SHAUNESSY
O'BRIEN
I'm continually honing my
craft as a designer and
artist encompassing all
aspects of print, web and
user interface design.
In my free time I enjoy
traveling, sculpting,
sketching, disc golf,
hiking and snowboarding.
D E S I G N E R
SENIOR GRAPHIC UI VISUAL FREELANCE
Employment Background
Obsidian Creative Senior Designer/Personal freelance company: 1999-Present, Longmont, CO
• Completed short and long term, onsite and remote contract design opportunities
• Designed digital and print marketing materials as well as corporate identification packages
• Managed the design and maintenance of small business to large corporate web presence
• Recurring contract for annual design of the All Good music festival program and posters
• Digital art for tickets, social media and event posters created for multiple regional Burning Man events LogRhythm User Interface Designer/Artist: 2014-2017, Boulder, CO
• Collaborated with internal departments on sprint planning and UI/UX analysis of new features
• Managed all visual design stages for product/features from concept to release
• Conceptualized original ideas that brought simplicity and user friendliness to complex design needs
• Presented and supported new designs at key milestones to peers and executive level stakeholders
• Conducted user testing and evaluated user feedback
• Designed UI for core and secondary software products, marketing website and customer portal
• As part of a small R&D team I managed and designed the UI/UX for a new user analytics software
• Established and promoted visual design guidelines, best practices and standards
• Hired and mentored junior - intermediate level creative employees Vail Resorts Digital Designer: 2012-2014, Broomfield, CO
• Managed web content and seasonal graphics updates for 6 different retail brands
• Created weekly e-mail marketing campaigns supporting over 180 city and mountain retail stores
• Responsible for weekly e-mail marketing performance reports per campaign
• Designed marketing collateral across all retail and resort brands in digital and print channels Intrado Senior Graphic Designer: 2008-2011, Longmont, CO
• Designed documentation, sales support, environmental design and trade show materials
• Managed the design and implementation of print/digital content for industry events, sales seminars, executive meetings/presentations, and public safety conferences
• Managed the Marketing Communication departments print design budget Daily Camera Newspaper Senior Advertising Designer: 2004-2008, Boulder, CO
• Retail print design, on-line ad development, layout and pagination of special sections
• Full page 4-color print designs for national quarterly HGTV and Food Network magazine Qualifications
• Expert knowledge of Adobe CS, specifically adept in Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign
• Experience in Sketch, InVision, Balsamiq, XD, MS Office, CA Technologies, Trello, GitHub
• Well versed in the areas of User Interface design and best practices for User Experience design
• Created and administered user testing, virtually and on-site
• Managed and mentored creative professionals
• Experienced in working on teams adhering to agile project management methodology
• Advanced understanding of ExactTarget and Constant Contact email marketing platforms
• Familiar with HTML, CSS, WordPress
Education, Conferences and Workshops
Denver Institute of Technology Denver, CO
• Associate of Applied Science in Graphic Design
• Alpha Beta Kappa Honor Society
AdobeMAX 2016 San Diego, CA
• Topic of study: User Experience and User Interface design ExactTarget: Connections 2013 Conference Indianapolis, IN
• Topic of study: Email marketing design, development and campaign reporting Photoshop World/Kelby Seminars 2009, 2010 Las Vegas, NV
• Topic of study: Advanced Photoshop techniques, digital photography and poster design Longmont, CO, USA
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