Design Management
Resume:
george lin
*****@*******.***
www.georgeplus.com
SUMMARY: 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 Yahoo!, 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 ercely determined to develop killer ideas and have the
passionate drive to ful ll their visions.
Specialties:
- 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
- Sound knowledge of platform limitations
EXPERIENCE: August 2008 Present
Yahoo! Inc.
Search & Web Portal
www.yahoo.com
Sr./Sta Designer
At Yahoo!, I'm responsible for art directing and designing of new concepts, architecture and branding presence for Yahoo! Health. I work
closely with all UED members, front/backend engineering, Product Management, Marketing, as well as stakeholders across all the
business units to develop user centric designs and design guidelines.
Responsibilities:
- Provide the creative vision, strategy and leadership to develop a more user centric Y! Health.
- Working with senior management to determine milestones and deliverables, assessing user experience needs and coordination of
production resources
- Provid Art Direction for co-branding partners
- Develop project prototypes for user friendly designs
October 2006-Present
eBay Inc.- PayPal Division
Online Payments Solution
www.paypal.com
Lead Visual Designer
Here at PayPal, I will 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 guidance for developers and for other UED teams through implementing and designing for cross-network
interfaces and Platform best practices.
- Working with project management to determine milestones and deliverables, assessing creative needs and coordination of production
resources
- Work with technology team and designers to develop cross-network scalable presentation layer design solutions for network
implementation, maintaining deep understanding of platform products and their inter-relationships.
- Researching, evaluating and implimentation of new design trends that may in uence future projects.
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.
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.
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
- Provide the creative vision, strategy and leadership
- De ning the strategic goals and accompanying business challenges of proposed user experience projects.
- Working with senior management to determine milestones and deliverables, assessing user experience needs and coordination of
production resources
- Developing project prototypes for user friendly designs
SKILLS: Pro cient in Photoshop, Illustrator, Quark X-Press, In Design, Flash, Microsoft O ce Suite. Familiar with functionality and implementation
of most design and web technologies, including Flex, Fireworks, CSS, HTML, Javascript, generator capabilities, browser cross platform
di erences. PC and Mac savvy.
Fluent in English and Chinese (Mandarin)
EDUCATION: Bachelor of Fine Arts
Photography, December 2000
Academy of Art University
San Francisco
Asscociate Degree
International Business, June 1996
Tamsui Oxford University
Taipei, Taiwan
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