About

Multimedia User Interface Designer

Six years of web experience and three years of mobile and tablet design experience. Proven to provide solid User Interface designs in varied work environments such as freelance, agency, and corporate. Skilled production and concept artist with a growing strength in information architecture and user experience. Focusing on responsive design and social network and community growth.

Experience
User Experience Visual Designer (contract) – American Airlines / AA.com    January 2011 - Present

• Building and enforcing design standards for the client facing pages of AA.com
• Lead designer for $80 million grossing Cross Sell process for the new AA.com
• Visual design lead for $3.5 million dollar Imagination concept project
• Lead UI Designer for AA.com concept team

SEO Developer (contract) – Get Me Placement.com    October 2010 – January 2011

• Client management  - Explain the process of the site development and SEO process to the client, while collecting content and providing answers to project questions
• Web Development – Building sites on a WordPress CMS and editing already developed websites.

Project Manager (contract) – GBI Media    July 2010 – October 2010

• Project Scope – Conducted multiple meetings with clients to fully understand the vision of what the final project should be. Helped to clarify the objectives and deadlines for the project.
• Art Direction – Led the design initiative on projects and final approval on all design solutions.
• Technology Liaison – Researched what the client needed and presented it to the development team to meet functionality specifications.

Web Designer & Developer – Yellow 7 Interactive    July 2009 – July 2010

• Project Management – Was lead contact for multiple interactive web and branding campaign clients.
• Design – Created first draft web designs that were approved and later developed into fully functioning websites.
• Development – Built many web projects from scratch using HTML, CSS, Javascript (Jquery & MooTools), and PHP. On most projects I was the only developer until debugging stage.

Art Director – Home Upgrades Magazine    March 2009 – July 2009

• Design – Brought on board to create and design a magazine from concept to fruition, this included: Logo, layout, color scheme, ad placement, website, and advertising.
• Development – Followed printer specifications, created internal documents for sales team, and designed and developed website.

Marketing – Craig International    September 2007 - January 2009

• Multi-purpose – Was hired on to head the web marketing, but took on many positions soon after. These included Web Designer & Developer, Art Director, Project Management, and IT Director.
• Project Management – Led the new launch project for www.craigranchtexas.com, helped lead the move from the old office to the new office, along with the opening of the new information center. First point of contact for many hired firms such as: The Richards Group, Virtual Sciences, and Southland Technologies, Inc.
• Design – Designed ads and displays that were published in Golf Weekly, Avid Golfer Magazine, The Dallas Morning News, and on display at the American Airlines Center.

Education
Bachelors of Fine Arts in Interactive Media Design – Art Institute of Dallas
Focused on multimedia design, front-end development, audio, and video.

Languages & Skills
Languages: HTML, XHTML5, CSS3, Javascript, PHP, and MySQL
Applications: Axure, Adobe Creative Suite including: Photoshop, Illustrator, In-Design, Flash, and After Effects,
Skills: Agile work methodology, responsive web design (mobile first design), project management, project organization, client management, creative problem solving, and time management

References available upon request.