Ux Design Designer

Trenton Payne

SENIOR DESIGNER

206-***-**** ad5duj@r.postjobfree.com Seattle, Wa www.tpaynedesigns.com

PROFILE SUMMARY

With over twelve years of experience, I oversee web and print product Design that help re ne companies marketing message as well as maintain stylish aesthetics. I also champion human-centered design in collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams including UX Designers, Content Strate- gists, Program and Brand Managers and Researchers. PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Visual Design Print Design Art Direction Art Procurement UX Design Presentation Skills Team Leader Highly E ective Communicator Public Speaking Project Management Process Improvement Strategic Planning Mentoring Human Centered Design Usability 2D and 3D Photoshop Illustrator InDesign After E ects Figma Sketch Jira Asana Word ART DIRECTOR / SENIOR UX DESIGNER Arcane Media Group Seattle, Wa 2017-2023

• Lead and create visual design for a myriad of both print and digital products. This may include both UX design as well as marketing materials for multi-disciplinary teams, extending to creation of original art styles used in a cross-platform environments. Often, this may include adhering to brands already in place to integrate look and feel while at the same time, expand on approved brands to broaden to wider initiatives .

• Present ideas to large teams including cross-platform executives. Mentor junior designers in both Visual and UX design on everything from soft skills to design critiques at milestone intervals. De ne and defend the brand promise as it pertains to each client’s focus. SKILLS

WORK EXPERIENCE

• HIGHLIGHTS: As a preferred provider for a Fortune 50 online sales company, I have created designs that elevated my clients brand enough to win them awards and thus, elevate their business. More than several crowd-sourcing projects that I spearheaded in both design and Art Direction have been overwhelmingly successful and have gone on to production and delivery to customers on time and under budget.

• Acting as a Visual and UX Design consultant, I’ve successfully helped clients re-think their both their brand strategies as well as their heuristic centered designs as they pertain to streaming services and other applications for both IOS and Android. SENIOR VISUAL/UX DESIGNER Amazon Games Seattle, Wa 2013-2016

• Individual contributor to Amazon Games team creating Visual and UX designs for both front end game customers using Amazon Kindle Fire Android Gamecircle ecosystem, as well as back end UX design for Amazon Web Services assisting developers integrate AWS systems into their game dev environments to streamline coding.

• Utilizing solid research and collaboration with cross-functional teams, I followed every product through to fruition, whether it be an interface for streaming gaming services, or, branding on both internal and external web sites geared toward gaming.

• HIGHLIGHTS: As Visual Designer for Game Circle, I successfully launched Amazon Fire Tablet in several size formats including assistance with phone applications. After thorough research and surveys, created wireframes, story mapping and polished prototypes for both the Web Services Portal as well as the Premiere site for edgling fan game site. Also prototyped game integration for Twitch Streaming Services.

• Mentor junior level UX designers and Visual designers through corporate in-house program. Discussed and assisted with best practices across teams, as well as soft skills and leadership principles. SENIOR VISUAL DESIGN LEAD USX Mobile Seattle, Wa 2011-2013

• Individual contributor as well as manager to small team focusing on designing visual systems for product tools as well as marketing ads, banners, and micro-sites for web products and phone software apps. Set weekly tasks and acted as SCRUM leader for all projects across the team.

• Art Director for several ongoing seasonal projects. This included seeking out, interviewing, and onboarding artists as well as managing their workload on a weekly basis.

• HIGHLIGHTS: Amazon product design work created by myself and my team helped increase seasonal downloads for both tablet and phone apps of over eleven percent from previous seasons where visual design was not a priority. This included both IOS and Android systems. Also, ad click-throughs increased on several micro-site builds my team designed in Q4 surpassing Q1-Q3. VISUAL DESIGNER / UX Endless.com Seattle, Wa 2008-2011

• Sole Visual Designer for all print and digital deliverables. Created all site- ips, outgoing digital banners, ads, social media content, and print magazine ads. Worked closely with photography studios acting as ll-in Art Director and liaison to Site Merchandisers for all ongoing product photography.

• Designed, defended and secured approval on all outgoing email campaigns on a daily basis including additional seasonal designs when applica- ble. Collaborating with cross-team concepts and brainstorming on new products.

• HIGHLIGHTS: Utilizing animation software and extensive re-touching of on-location photography yielded a much higher click through and conversion rate on seasonal online products catalogue. Additional visual design for style guides in Q4 had 90% of all products showcase sell out within the rst day of online o ering.

• Assisted UX team with designs on various new products alongside research teams when needed. Brainstorm new concepts in design. SENIOR VIDEO / MEDIA DESIGN LEAD Intrepid LS Seattle, Wa 2005-2008

• Individual contributor as well as Manager to team of UX designers and Video Producers creating digital solutions for various clients including Microsoft, State Street, and Boeing. Ran daily and weekly SCRUM meetings. Acquired new talent and managed freelance workloads.

• Created UX wireframes, storyboards, and high end prototypes for various clients. Ongoing partnerships with back end engineers helped solidify

nal solutions where all parties were able to take ownership.

• HIGHLIGHTS: Digital prototypes that my team created integrating animation alongside instructional design and marketing helped land several large Fortune 100 clients in the nancial institutions realm. We were able to expand our team on several occasions because of our expertise in taking existing brands and expanding on them across training, marketing, and entertainment.

• Mentored junior level videographers and graphic designers on various projects including website skinning as well as on location production sprints. Edited or oversaw all editing for marketing and instructional videos for intranet sites, commercials, etc. EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT KANSAS CITY BACHELOR’S DEGREE - COMMUNICATIONS Emphasis on Graphic Design, Video Production,

Psychology, Philosophy

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON CERTIFICATE PROGRAM- MEDIA FOR THE WEB Emphasis on Graphic Design, UX Design, Animation,

Print Design

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON CERTIFICATE PROGRAM- CREATIVE WRITING Emphasis on writing Fiction, Copyrighting,

Marketing for the Web

• Follow metrics on conversion and implemented A/B testing on various projects to optimize success rates.

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