting The Source, a series of source code booklets
• Implemented artworks with code
Intern, Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center (September to December 2012, June to August 2013)
• Assisted resident artist bubblyfish on code for interactive performance
• Assisted resident artist Jakob Dwight on web-based game
• Developed, designed, and maintained websites for various clients
Foundry Design Intern, Microsoft New England (June to August 2012)
• Developed a tablet game application in a team of 4
• Designed user interface, graphics, and animation
Media Intern, Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University (June to August 2011)
• Helped establish the Youth and Media Lab
• Developed and taught media literacy and digital content creation lessons to youth in diverse communities
• Designed website and promotional materials
Research Assistant, Brown University Center for Digital Scholarship (March to August 2011)
• Awarded an individual Undergraduate Teaching and Research Award to develop an institutional database of electronic literature
• Established metadata structures and links and input works into the repository
• Presented at International Workshop on Databases and Bibliographic Standards for Electronic Literature in Bergen, Norway
ACTIVITIES
• Exhibited art at A MAZE (DE), PlayUK (RS), Beta Public (UK), JSNation (NL), Print Screen Festival (IL)