SUMMARY

• Senior - level digital media technologist with twenty years' experience, whose design, development and leadership skills have greatly contributed to the success of organizations in healthcare, corrections, government, higher education, finance and the travel industry.

• Experienced UX architect, creative director, UI designer, developer
• UX design and architecture of mobile and web applications
• Expert in user experience, usability, UI best practices
• Leader of cross disciplinary teams
• Project documentation, flow charts, storyboards, timelines, wireframes
• Native mobile UI development for Android and iOS (Eclipse, XCode)
• Experienced with Agile Scrum methodologies
• Experienced technical trainer and writer
• Graduate study in Mass Communication, research methodologies
• Strong communication and leadership skills
• Trilingual in English, Spanish, Portuguese

TECHNICAL SKILLS

PROGRAMMING: Actionscript, Angular, Ajax, ASP, Bootstrap, Cold Fusion, CS.NET, CSS, HTML5, Java, JavaScript, JQuery, JQuery Mobile, JSON, SharePoint, SQL/T-SQL, VB.NET, XML.

TOOLS: & ENVIRONMENTS: Axure, Balsamiq, Blackboard, Dreamweaver, Eclipse, Final Cut, Flash, Git, Illustrator, InDesign, Office, Photoshop, Project, Sublime Text, Visio, Visual Studio, VMWare, WordPress, XCode.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Mobile Developer

Confidential, Boca Raton, FL

Responsibilities:

• UI development of mobile web application for tablet and phone. Project reorganization following best practices for architecture, file and directory structure, CSS, Angular, SASS usage. Created new layouts for tablet, mobile footprints.
• Conducted design evaluation, provided UI design improvements based on User Experience best practices. Utilized Angular, CSS, SASS, HTML5, IBM MobileFirst.

UX / UI Designer, Developer

Confidential, Miami, FL

Responsibilities:

• UX/UI design and prototyping of projects for a variety of clients, including ADP, Boatsetter, Cequint, IT Skills Academy.
• Utilized Balsamiq, Photoshop, HTML5, CSS3, JS. Angular development including consumption of web services, JSON, creation of factories, services, controllers, in-place live data editing, Bootstrap, UI Bootstrap.

Creative Director, Senior UI /UX Developer, Information Architect

Confidential, Miramar, FL

Responsibilities:

• Leader of cross-disciplinary team performing UX design, UI development and branding of software products, web sites and marketing campaigns. Served as lead designer, architect. UX, visual design and UI development of entire product line of mobile apps, web applications, web sites, kiosks and proprietary devices.
• Designed iconography, color scheme, company logo, logo treatments and typographic treatments. Build application prototypes and frameworks. Evaluated tools for UX design, UI development. Maintained consistency of design and process.
• Concept, design, architecture, development, prototypes and production versions of commercially available iPhone and Android apps for money transfer, email, video messaging, chat and media purchasing services. Redesign, UI development of extranet web applications.
• Redesign of main company web site and consumer web applications. Design, architecture and development of tablet-based kiosk built on Android 4.2. Technologies utilized include: Eclipse, Java, XML, SOAP, HTML5, CSS, Balsamiq, Visio, JQuery, Javascript, JSON, Angular, Git.
• Led concept development, visual design and editorial development of B2B and B2C marketing campaigns. Led marketing team in implementation of branding company brochures, magazine advertisements, collateral materials, trade show booth, signage, email blasts and landing pages.
• Developed strategy for social media implementation. Worked with vendors for print fulfillment. Technologies utilized include HTML5, CSS, JQuery, Javascript, XCode, Eclipse, Photoshop, Illustrator, In Design.

UX / UI Designer, Developer

Confidential - Miami, FL

Responsibilities:

• Designed and developed “one page” web application solution to facilitate film permitting application process with the City of Miami. Implemented a structured iterative product development process of concept development, design & prototype, and production.
• Conducted needs analyses, identified typical users, researched competitive film office solutions and web sites; designed mockups for review by the business owner, users. Built prototypes, production version, then conducted follow-up and testing.
• The solution was a one-page web site application, featuring responsive design, a full screen image carousel, use of transparency effects, overlays and transitions. The site provides all necessary forms for users as PDFs, and allows administrators to integrate permit applications with an internal SharePoint application.
• A database application was developed to allow for online film permit applications. Technologies utilized include HTML5, CSS3, JQuery, Custom Javascript, SQL, CS.NET.

Consultant, UI/UX Designer, Developer

Confidential - Miami, FL

Responsibilities:

• Met with internal clients to develop business requirements Conducted user needs analyses and assessments created project documentation, including design specifications, storyboards, flowcharts Designed look and feel, user interfaces, graphics, navigation Conducted usability testing Developed information architecture, queries, back end code Developed design standards and templates Integrated social media for entertainment web sites

Web Designer, Developer

Confidential - Miami, FL

Responsibilities:

• Designed and programmed web sites and applications, including landing pages, blogging tool, learner evaluation tools, content management tools, user registration, login, security, password reset, automated newsletter, email blast tool, online payment integration, auto updating and randomly generated content. Developed online courses.
• Conducted needs analyses, managed projects Developed specifications and requirements Created screens mock ups, site design wireframes Designed, developed SQL Server databases Created Flash animations, dynamically generated banners Optimized site content, keywords, for search results Analyzed site traffic with Google Analytics. Set up blogs, email marketing tools, social media Integrated RSS feeds

Consultant, Designer

Confidential - Miami, FL

Responsibilities:

• Designed, developed web and multimedia applications for small and medium-sized businesses Developed Internet publishing & content management service Providing applications hosting, database design and administration Designed web pages, templates (HTML, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash, ASP, SQL, Coldfusion) Provided systems and network support for Windows 2000 and Macintosh (TCP/IP, AppleTalk) Performed software installation, upgrades on Windows and Macintosh platforms.
• Edited audio, video, multimedia content for web (Flash, Final Cut, Peak, Pro Tools, Photoshop) Made recommendations for SEO of content, page titles, links Implemented Google Analytics, tracked SEO results on sites Set up Google Ad Words campaigns Designed CD covers, booklet layouts, promotional materials Recorded and edited audio and video of live events. Produced, edited and mixed commercial audio recordings.

Creative Director

Confidential - Miami, FL

Responsibilities:

• Managed team of designers, content editors, programmers and video editors in development of cable television companion web site.
• Maintained consistency of design and process Interacted with management to identify objectives and expectations for new and ongoing projects Designed content management and dynamic web page generation system Supervised development and implementation Designed branded media player, video on-demand system, interface and streaming video system; Led design of collateral material: logo, press kits, magazine ads, post cards, bus banners, trade show materials Developed proposals, pilots, directed digital video shoots for cable TV and Internet delivery.