SUMMARY:

• Driven UIX designer/architect with a track record of exceeding expectations in fast paced, multi - project environment.
• Passionate commitment regarding great user experience; collaboration; products and services; conceptualizing and communicating ideas; team and project management; overall excellence; continuous learning and improvement.
• The last few years I have focused on user experience design: ideation; conceptualizing UI/UX designs via hand sketching, wireframes, HiFi mockups and HTML/CSS/jQuery prototypes and usability testing.
• Proven ability to lead, define standards, organize and execute day-to-day project tasks with budgeted hours, resources and time constraints. Manage, mentor and inspire a large team of UI/UX designer-developers to ensure quality production of internal and external web applications as well as personal and professional growth.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Ideation, sketching, wireframing; HiFi Mockups
• Adobe Creative Cloud; Photoshop; XD; Sketch
• Various text editors including Sublime, Visual Studio, Dreamweaver
• UI Prototyping using Adobe XD, Balsamiq, InVision, Axure
• HTML and CSS hand coder jQuery, JavaScript UI libraries
• .Net application environment using Visual Studio and Azure Portal
• Liferay Portal; Sitecore; WordPress and other CMS
• Agile Scrum
• MS Office; SharePoint; etc
• Project and resource management; capacity planning and forecasting
• Effective cross team communication and collaboration

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Senior UIX Designer

Responsibilities:

• Redesigning business web sites with a focus on a contemporary, user-centered responsive web design and content management tools

Senior UIX Architect / Director

Responsibilities:

• Provided overall UI and UX design for entire SaaS platform and individual applications, across desktop and mobile devices, including a native mobile app
• Led ideation sessions with executives, dev leads, business analysts, art director, project manager and other stakeholders; conceptualized various design ideas via wireframes, workflows, mockups and HTML/CSS prototypes
• Worked directly with Art Director and other Marketing team members to ensure alignment across web applications and corporate communications
• Worked as part of the software engineering team’s Agile group to provide new UI/UX components
• Created, maintained and communicated UI/UX policies including design; HTML and CSS coding; design/development approaches; cross browser testing; responsive web design; HTML email; accessibility standards; continuous improvement and more
• UX research including usability test development, surveys, analyze usage metrics, set goals, organize and communicate results/feedback, document UI/UX recommendations and more
• Redesigned corporate site using WordPress and X Theme

Senior Lead UI/UX Designer-Architect

Responsibilities:

• Converted business requirements and user research into sketches, wireframes, high fidelity mockups, HTML-CSS-jQuery prototypes for multiple projects
• Built and managed a team of 10 web designer/developers; created and managed resource plans for multiple projects/tasks on a day to day basis as well as long term resource planning, ran daily scrums
• Provided creative direction and technical UI/UX guidance for all internal and external web based, data intensive applications projects both legacy and new; desktop and mobile, applications and platforms
• Worked with various financial application teams including tax, transfer agency, shareholder, banks, brokers, shared data services, corporate governance, proxy voting, mutual funds, universal e-delivery and others
• Worked with executives; business managers; technical managers; programmers; database architects, business analysts and other stakeholders to successfully meet UI/UX requirements
• Collaborated directly with software engineers to successfully integrate UI/UX design and coding elements into Java and .Net environments. Experienced working directly in WebSphere and Visual Studio to implement and debug HTML/CSS/jQuery
• Created, maintained and communicated UI/UX policies including design; coding; design/development approaches; supported browsers; cross browser testing; responsive web design; HTML email; accessibility standards; and more
• Promoted proficiency with current tools/languages and reserved time for research and adoption of newly selected tools/languages/approaches such as Adobe XD
• Used various languages, tools and methodologies including HTML; CSS; jQuery; Responsive Web Design; Bootstrap; Visual Studio; IBM WebSphere; Perforce; Adobe CC apps; Sublime Text Editor; WebEx; smart board; Microsoft Office; Axure; InVision; Jira, Agile Scrum and more

Web Developer

Responsibilities:

• Developed and managed content for ca.com web site related to product pages, special events, special projects, webcasts, “CA World” and other areas using mainly HTML; CSS; Photoshop and backend enterprise CMS including Sitecore and Rhythmyx

Web Site Designer / Developer

Responsibilities:

• Designed and develop web sites for various clients of The Creative Group as needed
• Used various languages and approaches including HTML, CSS, ColdFusion and some JavaScript

Senior Designer / Developer / Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Designed, developed and managed all aspects of company web sites, including custom CMS functionality as required and marketing efforts both digital and print
• Configured and maintained various on-site servers for web, email and databases

Confidential

Web Services Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Designed, developed, and maintained all official Dowling College web sites using HTML, classic ASP, MS Access, Adobe Photoshop, SEO and JavaScript
• Coordinated and collaborated with all department to achieve desired representation online
• Created and taught web design and development classes for Dowling College’s first “Web Site Development Certificate Program” as part of Dowling Institute’s Continuing Education program

Confidential

Web Producer/Developer

Responsibilities:

• Developed promotional screens on theglobe.com for partners and clients including SegaSoft, Lowestfare.com, Microsoft, and others
• Special projects developer: content automation from news feeds; initial phase of company Intranet
• Project leader for production team including database developers, UI designers, and programmers

Webmaster/Technical Manager

Responsibilities:

• Supervised and participated in development of all web projects from start to finish, including UI design, HTML, SEO and Quality Assurance
• Managed technical staff: graphic artists, HTML coders, programmers, database developers, technical support, and quality assurance team.