In a nutshell: I am a huge, huge fan of Instagram. And I want to be a part of your team.
Beyond the product, I love following the Instagram story — I think the team itself is doing really interesting things and would love to be a part of it this summer. I know you’re super busy — and my goal is to help you cross more items off that to-do list. There are three key ways I can meaningfully contribute to Instagram: helping build a great platform, developing product, and in general, getting stuff done. Check out my design portfolio here!
I’ve learned a lot from my wonderful experiences at Microsoft’s .NET team and foursquare’s platform team — from helping host a global hackathon to creating videos for the WP7 blog. I also do the occasional hackathon and am a business/CS student.
So here are some immediate ways I think I can contribute to your platform:
Developer Tools: I’ve led and executed two major site redesigns for Microsoft and foursquare. I love Instagram, but felt that the developer site was lacking in helping developers get started with the API quickly. I redesigned the site — here’s a mock-up below.
Building Community: Here are some ways I think Instagram could build a strong, symbiotic community of developers (much like foursquare’s or Microsoft’s) and spread the word about the API:
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I've been running my freelance lifestyle and commercial photography business for the last two years — Instagram is one of the few companies at which I’d be able to leverage both my photo + tech backgrounds. Some ideas —
My Insta-Stream (lovingly made with the Instagram API!)
Favorite selects from freelance work (flickr)
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FILTER MAGIC: I know that you sometimes work with third party photogs to develop filters — and as a photographer I already make and use my own Photoshop actions all the time. My favorite filters are applied to my favorite past photos on the left. |
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PHOTO COMMUNITY/CONTENT CURATION: Part of my job is to network with other photogs online and, well, blog (aka curate great content). Instagram's blog does a great job of doing that too with Instagram photogs — so my skills would definitely be applicable in a community aspect. |
I'm young, humble, and hungry.
I’m a huge fan of Instagram.
In fact it was probably 50% of the reason why I switched to an iPhone. Check out my Instagrid!
I’m a self-starter who isn’t afraid to look beyond conventional means of learning.
I run my own photo business — having never taken a photo class in my life. I took a semester off from school to work at foursquare and travel last fall when 99.9% of my classmates were interviewing for banking jobs.
I love what Instagram stands for. And I think your team is totally rad.
Instagram lets everyone — from seasoned photogs to newbies — capture and share their life in an engaging, beautiful way. Photography shouldn't be limited to people with fancy cameras and technical know-how!
born & raised in cupertino, ca
Penn, Marketing + CS. 3.8*.
Took Fall 2011 off to work at foursquare and pursue freelance photo career. Went to Africa.
*Currently skipping class to write this. Rest assured this figure will change.
Foursquare Platform Intern, F'11 (on TechCrunch!)
Microsoft .NET Framework Associate Product Manager, S'11
Favorite past clients: Coursekit, A Glimmer of Hope, NAHM (Ally Hilfiger), NY Times Education Group
This site was designed and programmed by Alice Lee within the span of 2.5 days, 4 skipped classes, and several bowls of ramen in attempts to wow and catch the eye of Instagram. It was designed and coded up from scratch.
Fonts used: Gotham, Buttermilk, Georgia. I enjoy typography + lettering. My latest creation.
instagrid | flickr | linkedin | github | alicelee.x@gmail.com
available for part-time freelance design + photo work! check out my design portfolio here!
