he simply blew
our minds away with
the 'Avila' scalable
design framework
Interface designer, consultant, developer, strategist, UX designer, and design educator. Wield a full quiver of skills to connect teams with design thinking. Experienced in best practice design for digital product teams.
Design Consultant Capslock.io Jan 2014 to Current
Design and development of web and mobile applica ons. Lead and train teams with design thinking and strategy. Services include embedded consul ng, contract design and development, product design, system design, interface design, user tes ng, device lab engineering, improvement implementa on, agile / scrummethodology.
Designer Walmart.com Sep 2013 to Jan 2014
User experience and design for walmart.com. Used design thinking to connect designers, marketers and engineers across mul ple departments. Contracted to create flow diagrams, draw mockups, analyze user data, and build responsive designs.
Developer SFgroove.com Sep 2012 to Sep 2013
Theme development and site building for Drupal pla orm websites. Developed custom responsive themes, managed pla orm installa on, upgrades, and module customiza on. Guided team to implement best development prac ces. Design Strategist Civica ons.com Aug2010 toMay 2011 Internal iden ty and strategy work for the CivicAc ons brand. Produced personas, visual designs, infographics, reports, pitch templates, flow diagrams, trade show material, mobile applica on, and website designs.
UX Designer Prophet.com Aug 2010 to May 2011
Client strategy, pitch wri ng, mobile applica on design, website design. Traveled to deliver client pitches, produced visual mockups for na ve mobile applica ons, web
applica ons, websites, and internal marke ng material. Web Developer Bleumarke ng.com Oct 2009 toMar 2011 Produc on of websites, microsites, banner adver sements, and emails for a variety of commercial clients across mul ple industries. Managed mul ple products concurrently with rapid produc on and quality control.
Design Instructor Baycat.org Aug 2007 to Aug 2009
Designed new brands, managed campaigns, produced print and web materials for a variety of non-profit and social jus ce clients. Managed interns, taught design classes, and held workshops in graphic design and anima on.
Freelance Various Clients Oct 2004 to Sep 2013
Contract work in applica on, web, and print design. Designed and built user interface for video games. Developed JavaScript applica ons. Built long-term
rela onships with clients to develop marke ng material, websites, and adver sements. Front end development, CMS management, content development, client management, and design strategy.
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–Amilcar Chavarria
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***@********.** +1-415-***-**** in/danvallentyne CLIENTS
Select brands I've worked with:
AIGASF, Bank of the West,
Cisco, Ci bank, Hewle
Packard, New Dimension Arts,
People, Snapfish, Inter-
Con nental Hotel, Union Bank
of California, Walmart
EDUCATION
Design and Digital Applica on
Bachelors of Arts, California
State University Monterey Bay,
Graduated 2003
Graphic, Visual, and Interface
Design. So ware Engineering.
PASSIONS
Internet The
Illustration
Science Fiction
Diving
Digital Media
Natural The World
SPEAKING
Fuckup Nights
March 2016, Playa Del Carmen
LOCATION
Travels anywhere for
embedded work or
works remotely.
From the San Francisco Bay Area
LANGUAGES
Spanish Fluent
Portuguese Basic
English Na ve
DESIGN DEV
JavaScript
HTML
SASS/CSS
Git
Node.js
Linux Admin
Interface Design
Responsive Design
Graphic Design
Feature Design
Mobile App Design
PRODUCT
User Tes ng
Rapid Prototyping
Agile / Scrum
Client Management
TOOLS
Adobe Suite
Affinity Designer
Illustra on
DaVinci Resolve
WORK
capslock.io
Client Work
danvallentyne.com
Professional History
/kidconcept
github.com
sweetclocks.party
Web App
kidconcept.com
Personal Art
My mission is to design ways
to educate, promote science,
and protect our environment.
***@********.** +1-415-***-**** in/danvallentyne