SKILLS

• EXPERT
• User Experience UX and User Interface UI Visual Graphic Responsive Web Designer. Adobe CS6: InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks, Dreamweaver
• Information Architecture IA
• HTML5 HTML, XHTML
• CSS3 CSS2, CSS
• Wireframes, Mockups
• Balsamiq, Illustrator, PhotoShop, OmniGraffle
• iOS7 Human Interface Guide
• On/offshore Project Mgmt.
• Designing across all platforms: Responsive web, tablet and mobile iOS7, Windows 8, Android
• Adaptive Web Design AWD
• Hand Code w/ Sublime 2
• UX / UI Design
• Creative Briefs, Story Boards
• Presales RFP's
• JavaScript, jQuery, AJAX
• HTML Email Design
• SilverPop, ExactTarget
• Social Media Marketing
• E-Marketing Campaigns
• Collateral Design
• Branding Identity
• Client Management
• Project Management
• Creative Direction Managing 10 designers
• GitHub, Transmit
• Agile Methodology, Scrums
• Data Visualization
• Iconography Infographics
• Axure, Linux Experience
• Web Design for Right to Left Arabic, etc.
• Marketing and Metrics
• Microsoft SharePoint
• French fluent
• Boiler-room

EXPERIENCE

SR. CREATIVE UX ARCHITECT

Confidential

• UX/UI and IA expert, designing graphical user interfaces for the next SharePoint-based release of AIG's enterprise portal, including mobile GUIs.
• Actively engage business requirement analysts, system analysts, graphic designers, developers, QA teams and clients to help deliver a 2014 portfolio of functional and design improvements.
• Develop prototypes of designs, refining and changing them as needed
• Quality assurance and review of existing portal design and interface, including personae reviews, user tasks, interactive flows, template/page layout inventory, reactive design specifications and wireframes from high resolution screens to mobile screens
• Conduct usability labs and work with clients to understand the portal audience
• Participate in post-production activities, including UX research
• Use knowledge of SharePoint 2010 and 2013 capabilities to develop realistic project requirements
• Analyze and communicate functional needs and collaborate with development and product management staff in order to design quality technical solutions
• Using Photoshop, illustrator and UI tools, such as Balsamic, Axure and iRise as well as jQuery, HTML5, CSS3, Mobile GUI, and AJAX
• SR UX ENGINEER ARTIST CAN CAPITAL NEW YORK, NY 10014 June Aug 2014
• Hands on Lean UX Director of site and client portals for on and off-shore
• Leaner UX, streamlining IA for partner portals, conducting user research, and developing original iconography
• On the Engineering team, working with front and backend coders daily to execute design, prototyping, and delivery of 3 sites/portals
• Managing the workflow with offshore team, coordinating with on-shore development
• Designing banner ads/web pages/etc. for the marketing team using mainly Balsamiq online for mocks and wires, some Adobe for the original iconography, and playing around with AngularJS
• Front-end UX designer and web administrator, designing a streamlined landing page / dashboard and full site, incorporating SharePoint and QlikView into the web portal, along with implementing data visualization
• Created a light box style userflow for e-commerce environment, with wireframes and mockups
• Ideated a refreshed, unique branding model with the goal of transcending look of vendors like PayPal, meets an organically created Bootstrap-inspired feel
• Used Adobe PhotoShop, Illustrator, and InDesign plus Sublime and Bootstrap to design and then translate front-end code to back-end .net and Java developer
• Had to keep Users' Experience as well as all technical considerations, across all platforms, equally optimized
• Oversaw/mentored 30 UX designers, 2-3 at a time per project, as well as designed hand in hand collaboratively 16 onshore, 5 from offshore, requiring translation to English for client
• Data Visualization was a key skill utilized with all projects for clients such JP Morgan, Lincoln Financial, Guardian Life, and Western Union
• Used Agile Methodology to coordinate with on and offshore teams daily to see that deadlines are met to the scope of needs and hit sprint deadlines, and documented as Artifacts daily for client and internal review.
• All agency projects were designed to specifications across all platforms Responsive Web, Tablet, and Windows, iOS, Android mobile .
• Used Agile Methodology to coordinate with on and offshore teams to see that deadlines are met to the scope of needs and hit sprint deadlines
• Was a pivotal member of the RFP process, including attending sales meetings onsite and preparing Prototypes for clients across all firmware and software platforms IE6 included
• Worked with BA's and PM's creating Storyboards, conducting research, and developing User Stories
• Wireframes were done in Balsamiq, InDesign, Illustrator, and OmniGraffle, and Mockups in PhotoShop
• Became an expert at delegation, Information Architecture, Personas, User Stories, Creative Briefs, RFP's, and making Prototypes collaboratively across shores and countries.

RESPONSIVE VISUAL DESIGNER

Confidential

• Working with development team and as a liaison with the branding department to roll out a completely responsive, multilingual, global web platform for legacy product, SHL C-Level employee analytics tool
• Worked with JavaScript and .NET Developers to achieve cutting edge Data Modeling and Visualization
• Adobe CS6 PhotoShop, Illustrator, InDesign and Axure for sketching out design creating mockups and HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap for front-end coding and Prototyping
• Worked with JavaScript Architect and Responsive Web, Java Developers, as the translator from visual to code.
• Cleaned up design as well, but mainly coded and ideated the project: translating the paper magazine into a flip-style carousel
• UI web designer and developer Adobe PhotoShop, HTML 5, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, AJAX
• Focused on bringing all collateral from Quark to Adobe, and rebranding hundreds of pieces of collateral
• Refreshed current branding image and created sales tools
• Worked with front end web, created simple animated GIF banners
• Used Illustrator and PhotoShop primarily, plus PPT and HTML5 and CSS3
• Created online presence and look and feel for Bruce Shuttleworth's campaign for VA Congress

UI/UX VISUAL DESIGNER

Confidential

• UI design and maintenance of college university clients' student ID/campus card program websites.
• Wireframing weekly HTML emails, and using HTML and CSS to design templates and distributed
• Lead Blackboard CampusImpact, a design and marketing platform for Blackboard's higher education clients
• Created campus card brand image, designed collateral, and wrote copy for all targeted marketing pieces brochures, flyers, posters, signage, ads, email campaigns and direct mail for 80 clients/year
• Total product project management, creative management, and profit/loss accountability including all steps: design, implementation, delivery, metric tracking, contracts and billing.
• Designed all Blackboard internal communications for monthly corporate fund raising events, and promoted to the company using email, print, and web a ubiquitous branding platform
• Preparing targeted graphics and tables, working directly with the in-house Blackboard RFP team, for detailed sales proposals to all prospective universities as well as current clients
• Lead quarterly Webex presentations on how to optimally market your card program, including PowerPoint design, content, case studies, and live presentation to higher education clients
• Managed entire CampusImpact internal sales and accounting aspects, of cross-functional teams of indirect reports simultaneously, and trained all new hires on product
• Averaged 120K gross / 80K net profit in revenue-generating marketing initiatives annually

CLIENT MANAGER

CONFIDENTIAL

• Managed the client and merchant relationship with the University Campus Card office local businesses
• Used ExactTarget SilverPop HTML email programs weekly to promote specials to all students at 10 campuses
• Created Wireframes for emails in Illustrator and exported to HTML