UX designer, New York
ONLY FREELANCE OFF-SITE WORK. NO RECRUITERS PLEASE!
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I am an experienced designer who has followed his passion for printing with ink to coding in bytes. I have designed for magazines and newspapers, websites and apps, and love the process of design that follows the UX needs of the user as an integral aspect of the design process. Here is a bullet list of the things I do as a consultant
- Wire-framing and prototyping
- User testing, personas, and use cases
- Development of sites in CMS (WordPress, Joomla or Drupal) and HTML
- Graphic Design
- User testing
- UX (User Experience)
- SEM (Search Engine Management)
- Website KPI/ROI testing (does the website meet its KPI (key performance indicators) and give an ROI (return on investment)
- Responsive design
- App development
My favorite projects:
Integration of all 330 World Trade Centers into one database and social network
A dynamic graphic website popularizing statistics
Leveraging content from publishers back catalog into mobile and tablet apps.
SOFTWARE SKILLS
InDesign, Photoshop CS (Adobe Expert), Strata 3DPro, Illustrator, HTML 5, CSS 3, JavaScript, Morae
Dreamweaver, Flash, WordPress, Joomla, Drupal. Axure, Omnigraffle, Basilica, Mac and Windows OS
EDUCATION
Bachelor in Education, Hull University, England – BA in Design and Illustration, Gerrit Rietveld Art Academie, Amsterdam – Adobe Certified Photoshop Expert and Instructor – Certified ENG Cameraman
EXPERIENCE
FREELANCE UX DESIGNER
I am an experienced designer who has followed his passion for printing with ink and lead to coding in bytes. I have designed for magazines and newspapers, websites and apps, and love the process of design that follows the UX needs of the user as an integral aspect of the design process.
My favorite projects:
Integration of all 330 World Trade Centers into one database and social network
A dynamic graphic website popularizing statistics
Leveraging content from a publisher back catalog into mobile and tablet apps.
Wolters Kluwer
Senior UX designer
Global UX design for all Wolters Kluwer products.
Interaction Designer
Verizon Wireless
– January 2015
Design, prototype, and specify mobile device user interfaces.
Author UI requirements and administer test plans for those requirements.
Achieve team consensus and executive buy-in on your proposed designs.
Manage external design teams, as needed.
Work closely with Verizon Wireless partners to deliver new devices to market.
Primary Responsibilities
Requirements and Design
Design next generation device experiences by developing UI flows, prototypes, and written requirements.
Maintain existing requirements based on market trends and change requests.
Leverage application life-cycle software for storing and distributing requirements to OEMs
Compliance Testing
Evaluate OEM compliance to requirements.
Evaluate the usability of devices and services created by OEMs.
Generate New Concepts
Prototype and evaluate new UI concepts.
Deliver these concepts to OEMs as UI guidance.
UX Designer
MetLife
– (10 months)1095 Avenue of the Americas, New York
UX Designer
• UX, information architecture, and accessibility
o Roll out of a global Intranet, from just US-based to 10 different languages. Designed UX, within the confines of the brand.
o Design and UX of a Mobile app for a people finder.
o Design for Video showing how to use the Intranet in 10 languages.
o Using UX to introduce social media to the Intranet and how to use social media in the workplace.
o Designing info-graphics as content for the Intranet.
o UX Design of forms which are easy to understand for external sales and HR to fill in and maintain.
o General UX and Graphic Design handyman.
• Wire-framing and Prototyping
• User testing – Use cases, user journeys, and A/B testing
• Creation and documentation of digital work-flow, methodology, and best practices
• Maintain consistency in branding
• Be an evangelist for UX contemporary design and UX trends
UX designer
McCann Regan Campbell Ward
– (less than a year)
Digital Design Lead
Oxford University Press
– (1 year)New York City
Digital Design Lead
Oxford University Press, New York (March 2012 – Present)
• Head designer responsible for digital products, UX, information architecture and accessibility
• Develop eBooks, Apps and online products
• Coordinate team of publishers and editors
• Create task forces and train teams on digital product usage (eBooks, Fonts, Accessibility, etc.)
Graphic Designer
World Trade Centers Association New York
– (2 years)New York
Designer and Marketing Manager
World Trade Center Association, New York (September 2010 – March 2012)
• Create marketing and branding materials for 330 multilingual WTCA members in over 100 countries
• Design and develop World Trade Center Website and Community Network Site
• Establish marketing needs for the WTCA
• Create social networking applications and tools for WTCA members around the world
Graphic Designer and Marketing Manager
E-commerce
– (4 months)
Designer, World Trade Centers Association
Graphic designer
World Trade Center
– (7 years 11 months)
Marketing Manager
World Trade Center Amsterdam
– (5 years 2 months)
Marketing Manager
EDUCATION
Bachelor in Education, Hull University, England – BA in Design and Illustration, Gerrit Rietveld Art Academie, Amsterdam – Adobe Certified Photoshop Expert and Instructor – Certified ENG Cameraman