SUMMARY

• Multi - talented, artistic and technically-driven Graphic Designer with 9 years of experience leading complex and multi-level projects and create design concepts for top-level firms corporations in brand development, expression for print, digital content creation, and marketing.
• Has developed UI/UX for six launched titles to market across iOS and PC platforms: Naughty Loaded Dice, Just Say It, Premonition, Sneaky Drink, Drill Sergeant, Real Poker, Simraceway
• Experience developing User workflows, UI wireframes, and interactions using Photoshop, Illustrator, and Flash tools.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe Illustrator
• Adobe InDesign
• Adobe After Effects
• Adobe Flash
• Adobe Dreamweaver
• Adobe PageMaker
• Adobe Premiere
• TruVideo
• QuarkXPress
• Final Cut Pro
• FileMaker Pro
• PrintSmith
• PowerPoint
• AdForce
• Multi-Ad Creator
• Painter
• Swift 3D
• Cinema 4D
• Keynote
• Sound Edit
• Maya
• HTML5
• CSS3
• JQuery
• Omnigraffle
• Balsamiq
• Axure
• Sketch
• InVision.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Creative/UI/UX Designer (contract/freelance)

• Independent contractor
• Designed print/web, video, mobile/web apps, and interactive mediums from small businesses to corporations, utilizing CSS/HTML.
• Designed brand, concepts, and interaction for forthcoming mobile games.
• Illustrated custom graphics for mobile/web projects.
• Strong project management skills and individual contributor roles.
• Designed wireframes, mockups and prototypes via OmniGraffle/Axure for mobile; utilizing both quantitative and qualitative data and/or UX analysis, to inform design decisions.
• Created and utilized web development concepts, functionality, processes and implementation.

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Sunnyvale, Confidential

UI/UX Designer (Laptop/Mobile) (contract)

• Confidential Laboratories of America was founded in Silicon Valley to extend the global reach of Confidential R&D and support our collective vision of a human centric intelligent society - a prosperous and sustainable future where an abundance of knowledge will be generated to the benefit of humankind and the planet.

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Foster City, Confidential

Senior Visual Designer (Mobile/Web) (contract)

• Confidential is a digital lifestyle products company, focused on creating
• empowering entertainment experiences for consumers. Confidential 's award
• winning Slingbox turns any Internet-connected PC, Mac, or mobile device
• into your home television allowing you to watch your TV virtually anywhere
• in the world.
• Designed for cross platform including web + responsive design, iOS, and
• Android preferred.
• Translated wireframes into visual design style sheets, mocks,
• style-guides and assets.

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Louiseville, KY

UI/UX Web Designer (Remote)

• Confidential, LLC is an ecommerce company.
• Communicated and collaborated directly with VP of Marketing, Developers and Content Marketing Specialist to design and develop ecommerce website.
• Created and integrated brand and application standards and user-centered design.
• Designed and delivered flows, low fidelity/high fidelity mockups, and effective UI/UX for iOS/Android.
• Led team of developers to produce design solutions.
• Managed all UI/UX components and visual design projects and tracking UI/Usability issues.

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Campbell, Confidential

Senior UI/UX Designer

• Confidential . is a mobile solutions company.
• Worked collaboratively with CEO, Product Manager to develop a product and strategize from a UI/UX perspective.
• Utilized, created and integrated brand and application standards and user-centered design.
• Designed and delivered wireframes, low fidelity/high fidelity mockups, UI specifications and prototypes into effective UI/UX for iOS/Android.
• Led team of engineers to produce design solutions.
• Managed all UI/UX components of projects and tracking UI/Usability issues.

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Santa Clara, Confidential

Senior UX/UI Designer (contract)

• Confidential is a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider.
• Led UI/UX design for engineering team(s).
• Created wireframes, mockups and interaction design and information architecture solutions.
• Designed and implemented custom visual assets and mockups for WLAN Optimization iPad app and Cloud-based iPad app.
• Designed original branding and graphics for network cloud app and WLAN app.
• Researched trends, top competitors and product throughout development processes.
• Utilized user-test groups and UX analysis during low fidelity, mockup and prototype stages.
• Scheduled meeting and presented updates to the team on a weekly/bi-weekly basis.
• Created wireframes based on both quantitative and qualitative data to inform design decisions.

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San Francisco, Confidential

Flash UI Artist (contract)

• Ignite GT is an online gaming company emphasizing on live online multiplayer racing games.
• Designed and implemented graphics from various digital mediums, enhancing company’s game.
• Worked with game standards and created new conceptual approaches with Flash Engineers.
• Skinned and/or reskinned UI components, managed various projects and user workflow.
• Generated UI/UX designs using Adobe Flash and Action Script 2.0 via UX analysis.
• Researched trends, top competitors and product throughout development processes.
• Led and/or participated in immersive user research, concept testing, usability testing, and analytics for mockups, prototypes and interaction design.

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San Francisco, Confidential

Associate Designer, (seasonal)

• Collaborated directly with Quality Control Managers, to successfully complete the company’s orders of stationery design, for end of year sales, utilizing Adobe software.
• Designed, edited/updated, and prepared product design files for online customers.

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San Francisco, Confidential

Production Designer (contract)

• A full-service B2B marketing agency that works with high-tech industry clients to design, implement and optimize integrated lifecycle marketing initiatives.
• Edited/updated marketing collateral for B2B clients, utilizing Adobe software.

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Oakland, Confidential

Marketing/Design Manager (contract)

• Spearhead marketing, design, and project development and management for various media outlets, utilizing Adobe software.
• Supervise $75K in approved budgets; negotiate marketing and production budgets, reducing cost in transit shelter and poster designs.
• Led the following projects, adhering to all requirements and ensuring quality:
• AC Transit Shelter Design Project for Clear Channel: $16,000 budget. Ensured specifications were met to meet strict deadline for the press and Clear Channel.
• Ethnic Marketing Project: $400 budget.
• Local Cable TV Project: $13,620 budget
• Bulletin Board Project: $15,000 budget,
• Radio Spot Project: $1,525 budget for each radio spot (Project consisted of 15 30-second spots).

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Berkeley, Confidential

Creative UI/UX Director

• A mobile software, mobile IT, and mobile design firm specializing in innovative solutions to mobile phone platforms.
• Partnered with co-owners to implement business planning, accounting, marketing research and corporate branding for several mediums.
• Led all art creation and graphic design, from inception to creation; concept development, graphic implementation, web design, print design, and video editing via Adobe software.
• Created mobile UI graphics & interaction focusing on user centered design based on UX analysis.
• Created wireframes, mockups and prototypes based on both quantitative and qualitative data to inform design decisions.
• Implemented usability and user experience best practices and methodologies.
• Worked in tandem with the Marketing Manager and Developer to finalize art concepts, storyboards, and graphics edits. Mapped out user interactions and web layout.
• Managed art/illustration/design applications and technology resources.
• Budgeted funding and provided quality assurance to supervise design outsourcing.
• Created applications for iPhone/iPad/iOS: Premonition, Just Say and Naughty LOADED Dice.

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Pleasanton, Confidential

Graphic Designer (contract)

• Confidential, headquartered in Confidential, Confidential, is the parent company of five local weekly newspapers and online divisions.
• Worked directly with the Art Director and Regional Sales Manager to expand company advertising presence and brand.
• Designed graphics and page layouts, via Adobe software, for Pleasanton community publication.

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Alameda, Confidential

Multimedia Director (contract)

• Confidential transforms your cell phone into a mobile wallet that enables you to buy products or tickets and mobile banking,
• Directed design and interaction concepts for web, marketing collateral, and UI development to complete projects internally, utilizing Adobe software.
• Designed corporate marketing materials (on & offline), event collateral and tradeshow.
• Developed UI wireframes, mock ups and workflows from UX analysis enhancing usability.
• Utilized both quantitative and qualitative data to inform design decisions.
• Partnered with the Marketing Manager to negotiate and manage production budgets.
• Edited top box office movies using Adobe Premiere to condense video time/create multiple mobile screen sizes.
• Reported directly to the VP of Global Communications, VP of Marketing, and the CEO/Founder.
• Made significant contributions to the production of Blaze Mobile by consistently hitting strict weekly deadlines.
• Allocated $10K by outsourcing a graphic conversion project, reducing the production schedule and creative staff by more than half.
• Saved Blaze Mobile $14K by initiating the redesign of the company logo, completing the project from an external design agency.
• Managed 2-4 creative designers.

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Livermore, Confidential

Design/Production Artist (contract)

• GA specializes in increasing advertisement production efficiencies, streamlining workflows and managing content for companies of all types, across all media channels.
• Collaborated with design team on graphic/typography edits/updates for GA clients. Projects included grocery banners, brochures, and inserts utilizing Adobe software.
• Designed and edited/updated projects for OSH, Longs Drugs, and Safeway.
• Reported directly to the Senior Graphic Designer, Art Director, and department supervisors.

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Berkeley, Confidential

Design/Production Manager

• Drove design and production departments to create advertising layouts for final press delivery.
• Managed/created content layout and graphic assets utilizing Adobe software.
• Worked both independently and managed a team of 3 to 5 designers to meet publication goals within set production standards and procedures.
• Troubleshot weekly technical issues, ensuring high volumes of publications.
• Managed 3-5 creative designers.

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Confidential, Confidential

Design/Production Manager

• The Confidential is a weekly publication serving the city of Confidential, Confidential and surrounding communities with news reporting, graphics, and photography.
• Managed design and production departments to create templates and advertisement layouts for final press delivery, utilizing Adobe software.
• Independently created advertisement and layout designs and initiated the creation of Confidential ’s first website; spearheaded the development and saved the publication several thousand dollars in outsourcing fees.
• Saved the publication an additional several hundred dollars by directly producing the illustrations needed.
• Gained notoriety by introducing the publication to the Confidential New Media; the result was the largest national publication collaboration with 3000+ ethnic media outlets and 16,000+ circulations.
• Granted my own weekly caricature illustration section for providing excellent service.
• Managed 3-4 creative designers.

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San Leandro, Confidential

Graphic Artist

• Confidential is the largest weekly newspaper providing news from Confidential, Confidential and the Confidential community in Confidential and the United States.
• Produced advertisements and page layouts utilizing Adobe software.
• Established guidelines and procedures with the Marketing Director.
• Made design page layout reports for the Editor; made design advertisements reports to the Publisher.
• All deadlines were met.