Gus John Chiarello

www.johnchiarello.com

With over 20 years of experience as a Visual Designer, I am able to provide value to any company or organization who needs a full service Interactive, UX / UI Designer and / or Visual Designer able to create web, print, interactive and Multimedia projects. I thrive in the corporate environment, and desire to be an integral part of that company’s success. Education: University of Kansas; Bachelor of Fine Arts in Design. Job Related Summary:

• Over 20 years of experience in Graphic Design, Web and Interactive Visual Design.

• Over six years of experience in UX/UI Interactive Design including responsive application design

• Over 6 years of experience in designing training materials and e-learning programs using The Adobe Creative Suite with InDesign as the main authoring tool.

• Experienced in traditional Illustration and Design.

• Over 20 years of experience with all Adobe Suite of products, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere and Aftereffects.

• Experienced in Marketing Management including retail catalog, e commerce, SEO, E-mail marketing and sales support.

• Proficient with MS Office products, especially PowerPoint presentations.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills relating to client requirements.

• Understanding of trends, best practices, design principles, mobile standards, responsive design, desktop, iOS, and Android interaction design.

• Reasonable expertise and experience using the following software programs: Figma, Sketch, Invision, Adobe XD, Axure, Microsoft Office, Xara Pro Designer, CorelDraw, Mid-range 3D and CAD applications, Vegas Pro, Camtasia, and Premiere video editing software applications. Relevant Experience:

UX/UI Designer for United Healthcare Group - August 2021 – Present I am currently working a full-time 12 month contract for United Healthcare Group through Teksystems I create User workflows based on Business Requirements in an agile environment using Figma as our main design tool. I am a part of a team that creates hi-fidelity wire-frames and occasional click through prototypes for the Optum division of United Healthcare Group. UHG is a worldwide provider of Health Insurance plans and healthcare solutions. The solutions I create designs for are part of UHG / Optum’s online Case Authorization solution. Freelance Design - September 2019 – 2021

I have worked as a Freelancer on and off between contracts including website design for a start-up machine learning company, Machine Learning Integration Inc., a website design and PowerPoint presentation for Hybrid Engineering and motion graphics for Real Media Group. Also worked as a Realtor and driver between contracts. John Deere Corporation / Training Design & Marketing Specialist - January 2018 – September 2019 I worked a 6-12 mo. contract as a Training Design & Marketing Specialist helping to design online interactive training modules for Dealers of John Deere's highly diverse and renowned group of high-end agricultural, turf, and construction equipment. The Value Selling Guides were digital platform, training modules designed to help train dealers in high level marketing initiatives using value statements and comparisons against the competition. Farm Journal Media Group / Multimedia Graphics Designer - July 2016 – September 2018 I was the sole content services graphics designer working on UI design, print design, web design, and motion graphics design. I managed many near impossible deadlines in a fast-paced journalistic industry. Many diverse highly designed projects including mood boards, email ads, banner ads, inserts, media kits, and trade show collateral design. Cerner Incorporated / Sr. UX / Visual Designer - February 2010 - July 2016 As part of the User Experience Design team, I worked in collaboration with Solution Designers, Developers, and Analysts to design user interfaces based on a set of user centered design requirements, and user stories. From these stakeholder initiatives, we sketched mock-ups, then wire-frames, then low and high fidelity click through prototypes for stakeholder presentations. My solutions were mainly web based HTML 3 - 5 using CSS. When ready for production, I also created call outs and provided visual design specifications for the development team. I worked on a variety of other projects producing quality visual design including several print projects and PowerPoint presentations, Many for the company vision center, Cerner’s client presentation theater. Electronic Transaction Consultant Corp. - Multimedia Graphics Designer - June 2007 - January 2010 The objective was to support the proposal documentation group and the technical documentation group through the use of technical illustrations, diagrams, photography, and web interface designs. As one of a 7-member documentation department, we continually produced award winning technical documentation illustrating the Open Road, Electronic Toll Collection process to local stakeholders and potential clients. We achieved greater image recognition in the design of proposal materials including cover designs, system design diagrams, 3D site renderings and animations. M-Link Technologies - Multimedia Graphics designer - February 2004 - February 2007 Creative team leader in the design and production of multimedia graphics used in the development of instructional media including e-learning, video instructional media, printed materials, and interactive marketing collateral for large corporations such as Nokia, Lennox, Radio Shack and FedEx Kinko’s. I achieved distinction in the wide use of 3D animations using Lightwave in conjunction with other 3D applications designing sequences or movies for post- production by our development team. Also was a vital contributor in the creative design and production of four-color printed materials using Creative Suite and other Graphics Programs. I was heavily involved in creating web interface designs using Adobe Illustrator and Flash. One of my major accomplishments was my contribution to an award-winning training course for Overhead Door Corporation MX operator line of products. Education:

University of Kansas

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Design

Johnson County Community College

Assoc. of Arts in Graphic Communications

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John Chiarello

8132 Acuff ln. Lenexa KS 66215

cell: 469-***-****

email: adw6nl@r.postjobfree.com

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