RAMAHN GORDON
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Designer with a professional background in both creative and technical design for production media and web and mobile applications.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Adobe Software (19yrs), 3D Software (12yrs), UX/UI Design (5yrs), Interactive Design (5yrs).
Yochana IT Solutions ( August 2016 to March 2017) – Washington, DC
UX/UI Design & Visual Design
Work with a team of onsite designers and offshore developers on internal web and mobile applications
User research and application testing
Attain requirements from BA’s and team leads for the UX and UI needs
Create wireframes and working prototypes to be developed by the offshore teams
Creating style guides and standardization for current and future design templates. Managing current design materials and assets. Graphic asset creation.
Syntel Inc.: ( June 2015 to July 2016) - Woodland Hills, CA
UX/UI Design & Graphic Design
Worked as the sole UX/UI designer onsite for our health care client Anthem
Reviewed customer and end-user requirements and create overall UX concept and strategy
Created high level concept-documents and idea-visualizations
Explore, design, and specify key screen layouts, navigation, interactions, and workflows (high level and detailed)
Designed wireframes and interactive prototypes
Conducted sessions with internal design team members or with clients to define visual design direction
Worked on Agile projects and in a SCRUM process
Collaborated with other designers and offshore developers
TCS (Tata Consultancy Services) ( October 2012 to March 2015) - Long Beach, CA
UX/UI Design, Graphic Design, 3D Design & Animation
Worked as the sole Graphics and UX/UI designer onsite for our client Boeing
UX/UI Design for mobile and web applications (Primarily mobile iOS, but also included Android, Windows)
Responsible for creating and managing all visual content and assets for our web and mobile applications
Data Visualization
Created and manage any 3D model assets and animation design necessary for our applications
Created internal presentation media
Designed wireframes and interactive prototypes
Worked on Agile projects and in a SCRUM process
NORTHROP GRUMMAN AEROSPACE (2011) – Palmdale, CA
Graphic Artist II
Used 3D design and animation to create graphic instructional work packages
Packages were created for mobile devices and used by shop mechanics to instruct the repair and assembly of USAF planes and other vehicles
THE M&T COMPANY (2010 to 2011) – Virginia Beach, VA
Technical Illustrator
Created and edited graphics for use in US military technical and field publications
Developed graphics suitable for web and other electronic uses
Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding (2005 to 2010) – Newport News, VA
Technical Designer
Create 2D and 3D design of Naval Carrier ship system in accordance with engineer drawings and shipbuilding best practices.
TECHNICAL SUMMARY
SKILLS: Adobe CS Suite, Graphic Design, Motion Graphics, 2D Animation, Interactive Design, Web
Animation, Video Editing, Audio Editing, UX/UI Design, Specification gathering, Concept Development, Storyboarding, Prototyping, Typography, Some HTML, CSS, & FTP, 3D Modeling, 3D Animation, Visual Effects, Rendering, Lighting, Matte Painting, Compositing.
SOFTWARE: Fluent in All Adobe Creative Suites and Creative Cloud Software(Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, etc.), Autodesk Entertainment Creation Suite and Production Design Suite (Maya, 3Ds Max, etc.), Vue, Final Cut Pro, Microsoft Office Suite, Keynote, Sketch, Balsamiq, Axure, OmniGraffle, Invision, Catia V4 & 5, Unity.
EDUCATION
Academy of Art University – Animation & Visual Effects [2012] MA
TNCC - Technical 3D Design [2005] AS
University at Buffalo - Planning [2000] BS
Sample work:
http://www.ramahngordon.com/resume/resume.html