Interactive Designer
Resume:
Joe Hair
SKILLS SUMMARY
**+ years of experience with UI/UX designs, User Experience Management, Wireframe Development
oDeveloped site maps, navigation maps, page flows, sketches, conceptual designs, storyboards, usage scenarios, wireframes and prototypes
oDesigned and delivered compelling, end-to-end user experience solutions for multiple products and platforms, from assessing and defining customer needs to delivering concepts, to prioritizing features, to presenting and evaluating prototypes, to validating user experience feedback
12+ years of experience in providing creative ideas helping product managers understand the latest trends in user application interactivity
10 years of experience with working with multiple stakeholders like product managers, developers, testers
15 years of work experience to create wireframes based on requirements provided by product managers
Developed web-based (CSS3/HTML5/JS-Jquery/Twitter Bootstrap/Less) application front-ends and rapid prototypes for demonstration and development internally, and externally for clients and future customers
Worked with stakeholders to understand use case problems and create effective UI solutions and proficient in Photoshop, Illustrator, Axure, UX pins, HTML5, CSS3, SASS/LESS & JavaScript for rapid prototyping
Certification:
Microsoft Certified in CIW
Skills & Expertise:
Adobe Creative Suite, Coda 2, Omnigraffle, Axure, HTML5, CSS3 Wordpress, Bootstrap
WORK EXPERIENCE
Owner, UI/UX Consultant at Eyedg.com January 2000 - Present
UI/UX Designer Consultant- Information Architect, Front End Web Guru
Freelance Consultant - Information Architect, UI/UX Designer, Front End Web Guru
Develop site maps, navigation maps, page flows, sketches, conceptual designs, storyboards, usage scenarios, wireframes and prototypes.
Design and deliver compelling, end-to-end user experience solutions for multiple products and platforms, from assessing and defining customer needs to delivering concepts, to prioritizing features, to presenting and evaluating prototypes, to validating user experience feedback.
Proficiency in Photoshop, Illustrator, Axure and UX pins.
Proficiency in HTML5, CSS3, SASS/LESS & JavaScript for rapid prototyping.
Excellent visual design skills with sensitivity to user-system interaction
Lead UI/UX Designer at Milestone Internet Marketing March 2016 – June 2017
Bootstrap/foundation/less/scss/grunt/node development
Design and deliver web applications/cross browser compliant
Creating low to high fidelity prototypes (paper sketches, Balsamiq, HTML/CSS, Axure, InVision, Proto.io, Photoshop)
Wireframes, screen-flow diagrams, pattern libraries, UX documentation
Communicating designs and user research to teams and stakeholders, collaborating and iterating in accordance with research, feedback, or scope and implementation challenges
Mentoring teams in UX techniques, working with them throughout the development lifecycle
Lead UI/UX Designer at EssilorUSA.com November 2015 – March 2016
Create clean, effective design solutions for complex user workflows and tasks
Work with stakeholders to understand use case problems and create effective UI solutions
Create and demonstrate design mockups at every stage, from wireframes to high-fidelity prototypes
Develop, document, and maintain a library of design patterns and style guides
Develop web-based (CSS3/HTML5/JS-Jquery/Twitter Bootstrap/Less) application front-ends and rapid prototypes for demonstration and development internally and externally for clients and future customers.
Lead UI/UX Designer at Astadia August 2014 – November 2015
Interface design and page layouts for Multiple clients
Developing front-end foundation/HTML/CSS/grunt framework
Proficient in sourctree/git gub
Worked with Product team on new features
Mobile app design and development
User-flows & information architecture
Creating wireframes and user-flows
Art direction on branding and website style guide aesthetics
Designed online and print marketing and promotional material
Lead UI/UX Designer at Press Ganey Associates September 2012 – August 2014
Build a refined and consistent user experience across various web/mobile applications.
Develop web-based (CSS3/HTML5/JS-Jquery/Twitter Bootstrap/Less) application front-ends and rapid prototypes for demonstration and development internally, and externally for clients and future customers.
Support back-end development team merging visual layer with business code.
Work with Project Owner and Management Stakeholders to create Wireframes/Hi-Fidelity mocks
Create Info graphics to communicate clinical data in a pleasant and understandable fashion.
Lead UI/UX Designer at Maxim Healthcare Services November 2011 - August 2012
Collaborate with technology and business teams to identify requirements.
Lead designer with experience in interactive design and UX for mobile.
Prototype & wireframe product development using html5, css3 & jquery.
Design user interface for internal and external applications.
Sr. UI/UX Designer at Epsilon September 2011 - November 2011
Lead designer with experience in interactive design and UX for mobile
Wireframes and focus groups
Concept ideation, prototyped & wireframed product development
Leveraged web technologies (HTML5, CSS3, J-query) for rapid application development.
Sr. Interface Designer/UX Designer at The LTV Group January 2011 - June 2011
Provide visual design and user experience expertise to businesses and agencies
Provided art direction, strategic planning, innovative solutions for design challenges
Design Director at Masterlink Interactive June 2010 - January 2011
Assist in project management and budget tracking efforts to ensure accuracy of creative scope, schedule and budget
Served as Creative Lead and mentor for other Designers
Developed sites in Allinta, Kentico & Wordpress CMS systems
Sr. Interactive Designer at Match.com October 2008 - June 2010
Creation of visual brand assets and web/interactive experiences to advance Match.com’s strategic initiatives.
Provide design and execution for web pages, web page elements, online banners, HTML emails, site promotions, partner channels, print collateral and other site features/enhancements.
Creating e-mails, site page updates, banners and interactive pieces based on existing design standard
Collaborate with marketing, communications, programming, and information architecture professionals to design and implement state-of-the-art solutions.
Sr. Production/Designer at imc2 January 2007 - April 2008
Lead Web designer for large interactive advertising agency, conception designs for multimedia, websites, and advertisements
Conceptual design of client websites, banner advertisements, rich media and flash
Interaction with team members across multiple disciplines within the agency throughout the course of project lifecycles
Web site design, production and maintenance
Experience optimizing images for web interface and creating HTML/CSS that matches a PSD layout and understanding how mockups translate to code.
Sr. Web Designer/ACD at Quicksilver Interactive Design Group October 2004 - January 2007
Develop creative concepts for web content and interaction
Present to the client and sell new & innovative ideas
Provide insight and solutions in regards to the web development process
CSS & HTML
Dynamic Template design & creation news & E-mail blast & Blog Interface design Web site maintenance and update
EDUCATION
Associates in Applied Science from Amarillo College, TX
Associates Graphic Design Technology
Member of the Interaction Design Foundation
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