What I’ve Worked On
I am responsible for creating fluid experiences and responsive applications. My responsibility is to guide and define the visual designs, design patterns, animations and interactions. Identify and troubleshoot UX design problems during conception and those that arise during implementation. Build prototypes for the purpose of:
- Rapid Iterations
Assisting designers and stakeholders in experiencing various design iterations to gain design feedback and help move through the design process - Usability Testing
Defining use scenarios and test before committing to development resources - Development Deliverable
Working closely with engineering team to provide a proof of concept deliverable with expected behavior, style and animation values that can be easily converted to production code
I bridge the gap between design and development to ensure what clients sign off in design functions and looks accordingly in the end product
What I’m Really Good At
As both a designer and engineer, I am able to:
- Design UX & UI for Natural & Voice, Interaction Design, Visual and Brand Design Experience, Motion Design, Design Patterns and UI Development
- Experience building & designing app and ensuring a cohesive experience from the smallest of mobile phone screens all the way to living room experiences
- Clear vision and strategic roadmap for the UX practice, design-centered processes, as well as proven methodologies for identifying and solve problems
- Visual design expertise demonstrated through wireframes, mock-ups, styleguides, motion studies and prototypes that help communicate clearly the design solution & quickly iterate through design variations.
- Conduct user-centered design methods, including user research and synthesis, exploration, storytelling, detailed design, user testing and prototyping to help drive and affirm design direction
- Expertise in working with cross functional teams
- Solid understanding and experience of marketing and advertising principles
- Make ideas tangible to open communication from team members and ensure a shared vision to help define & deliver results
- A positive attitude, open mind, out of the box thinking and a desire to collaborate, share and learn
I live to create holistic design solutions to user-centered products that address business requirements and bring value to their customers
My Degrees, Education & Experience
- Masters in Design Management from Savannah College of Art & Design
- Bachelor of Fine Arts in Computer Art & Design
- Certificate of Completion in Project Management from Portland State University
- Constantly learning and staying relevant. Courses taken: C# Programming, Object-Oriented Programming. Android Development, JavaScript and many more to come
- Total of 14+ years of Design and Development experience in the Technology field
Most experience working in:
- Complex interfaces and architectures
- Planning and developing of more efficient processes; Design Thinking
- Planning and conducting user research
- Creating applications across various platforms and media frameworks: Playstation, Apple TV, Fire TV, Xbox, Web, Tablet and Mobile Phones
- Designing: UX, UI, IA, Visual Design, Pattern Libraries
- Front-End Development: UI, Style, Interaction and Animation Implementations
- Agile & SCRUM Methodologies towards Software Development
- C#, ASP.NET, WinJS, Javascript, Jquery, CSS3, LESS CSS Framework, Ruby on Rails, PHP, WordPress, HTML5 Boilerplate, Bootstrap, Drupal, SiteCore, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Windows Applications, Adobe Suites and E-Commerce platforms