SUMMARY:

• Meticulous UX Lead Designer who undertakes complex assignments, meets tight deadlines and delivers superior performance. I am a highly technical, self - motivated, detail-oriented entrepreneur who understands the business of web development from both the clients and consumers perspective. My creative approach involves continuous improvement mixed with extreme passion and intellectual curiosity for all things design. I believe leadership is always the precursor to success and that excellent communication skills save time, energy and money. I am an exceptional prototyper, coder, web designer & graphic designer with experience in all aspects of web development, graphic design, branding, and marketing.
• I can bring your creative vision, business analysis and technical specs into the design concept from the wireframe to rollout. I have an efficient framework for product management and you can rest easy in the fact that project development will meet all of your requirements and deadlines with consistent communication throughout the development life cycle. I can provide a full suite of frontend and backend solutions for your product design & development using the latest programming and design web technologies. I am also one of the few agile coders whose graphic design skills and abilities can meet, exceed and compliment my solid technical knowledge.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Core Skills: Fast Visual Prototyping User Experience Design (UX) User Interface Design (UI) UX UI Design Cycle (Requirement Gathering) Design Principles, Patterns & Alternatives Prototyping User Evaluation PSD-to-HTML Bootstrap Mobile Application Design Responsive Design Cross-Browser Design Cross-Platform Design Sublime Text 3 Editing (Package Control, Key Bindings, LiveReload, SublimeLinter, Emmet) Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop CS6, Fireworks CS6, InDesign CS6, Illustrator CS6, Dreamweaver CS6) Wireframes & Workflows, Git Revision Subversion Control Mockup Tool Flexibility (Sketch / Axure RP / Balsamiq / InVision) Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Internet Marketing Email Marketing Digital Marketing Social Media Marketing (YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter) Information Product Design / Marketing Print Magazine Design Custom Wordpress / Plug-in Design API Integration

Coding Languages: HTML5 JavaScript jQuery PHP AJAX JSON CSS3 Angular (Currently Studying)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Lead Email Prototyper / UX Developer / Graphic Designer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Provided ongoing email design, prototyping, visual and coding updates to email campaigns with lists exceeding 1M subscribers Maintained fresh email content management and updates on an ongoing basis Collaborated to create & enhance graphic design operations including cloud file hierarchy and style guide templates

Lead Web Developer / Graphic Designer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Provided ongoing web design, visual and coding updates to the current website build for presentation Maintained fresh website content management as new team projects are completed and available Coordinated monthly strategic marketing research meetings to track interior design trends and news Collaborated to create, enhance, cut or filter photography elements optimized for mobile & web applications

Senior UI / UX Designer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Successful Social Media Campaign building Confidential ’s Instagram account to 190k+ followers. Complete theming, branding and visual design for an upscale and exclusive User Experience InVision wireframe mockup and build out of stunning visual UX / UI for a men’s interest startup PhotoShop, Illustrator & Fireworks design and development for ad creatives and display advertising Solid front-end software development experience using HTML5, CSS3, Javascript & jQuery coded through Adobe CS4,5,6 Hands on customization using the jQuery framework for lead development models and other javascript modules

Senior UI / UX Designer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Successful Social Media Campaign building Confidential ’s Instagram account to 40k+ followers. Complete theming, branding and visual design for a commercial and mass market User Experience Invision wireframe mockup and build out of stunning visual UX / UI for a fast-growing fitness startup PhotoShop, Illustrator & Fireworks design and development for ad creatives and display advertising Solid front-end software development experience using HTML5, CSS3, Javascript & jQuery coded through Adobe CS4,5,6 Hands on customization using the jQuery framework for video carousel and modal box integration

Personal Trainer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Utilized a proprietary Fitness Analysis system to determine new trainee fitness levels Prescribed complete daily fitness protocols covering workouts, meal plans and dietary supplementation Acted as liaison to A-list celebrities and high-net worth individuals Led fundraising activities for a family of 4 who had been displaced by a fire Brainstormed 10+ new revenue models for addition to the current 1-on-1 that is currently offered

Portfolio Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Researched various ETF / Equity / Derivative valuation & trading strategies for alpha acquisition Analyzed multi-frequency trading algorithms with a live brokerage account and personal funds in addition to back-testing Reviewed scholarly research journals for ideas, insights & data manipulation techniques

Hedge Fund Marketing Intern

Confidential, Briarcliff Manor, NY

Responsibilities:

• Researched various MBS security positions held by over 30 underlying managers who utilized multi-strategy approaches Maintained and initiated contacts with family office and advisory investment officers for high net-worth individuals Reviewed RFPs for fund raising activities and ensured accuracy and efficiency with each document transfer

Equities Trader

Confidential, Syosset, NY

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed daily market movements for trend recognition and cyclic characterization on the DosTrader Pro platform Employed quantitative, fundamental and technical analysis to speculate in the equities markets Successfully utilized risk management principles to increase my portfolio equity curve and minimize investment risk Organized and mentored buy-side proprietary trading on various computer platforms for other traders