Professional Design Experience

T-Mobile June ‘11 – September ‘11
Role: Visual & User Experience Design

• Outlined, established and managed an integration process from design to development in order for design and production to be done in house for a Flex based application
• Reestablished an internal retail / customer care product brand by creating consistency, identified key styles and templates that need to be integrated in order to rebuild the brand
• Visually designed new customer care experiences working with User Experience while creating redlines and visual styles for developers

Microsoft: Small Business Group, Tangram | June ‘10 – June ‘11
Role: Visual & Interactive Design

• Filled in as the lead of Design, Production and Integration when needed while delegating work items to the creative team
• Designed and integrated an application and controls for an existing product
• On a daily bases explored and pitched complex controls in Design and User Experiences to the head of UX and Development in series of storyboards and comps
• Creatively problem solved visual representations for dynamic data
• Helped to design experiences pitched to the Heads of Microsoft
• Explored design and UX for WP7, tablets, Office Applications and the web
• Designed for an agile and chaos theory based development process which encouraged a fast turn around under tight deadlines
• Developed style and experience guides to help development translate the creative vision into XAML

Razorfish May ‘08 – June ‘10
Role: Presentation Layer Developer (PLD)

• Translate creative ideas into working web sites and applications.
• Developed animations in Silverlight and WPF.
• Designed styles for buttons, list boxes & scroll viewers and common UI elements.
• Worked closely with art directors, copywriters and project managers to make sure design integrity was consistent.
• HTML styles developed with CSS and div tags.
• Successfully transitioned design into development, and worked closely with the dev team to produce XHTML and Silverlight web sites and interactive WPF applications.

Note worthy projects at Razorfish:
MICROSOFT’S KIN TOUCH KIOSK: My main focus was design integration for touch. Through design production, a sharp eye for detail to design and a great understanding of UI for touch; I was able to help bring the KIN Kiosk to life. I would also identify design dependencies for core functionality as I filled the role of consultant for creative and technology.

WINDOWS PHONE 7 SERIES: I helped to develop the front end for both the web site and touch application for the Windows Phone 7 Series launch for Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Where MSFT fist announced Windows Phone 7. For the touch and web experience, I concentrated on styling, layout and animation for the phone in WPF and Silverlight. As I worked with creative and development, I focused on maintaining UX and creative design. The touch experience has been featured at: MIX SXSW Game Developer’s Conference Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference Microsoft START CTIA TechEd Gartner Conference TechReady10 Miscellaneous MSFT Exec Meetings

MDX 7.0 – 7.5: I did the front-end layout and animation for a WPF application that is preinstalled on various display laptops in stores such as Best Buy and Office Depot. The application will pull technical stats from the backend of the computer and show the user all the latest and greatest features of the laptop. This application was also featured on the local news. DESIGNING FOR TECHNOLOGY: As a side project I was able to observe the design and creative process for technology within Razorfish Seattle/Portland while exploring possible solutions in improving the work process between disciplines. Solutions and observations were presented in essays and PowerPoint Presentations. I pitched ideas to Technology and User Experience offering solutions for redefining a work process that should match an evolving market place.

MICROSOFT OFFICE 2010: I did front-end layout and web production for the web site while designing styles in CSS for XHTML.

BEST BUY APPLICATION INSTALLER: In the first nine months with Razorfish I was a contractor. In that time, they sent me to Chicago to work with Avanade as a contractor for Razorfish I filled the role of Creative liaison and front end Blend / XAML designer. After two weeks and the relationship I built with the client, they brought me back out for a month on the updated version. I designed an icon set for the client and gave updated layouts, styles and direction on animations and transitions.

Microsoft: Digital Imaging Studio | March ‘07 – March ‘08
DIS does web production / photo correction for msn.com and affiliates. I regularly worked with MSN lifestyle designing “Hero” spots and doing weekly web production for, Encarta, Windows Media and Tech & Gadgets. Within Tech & Gadgets I also designed several “Hero” spots. I Collaborated and built a Flash CS3 slide show for Encarta. Role: Web Production Artist Duties include: cropping, resizing, reformatting, color correcting, and manipulating under the direction of a designer or Art Director. Creates graphic elements (i.e. icons) using digital tools, photocompositions and graphic backgrounds. Offer creative solutions to resolve problems with templates. Works with writers, editors, design team and tools team members to resolve difficult production issues.

Scougal Rubber Web Site Redesign July ‘06 – July ‘07
Role: Creative Director & Developer

• Pitched concepts and outline of site redesign.
• Client meetings with the President and head of sales.
• Designed UI interface.
• Developed the site in HTML & CSS.

Golden Lasso July – Sept ‘06
Role: Graphic Designer – Intern

• Project and photo research for Holland America direct mailers.
• Comp layout and development of a brochure for Microsoft on inner office interior design.
• Worked on a team and under tight deadlines.
• Cut, folded and mounted comps for client meetings.

Xbox Studios
March – May ‘04
Role: Web Designer

• Hired on a project basis.
• Created graphics and made them web ready for game pages.
• Worked on a team and under tight deadlines.

Web & Interactive Design Skills (PC / MAC)
Adobe Web Creative Suite CS5
InDesign CS2
Expression Blend 4 & Expression Design 4
Visual Studio 2010

CODE BASED LANGUAGES (Efficient experience in using design tools to develop code.)
HTML XHTML CSS XAML

Design Education
Seattle Central Community College - Graphic Design | Illustration - Seattle, WA - June ‘06

Western Washington University - B.A Graphic Design: Concentration in New Media - Bellingham, WA - June ‘01