Experience
Sr. UX Designer
Dec 2013 – Present
Amazon
Seattle, WA
User Experience Designer for Amazon Appstore.
Creative Director
Mar 2010 – Oct 2013
UIEvolution
Kirkland, WA
Responsible for building a team of 10+ creative team members and engaging Fortune 500 customers in design projects across mobile, tablet, automotive applications, smart TV and digital signage. Responsible for design direction of internal tools and brand usage, corporate sales & marketing materials and website. I was responsible for instituting standardized design documentation for projects and, implementing use of time tracking software for the creative team.
Creative Director
Feb 2009 – Mar 2010
Freelance
Seattle, WA
User experience design and illustration for mobile applications and websites. Clients include Dashwire, BigCanvas, UIEvolution, NYSEA Gallery, SPUN Clothing.
Creative Director
May 2006 – Feb 2009
DreamBox Learning
Bellevue, WA
An online educational site that teaches K-2 students math fundamentals through an engaging experience featuring interactive lessons and casual games.
Managed team of designers, animators, voice actors and production artists. Responsible for all aspects of the design and art process. Creative direction, product development, story development, design, user experience, animation, character design, voice acting, audio design. Worked with educators and developers to create learning tools for online math lessons.
Winner of several education software awards and two patents for math learning tools in online math instruction including Editor’s Choice Award: Children’s Technology Review, 5 stars: USA Today.
Lead Designer
Jul 2001 – May 2006
UIEvolution
Bellevue, WA
Lead application design, corporate identity, marketing materials, website and internal application design. Created design solutions for such clients as Square Enix, Disney, Starwave Mobile, ESPN, and the PGA Tour. Responsible for design team training and mentorship.
Senior Designer
Oct 2000 – Feb 2001
Walt Disney Internet Group
Seattle, WA
Designer for community web applications and tools. Worked with a team of developers and project managers on web application prototypes and internal management tools for Walt Disney Internet Group’s family of sites (Disney, ESPN, GO.com, Movies.com). Projects included global login, instant messenger and auditorium chat as well as assisting affiliate sites in customization and deployment of applications.
Lead Designer
Apr 1996 – Aug 2000
Headbone Interactive
Seattle, WA
Lead design and production team in the development of Headbone.com web content as well as client projects and interactive online games. Responsibilities included site design, scheduling, budgeting, spec writing, and team management of up to four designers and developers.
Clients included General Mills, Harper Collins, Nortel Networks, Fleet Bank, AAL, Kodak, and The History Channel/A&E.
Designer – 1997-1999
Designed web sites and content for Headbone.com and their clients. Responsibilities included writing concept specs, client presentations, site architecture and design, art direction of other designers, illustrators and print designers.
Production Designer – 1995-1997
Designed interactive games for award winning World Tour CD-ROM. Responsible for design and production of interactive multimedia including audio editing and project archival. Designed and produced web pages and graphics for Headbone.com. Responsibilities included web design, HTML, web production.
Other Experience
Gallery Owner
June 2009 – Present
Flatcolor Gallery
Seattle, WA
Flatcolor Gallery features local and national contemporary artists.
From designers and illustrators, to street artists and tattoo artists, Flatcolor Gallery is dedicated to bringing a fresh perspective on art and creativity to Seattle’s art scene and online.
Responsibilities include all aspects of gallery ownership including; artist selection, event planning, exhibition promotion, graphic design, art installation and fine art printing.
Expertise & Skills
Concept development
Client presentations and proposals
Project and team management
Project planning
Scrum
Design direction
UX design for iOS, Android, Smart TV, and other feature phone platforms.
Product testing
Rapid prototyping
Icon design
Logo design and branding
Interactive media & game development
Character design
Audio creation and editing
SFX and music creation
Illustration and Flash animation
Print production
Tools & Technology
Adobe Creative Suite
Axure
Omnigraffle
MS Office Suite
JIRA
HTML 5, CSS, responsive design
WordPress
Shopify
Working knowledge of web frameworks (Bootstrap, Foundation)
Mac, PC and Unix platforms
Knowledge of Ruby/Rails, PHP, Xcode
Education
Sep 1993 – Jun 1995