A new feature wherein we gaze into Cheezburger, Cheezburger gazes back at us, and you get the who, what, where and when about the people working hard for your Internet!

Past Featured Cheezburger posts: Will Sharick, Matthew Martell, Kirsten Martin, JM Presley, Tori Wadzita.

Heather Bradley | Web Design Director

What do you do and how long have you been doing it?
I’ve been the web design director at Cheezburger since June 2011. I teach graphic design in my spare time. I’ve been designing and illustrating on the web since before you could change the background color on a browser. Seriously. There was a time when ALL websites had gray backgrounds. I’m so old…

Do your friends and parents understand where you work?
Surprisingly, yes. My sister introduced Cheezburger to my family in 2007 when her cat was selected as one of the first LOLcats (Rescue Cat!) and later featured in the first printed book. When I applied to Cheezburger, I gave the CEO a letter of reference from that cat.

Tell us a behind-the-scenes story!
Ben and Emily’s dog Nemo once contributed to a creative brainstorming session by peeing on my dining room rug.

Micron might be the best looking Cheezburger dog. Does that make your other dog jealous?
Did you just call my other dog ugly? Dude, that’s cold.

So you used to live in New York?
Yep, for 11 years. For 7 of those years, I lived in a small box in the East Village. I could stretch out my arms and touch both walls of my living room. My knees hit the wall when I sat on the toilet. The other 4 years were spent living in Brooklyn in a slightly larger box. As much as I love Seattle, I’ll always love NYC.

Favorite meme right now?
“Neil deGrasse Tyson Reaction” otherwise known as “We’ve got a badass over here.”
I get a lot of crushes on nerds. My home office is covered in photos of Spock and Data.

Is there anything you used to think was terrible that you now think is really funny?
When I was younger, I thought just about everything was terrible because “the world is cruel and people are ignorant.” Eventually I realized I was just being a self-righteous ass. So yeah, self-righteous asses are totally hilarious to me now.

What fictional character would you like to be for one day?
The Internet.

Anything else you want to tell us about yourself?
My sister and I published a dating book called the “Rock and Roll Field Guide to Guys.”
I have a large mineral and fossil collection.
I’m always on the lookout for new illustrators for Cheezburger, so email me your portfolios!