Design System

MICK ROSOLEK 917-***-****

* **** **** ****** #* ****.*******@*****.***

Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706

I b ring over twelve years of experience as a UX Designer and Information Architect in the

Corporate and Agency environment designing sites and applications for desktop, tablet and

mobile devices which help to fulfill business requirements and needs.

F reelance UX Designer and I nformation Architect A ugust 2005 to

p resent

C lients: P rojects:

o o o

AIG McGarry Bowen Mobile Application Design

o o o

Corsair Studios Medicus Web Site Design

o o o

Digitas NYSE Business Systems Interface

o o

Evoke Interactive Renegade Design

o

o Consumer Websites

G2 M arketing

o o

o Ruder Finn Social Networking

Grey Health Group

o o

o Sapient B2B

Harrison and Star

o o

o Showtime eCommerce

Hanft Raboy

o Scholastic Books

Partners

o o

I MC Standard & Poors

o o

Knowledgent Sudler & Hennesey

o MRM World Wide

D esign:

• Designed web site and application interface Site Maps and Wireframes for:

o Mobile H and-held Devices

o Tablets

o Desktop

o Tradeshow Panels and Kiosk’s

o Tablet PC’s

• Built Site Maps based on content audits and site taxonomies which were designed to fulfill

business requirements.

• Designed responsive web based applications and sites to allow these systems to be viewed

p roperly by users with tablet and mobile devices.

• Utilized the inherent capabilities of the tablet and mobile devices to enhance the user experience

on these devices.

• Designed enhancements to business systems within an Agile Development environment.

• Advocated usability best practices for application interfaces and implemented these in new and

existing designs.

Usability and the UCD P rocess:

• Conducted Heuristic Evaluations on existing systems to determine deficiencies and made

recommendations for immediate and long term improvements.

• Conducted Card-Sort usability test with users to determine:

o Site taxonomies

o Interface viability

o Screen sequencing

• Conducted workshops and interviewed users of various systems to determine workflows, system

touch points and potential areas of concern in for new and existing redesigns.

• Built H TML, Axure, iRise and paper prototypes for usability testing and applied findings to

designs using the UCD methodology within Agile sprints.

• Utilized the inherent capabilities of the tablet and mobile devices to enhance UX.

• Advised on, and established, UX best practices

Documentation:

• Annotated sitemaps and screen wireframes with concise documentation to facilitate proper

development and coding of sites and applications.

• Documented content audits of existing web sites and analyzed these content audits with

business owners and web strategist and built site taxonomies from these sessions.

• Wrote personas based on user interviews which identified user needs and design enhancements

opportunities.

• Developed use case documentation.

• Researched and documented common interface design solutions and implemented designs based

on user needs and business requirements.

• Analyzed site metrics to determine how users obtain information from sites and used this data to

determine web site and application navigation schemes.

• Advised on and established UX design best practices.

• Wrote Functional Specs and Wireframe annotation.

Business Requi rements:

• Examined Product Requirement Documents (PRD’s) to determine appropriate design

methodologies, and to ensure that system functionality would meet the business requirements

w hile maintaining project scope.

• Researched existing and competitor systems to contribute in determining appropriate redesign

methodologies.

• Worked with tech teams to determine appropriate software solutions.

• Conducted audits and Heuristic Evaluations to determine system failures and outlined redesign

strategies.

• Designed “quick fixes” where possible to improve system performance in the short term and

a llow mission critical systems to take priority.

• Worked with Business Analysts and Copy Writers to shape the content story and ensure a

complete yet concise message was delivered.

• Through interviews with product owners and system stakeholders determined the function and

i dentified appropriate and targeted areas of attention for a system.

• Worked with content strategists to determine current and obsolete content .

• Worked with client service teams to ascertain greater understanding of client and product needs.

• Met with product stakeholders and C level executives to identify product and market gaps then

recommended system and design solutions.

S taff UX Designer and I nformation Architect Positions

UX Design Lead, V ibrant Media New York, NY April 2012 – December 2012

Designed an interface and system to initiate and track online advertising campaigns.

W hen implemented this system will replaced five out dated legacy software interfaces.

• Conducted workshops with internal user to understand current system operations which include

user testing of present system.

• Interviewed specific users to determine their system touch points.

• Determining system failures and outlined redesign strategies.

• Designed “quick fixes” where possible to improve system performance in the short term.

• Developed Axure prototypes and conducted UCD sessions with user within Agile sprints to both

i mprove the design and define an MVP.

• Delivered a system and interface design that can track an online advertising campaign and

associated assets from conception to implementation through to reconciliation. System also

contains an internal messaging system.

Production Di rector, Studio One Networks, New York, NY M arch 2008 –

April 2009

• Oversee production and maintenance of all Studio One Network web programs and partner web

sites which includes:

o Updating content and creation of web materials

o Communicating to the client or account services all task deadlines, progress, changes

and updates to projects

o Ensuring adherence to best practice standards and guidelines

o D ealing with external and internal customer queries in a timely and efficient manner

• Introduced Usability and Accessibility guidelines on all aspects of Web Production

• Coordinate work with off-site vendors

• Wrote quality control standards for SON and procedures for checking and maintaining these

standards

• Conceived and implemented job tracking system

• Designed interface for an application to facilitate web syndication request for SON

• Conceived and designed original SON web syndicated programs, (micro sites)

User Interface Designer, DoubleClick, New York, NY J une 2004 – July 2005

• Designed software interfaces to fulfill product and marketing requirements and according to the

user-centered design process

• Designed large scale features and continuous enhancements for multiple web based and software

applications for media planning, ad serving and campaign management

• Conducted usability test and concluded design decisions from test results

• Developed wireframes, prototypes and visual designs

• Developed clear and thorough documentation of feature interaction and architecture for tech and

p rogramming teams

• Wrote documentation on product requirements for engineers and product managers according to

marketing requirement documentation

• Collaborated among multiple teams throughout the product release cycle

User Interface Design Specialist, Northwestern Mutual, M ilwaukee, WI, May 2001– April

2004

• Lead role on project development teams consisting of Designers, Programmers and User-

Centered Design Specialist designing front-end interfaces of web based applications and

i ntranets using; HTML, CSS, JAVA Script and Photoshop. Reported to department head

• Conducted and evaluated pre-design usability labs to bench mark user task and determine

usability deficiencies in design, conducted and evaluated post-design usability labs to evaluate

design and document usability improvements

• Served as liaison with design team and programmers implementing user centered design

p rinciples during the interface design process

• Managed interface design and Intranet projects from conception to implementation including

I ntranet usability redesign, which won the Neilson Norman Group, Ten Best Intranet award of

2002

Graphic/Web Designer, Street Cance Advertising Milwaukee, WI June 1997 – January 2001

Production Artist/Graphic Designer, Adams Alioto Inc, San Francisco, May 1993 – March 1997

Skills:

• Practical knowledge and working application of Agile Methodology

• Solid knowledge of user interface design, information architecture and HCI principles.

• Diverse experience investigating user goals and workflows through usability testing and user

research processes including use cases, surveys, heuristic evaluations, workshops and contextual

i nquiry

• Strong analytical and strategic thinking applied to solving complex problems and understanding

business requirements and market trends

• Clear writing and interpersonal communication skills. Cross-cultural team and outsourcing

experience

• Deep familiarity with web technologies, design principles and prototyping

Software and Languages:

• Visio

• Axure

• HTML, DHTML, CSS

• iRise

• Drupal

• Adobe CS

• OmniGraffle

Education and T raining:

1985 – Milwaukee Area Technical College Milwaukee, WI

Contact this candidate