Design Project

BRYANREA

**th Street Apt *** San Francisco, CA **114 650-***-**** bryanrea.com *****@*******.********.***

Education UC Berkeley School of Information

Master's of Information Management Systems

Expected graduation May, 2013 GPA: 3.96

Focusing on behavior change, decision-making and applying behavioral economics to design

problems to help people make better decisions through technology

Stanford University

B.S. in Symbolic Systems (HCI focus) and B.A. in Psychology (cognitive focus)

Graduated April, 2008 GPA: 3.56

Coursework focused on user-centered design techniques including need-finding, qualitative

research, brainstorming, iterative design, rapid prototyping and usability testing

Skills Interaction Design

Information architecture, storyboarding, wireframing, prototyping, visual design, style guides

User Research and Usability Testing

Contextual inquiry, ethnographic interviews, surveys, heuristic evaluation, usability testing

Applications and Technology

Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks, Flash, Omnigraffle, Balsamiq, Axure, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, XML,

Java, C/C++, Objective-C, PHP, SQL

Experience Interaction Design Intern, Google Play Music [5/12 8/12]

Conducted a heuristic evaluation of music on Google Play, explored ways to make the upload

experience an enjoyable part of the product

Designed new ways of listening to and discovering music on both Android and the web

Assisted on Google Now diary study, analyzed user feedback, worked with the product team to

brainstorm solutions to observed usability issues and opportunities

Perfect Cup Prototype, UC Berkeley [2/12 5/12]

Designed and prototyped an iPhone app for capturing, rating and sharing coffee experiences

Interviewed speciality coffee roasters and drinkers to understand needs around tasting, rating, and

enjoying coffee, translated needs into scenarios, created wireframes in Balsamiq to quickly explore

various concepts, built final prototype in Axure

Mixed Feelings Information Visualization, UC Berkeley [2/12 5/12]

Explored new ways of visualizing ambivalence (simultaneous positive and negative feelings) in

public opinion polls through an interactive information visualization

Responsible for initial sketches, wireframes, and visual design

Built final visualization using a mix of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript including the d3.js library

Interaction Designer, Shopping.com [3/07 6/11]

Involved in all aspects of product development including ideation, information architecture,

wireframing, prototyping, user research, visual design, style guide and final spec writing

Launched a successful user research and usability testing program

Lead Interaction Designer for redesign of Dealtime.com, Shopping.com 5-year vision project, and

Product Page redesign

Spearheaded company book club to encourage idea exchange

LIFT iPod Personal Trainer Prototype, Stanford [9/06 12/06]

Identified user needs around enhancing current gym experience, created Lo-Fi paper prototypes

for quick, iterative design, used Flash and JavaScript to build final Hi-Fi prototype

Project won Best Overall Design from panel of industry judges

fMRI Research Assistant, Stanford [6/06 9/06]

Assisted with experiment design, ran participants in fMRI experiment, analyzed data

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