Reza Astaneh

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UI/UX DESIGNER

Professional UI/UX, visual and graphic designer with over 15 years’ experience in mobile and web application design, user research and product design process, Translate user needs, business objectives, and design systems into elegant client experiences through journey mapping service blueprints, user flows, prototypes and visual communication, brand identity, and logo design. Skilled creative designer to apply innovative approach from concept to final products. Proficiency in prototype, low and high fidelity, mockup, UX research, web content accessibility guidelines, identify usability designs, Assist in research and analysis, Academic knowledge of UX Design, Interaction Design, Product Design, Service Design, WordPress. Ability to work with stockholder and product manager, and interact effectively in a multi-disciplinary team.

Skills

Software: Adobe Design Suite, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe XD, Adobe Premiere, Adobe After Effects, Sketch, Figma, Principle, Miro, InVision, Trello, WordPress, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel, CorelDraw, Keynote.

Design: User Interface Design, User Experience Design, Creating Style Tiles, User Flows, Mockups, Prototypes, Wireframes and Storyboards, High and Low Fidelity, Animation, User-Centered Design/Human-Centered Design, Problem Solving, Design Thinking, and Agile Methodology.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: UX/UI DESIGNER

IMIEC, USA, Remote (imiec-md.org) Nov 2020 - Present

●Conducted qualitative research through user interviews and testing to identify user needs for redesign a website for a community center.

●Improved the design based on the research outcomes along with sketching, wireframing, workflows, user testing, mock-up, and prototyping by using Sketch, Photoshop, and InVision.

●Communicated with clients to make the best decision for a higher level of usability and developed in WordPress.

Impro Solutions, USA, Remote, (Impro Prototype)

Customer Feedback Platform App for Tablet

●Designed a refreshed look and feel for the Manager administrative portal to improve store managers’ ability to easily reference associate and transaction insights at-a-glance and then determine employee training opportunities.

●Devised site maps, user flows, wireframes, and mockups for designs based on proven methodologies (Human Centered Design), stakeholder requests, and end-user feedback.

Duo Parity: USA, Remote, (Duo Parity Prototype) May 2020 - July 2020

Application guide to increase woman economy contribution

●Developed a research plan and survey in a collaborative team to identify user needs and synthesized research to produce high-fidelity in a team to upgrade an existing women’s economic contribution website.

●Facilitated and presented workshops for clients and stakeholders.

●Improved the design based on the research outcomes along with sketching, wireframing, workflows, user testing, mock-up, and prototyping by using Sketch, Photoshop, and InVision.

Voluntopia: USA, Remote, (Voluntopia Prototype) March 2020 - May 2020

Application for environmental volunteers

●Collaborated with a team to conduct qualitative research through user interviews and testing to identify user needs for a volunteering mobile app

●Implemented UI elements to create a visual solution by sketching, wireframing, workflows, user testing, mock-up, and prototyping

●Facilitated weekly stakeholder meetings in order to ensure project alignment

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: VISUAL DESIGNER

Freelance Designer 2014-Present

●Developed creative design for marketing packages, including print materials, brochures, banners, and signs.

●Created and updated trend boards, investigated changing conditions, and recommended strategic adoptions to capitalize on projected changes.

●Used Adobe suite to create images and layouts for over 120 projects, including books, magazines, and many other projects using different software’s.

Fard_a Art & Cultural Institute,

Visual Designer, Art Director, Tehran 1992 – 2013

●Designed and sketched along with wireframe, Protype, Mockup, typography, color scheme, font, Layout, Logo, Brand Identity, motion Graphics, Infographics, and Digital Illustrations.

●Led a team of designers to design, and presented the final product to stockholders and customers.

●Applied UCD, Accessibility, Agile methodology

The 5Th National Student Film Festival

Art Director, Head of Design Committee, Tehran 2012

●Communicated and collaborated with other Committees and team members

●Led a team of designers and students, Design multiple projects for festival, mockup, Prototype, Poster, Banner, Daily Magazine, identity cards, invitation cards, Brochures, Environmental Graphic, Billboards

Imam Reza Publication Institute

Visual Designer and Digital Illustrator, Tehran 1998-2008

●Collaborated with managers and writers

●Design, Sketch, Wireframe, Mockup, Layout, Digital illustration, and Prototype for Beshart bimonthly Magazine

The 3Rd National Student Film Festival

Visual Designer, Tehran 2008

●Communicated and collaborated with customers to design, Mockups, Prototype, and Prepress Print multiple projects for the film festival

●Led a team of designers to create wireframe, sketch, typography, font

●Collaborated and communicated with other team members and managed the timing for the final product

Thought Foundation

Visual Designer, Tehran 1993-2008

●Communicated and coordinate with customers and managers to Design, Sketch, Layout, Mockup, Prototype, Digital illustration, and Prepress Print Zamzam Magazine

●Presented the final project to clients

Cultural Heritage Records studies

Graphic Artist, Layout, Tehran 1998 -2006

●Communicated and coordinated with customers and managers to Design, Sketch, Layout, Mockup, Prototype, and Prepress Print Magazine of Name-Pazhuheshgh.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE IN GRAPHIC DESIGN

Taught Several Graduate and Undergraduate Courses at university settings in USA and abroad

CCBC, MD 2015 – 2017

Courses: Graphic Design workshop, Work with Digitizers (Pen Tablets), Photoshop

McDaniel College, Westminster, MD Aug. 2015- Dec.2015

Course: Graphic Design II

Visual Arts Dep. UMBC, MD Jan. 2015-June. 2015

Course: Graphic Design I

IRIB Visual Art Department, Tehran 1997-2013

Courses: Graphic Design I, Graphic Design II, Graphic Design III, Digital Animation,

Motion Graphics, Principles of Design, Visual arts Fundamentals II

Sooreh University, Tehran

Courses: Graphic Design I to Graphic VI, Color Theory, Principles of Design,

Art University, Tehran

Grad Courses: Digital Illustration, Cultural Illustration, Journalistic Illustration,

Undergrad Courses: Graphic Design II, Graphic Design IV, V, VI

Tehran University, Tehran

Grad Courses: Fundamentals of Computer illustration, Digital Illustration

Undergrad Courses: Graphic Design II, Graphic Design III, Visual arts Fundamentals II

Education

Flatiron School, New York City, NY

Certified UX/UI Design Oct. 2019 – Dec. 2020

University of Art, Tehran

Master of Art, Graphic Design, Illustration

The University of Tehran, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tehran

B.A, Graphic Design, Illustration

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