SUMMARY

• Multi - discipline, experienced designer with not only 10 years of proven success in visual design, but also over 5 years of know­how in transform product visions into beautiful, intuitive and functional user interfaces that make real differences in people's lives. I'm motivated by solving tough problems, developing effective design strategies, improving business growth and building stronger connections throughout the whole user experience.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Photoshop
• InDesign
• Illustrator
• Fireworks
• Sketch
• UX Axure Pro 7
• Invision App
• Framer
• Balsamiq
• Visio
• Mobile App Proto.io
• JustinMind
• Principle
• Web Development HTML/CSS
• JQuery/JavaScript
• Visual Studio/Git
• Dreamweaver
• Bootstrap
• Foundation

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

FREELANCE UI/UX MOBILE DESIGNER

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Specialize in creating high-quality user-centered solutions across different mobile application platforms.
• Oversee many areas in the product lifecycle throughout the entire project, from initial explorations of a product idea through until the final launch day to the world.
• Assist in planning and driving product direction and road mapping.
• Promoted UX methodologies leading to deeper understanding of the user base, reduced design time and increased data for informed designs.
• Collaborate with other UX experts in conducting both quantitative and qualitative data analysis on data gathered from online surveys, one-on-one interviews, mobile ethnography and user testing.
• Experienced in creating sketches, wireframes and UI prototypes to make key design decisions early and often throughout the design process. Directly control all UI design work from initial concept to final development implementation.

Key Tools I Use: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Zeplin, Sketch, Axure, Balsamiq, Invision, Proto.io, Justinmind, MS Visio

SENIOR MOBILE UI DESIGNER

Confidential, Detroit, Ml

Responsibilities:

• Created intuitive and engaging interface elements that were targeted to enhance the user experience and meet business needs.
• Present and defend design decisions that achieved the goals of the user and business by using my design process and standard design principles.
• Experience collaborating on a cross-functional team to develop solutions to new and enhance features in their mobile application.

Key Tools Used: Photoshop, Illustrator, Axure, InVision

UX DESIGNER | INTERACTION DESIGNER

Confidential, Cleveland, oh

Responsibilities:

• Create intuitive web applications and streamlined interfaces, redefining the user experience.
• Participate in whiteboard design sessions, user journey mappings, cognitive walkthroughs, card sorting, usability participatory activities, focus groups, competitor analysis, qualitative user testing, iterative design, usability testing, and accessibility analysis in an Agile environment.
• Analyzing content, user goals, business needs and other sources of information to help define the User Experience.
• Develop project deliverables, including low and high-fidelity wireframe mockups, interactive prototypes for different web applications on-time and in budget.
• Support and participate in usability testing activities through creating wireframes and prototypes to improve the overall user experience for redesigning current web application.

Key Tools Used: Axure, Photoshop, Illustrator, Sketch, InVision

UI/UX DESIGNER

Confidential, Garfield Heights, OH

Responsibilities:

• Developed detailed product deliverables through wireframing, mockups, and prototyping, communicating UX designs and product requirements.
• Created innovative user experience across different mobile and tablets platforms (e.g., iOS, Android & Windows).
• Build front-end functionality and prototyping for websites, library kiosk interfaces, and web-based applications.

Key Tools Used: Proto.io, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Foundation, HTML, CSS

MOBILE APP DESIGNER | FRONT-END WEB UI/UX DEVELOPER

Responsibilities:

• Ensured strategic development efforts were completed on time, brand standards were followed, and the user interfaces, as well as visual design ideas, were accurately interpreted.
• Created custom, production-ready web graphics, delivering better user interface elements and new product icons for new and existing web/mobile applications and product websites.
• Instrumental in creating original marketing collateral to manage print production projects including a wide variety of marketing collateral and promotional materials.
• Simultaneously managed, prioritized and completed multiple projects under constant time constraints daily.
• Built and cultivated internal and external customer relationships through meeting expectation, building strong quality with adherence to brand and developed powerful creative assets with client-winning results.

Key Tools Used: Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, MS Office, XMPie VDP Software, Xerox Fiery Command WorkStation 5

GRAPHIC DESIGNER

Responsibilities:

• Worked directly within the graphics department in digitally enhancing images, illustration and vector artwork for designing numerous different digital wall murals for well-known international and US businesses across major industries like Hospitality, Sports and Food Service.
• Conceptualized and design large-scale design wall-size graphics for new, department marketing materials, and illustration works for product samples for tradeshows and the sales team.

Key Tools Used: Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Acrobat Pro, MS Office, LiveCycle Designer