SUMMARY:

• Co - founder of a web design and development firm.
• Over 15 years of production management experience.
• I mentor designers and developers, and I am responsible for the overall vision, direction and execution of all design & development projects.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and time-management skills.
• Detail oriented and organized.
• Well-versed in all aspects of UX Design, Front-End Development, and Software Development Life-Cycle including Agile, Iterative, Waterfall, and hybrid methodologies.

SKILLS:

• Ideation and Discovery Wireframes Storyboarding Persona Creation User Journeys User Stories User and Task Flows
• Information Architecture Data Visualization Affinity Diagrams Team & Client Collaboration High/Low Fidelity Prototypes
• User Centric Design to create elegant and simple design solutions to solve complex UX Challenges UX Research and Analysis
• Prototyping Usability Tests Object Oriented Development Responsive UI for Web & Mobile Platforms Quality Control
• Development Documentation Debugging, Testing and Implementation Web Analytics and Search Engine Optimization.

SOFTWARE PROFICIENCY:

Adobe CC 2018 Products: Adobe Cloud Platform (AI - Adobe Sensei), Photoshop, Illustrator InDesign, Adobe XD, Dreamweaver, InDesign, Analytics, Advertising, Cloud, Acrobat Pro, Document Cloud.

Google Products: Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, Google Business G Suite, Google Ads, Google Analytics Analytics for Mobile Apps, Tag Manager, Think with Google, Google Optimize.

Content Management Platforms: WordPress, Bootstrap, Foundation, Drupal, Joomla, Sass.

File Management Tools: PhpStorm, SmartSVN, Bower, Grunt frameworks and GIT code.

Collaboration Design & Development Tools: Realtime Board, Slack, Trello, Jira, Figma.

Wire-framing/Prototyping tools: Indigo Design, InVision, Figma, Sketch, AdobeUXD, Gridbox, Principle Atomic, UXPIn, WebFlow, VISIO, Balsamic, Axure, OmniGraffle.

Mobile Design: Jetstrap, Zeplin, Principle.

Agile Tools: Jira, Git, and other (proprietary software).

User Research Tools: Airtable, Google Analytics. MS Office, Microsoft Visual Studio, GEdit, UltraEdit, SharePoint.

Text Editors: Atom, Dreamweaver, Sublime Text, Notepad++, Komodo Edit/IDE, Brackets.

eCommerce: Shopify, Shopsite, Magneto, OpenCart, VirtueMart, WooCommerce, WordPress.

EXPERIENCE:

Lead UX Designer & Front-End Developer

Confidential, San Diego, CA

Responsibilities:

• Experienced in all stages of UX life cycle, and SDLC. Responsible for the product roadmap, vision, direction and execution.
• Experienced with user - centric design, object-oriented development, user research & analysis, and project documentation.
• Experienced Debugging code. Beta-tested software functionality, and cross-platform design and development compatibility.
• Experience interacting with clients and groups, to define objectives and specifications, define personas, and project costs.
• Engaged closely with the team to determine design strategy, best technical implementation methods and production schedule.
• Created high-fidelity interactive prototypes using Axure, OmniGraffle, Indigo, InVision, Figma, Sketch, Balsamic, and Gridbox.
• Well versed in collaboration software (Realtime Board, Slack, Trello, Jira, Figma)
• Experience with core concept development, creating IA schematics, process flows, wireframe & design mockups, navigation maps, wireframes, definition of personas, affinity diagrams, interactive prototypes for different usage scenarios, user journeys, & responsive UI design for web & mobile apps using HTML5, CSS3, XHTML, XML, JavaScript, AngularJS, ReactJS, JQUERY, JSON, AJAX, Python, meeting W3C standards. I bring a unique eye for detail, creativity & innovation to the UX Design process, ensuring features will drive high adoption and customer delight.

Co-Founder, Lead UX Designer & Front-End Developer

Confidential, Pittsburgh, PA

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for production management of all projects from beginning to end, leading the design and development teams.
• Interacted frequently with clients, providing project updates, and implemented client feedback into UX design & development.
• Designed responsive/native apps. and web pages using HTML, CSS, XHTML, XML, JavaScript, AngularJS, ReactJS, and PHP.
• Expert with Adobe CC 2018, and content management frameworks (WordPress, Bootstrap, Foundation, Drupal, Joomla, Sass)
• Created MySQL databases. Used data with PHP to generate dynamic graphics, and manage apps. using back - end dashboards.
• Setup ecommerce, customized templates to optimize conversion to sales on many platforms (Shopify, Shopsite, Magneto, etc.)
• Created marketing campaigns and managed social media accounts. Monitored web analytics, analyzed and reported data.
• Created usability tests, performed product market analysis and research, and integrated results into project requirements.
• Created estimates, production schedules, and reports, billing reports, and employee evaluations, and performance reports.

Head of Web Services Division, & Front-End Developer

Confidential, Pittsburgh, PA

Responsibilities:

• Led the Web Design & Development Division, providing web design & development services to Fortune 500 companies.
• My work expertise evolved as follows: 1) Production Manager > 2) Graphic Designer > 3) Web Designer > 4) Front - End Developer.
• Experienced in all stages of UX life cycle, and SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle).
• Provided translation services.
• Designed online marketing campaigns and managed social media accounts.
• Created website flowcharts, data architecture diagrams, & data visualization graphics. Designed, developed, & maintained websites Created & optimized multimedia content.
• Designed corporate branding, packaging, sales & marketing material.
• Created interactive multimedia presentations on DVDs.