I have worked as an Art Director/User Experience Expert in both full time positions and as an independent freelancer. I have knowledge and experience working with user-centered design principles, PLUS, experience managing successful creative teams in large scale projects. My professional skills draw on 8 years of previous experience as an Art Director, and Lead Designer working with top fortune 500 companies such as Visa and eBay/PayPal. I would like to work with no-nonsense people who know what they want and how to achieve their objectives successfully. Be part of a team of Creatives that are fiercely determined to develop killer ideas and have the passionate drive to fulfill their visions.
- At least 8 years hands-on industry experience
- Develop and communicate industry-leading creative concepts
- Acute understanding of user-centered principles
- Acute attention to usability, content driven design
- Strong understanding and formal training in graphic design principles such as Typography, Color Theory, and Composition
- Ability to conceptualize multiple unique designs within a tight time frame
- All around fun person to work with
October 2006-Present
eBay Inc.- PayPal Division
Online Payments Solution
www.paypal.com
Lead Designer
Here at PayPal, I work closely with UED: interaction designers, design researchers, web developers, and cross-functional teams: Product Management, Marketing, Engineering, etc. within the user experience department as well as stakeholders across all the business units in PayPal/eBay to develop global designs and design guidelines.
- Translate design problems with many stakeholders into scalable design solutions, and communicate design rationales to various audiences
- Establish and cultivate internal relationships with key contacts across departments
- Provide visual design as well as user interaction guidance for developers and for other UED teams through implementing and designing for cross-network interfaces and Platform best practices
May 2006-October 2006
AllBusiness.com
Online Business Resource Site
www.allbusiness.com
Senior Art Director
Responsible for directing and designing of new concepts, architecture and branding presence for AllBusiness.com. In a few month, I was able to implement a process to overhaul the Interaction and visual design language of AllBusiness.com to new industry standards and beyond. The refreshed site architecture and design helped attract millions more visitors and subsequently helped the company grow tremendously.
- Supervisory role included managing team with art direction, critique and workflow management.
- Provided Visual Design (layout, look and feel) for entire site redesign.
- Researched and analyzed creative campaign goals, assuring that the company s image strongly reflects current industry standards and trends.
- Working with project management to determine milestones and deliverables, assessing creative needs and coordination of production resources
- Initialized and solidified company s visual image by providing strong creative solutions, concepts and design in both on and offline marketing devices.
August/2000-May 2006
EXTRACTABLE SOLUTIONS
Web Consulting Agency
www.extractable.com
Senior Art Director
Responsible for directing and designing of new concepts, architecture and branding presence for 98% of Extractable’s clients. These clients included Visa, Palm, Palmsource, 3Com, Scantron, SupportSoft, Amerisource Bergen, CTA and many more.
- Art Directing and Design of high caliber Fortune 500 company web sites
- Providing the creative vision, strategy and leadership for all Extractable creative project development.
- Defining the strategic goals and accompanying business challenges of proposed creative projects.
- Working with project management to determine milestones and deliverables, assessing creative needs and coordination of production resources
- Developing project prototypes including application and UI designs, style guides, art, animation, and multimedia production as necessary
- Researching, evaluating and implimentation of new design trends that may influence future projects
Academy of Art University
San Francisco