David S. Email & Phone Number

Vancouver, Bc, Ca

Toronto, Canada Area

• Contribute to direction of my product area.• Advocate for experience values at the product level.• Identify and connect teams that share context or UX goals.• Balance time across multiple projects and prioritize the most impactful work.• Collaborate with all craft leads to make the best scoping decisions for the end user and team.• Make craft and UX decisions using technical expertise, Shopify context, and creative problem solving.• Lead craft strategy and decision… Show more • Contribute to direction of my product area.• Advocate for experience values at the product level.• Identify and connect teams that share context or UX goals.• Balance time across multiple projects and prioritize the most impactful work.• Collaborate with all craft leads to make the best scoping decisions for the end user and team.• Make craft and UX decisions using technical expertise, Shopify context, and creative problem solving.• Lead craft strategy and decision making on critical projects or across complex interdependent projects.• Raise the bar by guiding ICs in their craft. Show less

Toronto, Canada Area

Co-Founder of a small two man boutique design and development shop. We focus on making beautiful applications that are both functional and elegant with a touch cheekyness and cleverosity. - I design all our applications, as well as conjure up clever contextual names such as Just the Tip [tip calculator], Ghostcard [message in a bottle], Urban Hero [good samaritan] and Notorious [solid notes app]. This is where my true passion lies - in creating brands and products that augment a users life… Show more Co-Founder of a small two man boutique design and development shop. We focus on making beautiful applications that are both functional and elegant with a touch cheekyness and cleverosity. - I design all our applications, as well as conjure up clever contextual names such as Just the Tip [tip calculator], Ghostcard [message in a bottle], Urban Hero [good samaritan] and Notorious [solid notes app]. This is where my true passion lies - in creating brands and products that augment a users life ever so slightly.- Myself and the other Co-Founder are always trying to break new ground in mobile interaction and interface design which admittedly leads to punchy outbreaks, but ultimately we come to an agreement on what would be best for the user. Show less

Toronto, Canada Area

- Created the product out of a need that wasn't being fulfilled in the research industry- Based on the required work, we determined the team that was needed and hired the appropriate members - Node Developer, Front End, 2 Researchers, and a Project Manager- Defined the visual language, illustrative language, and interaction model for both the marketing pages and the app- Planned multiple releases based on a user needs and team resources- Ran initial validation session with users… Show more - Created the product out of a need that wasn't being fulfilled in the research industry- Based on the required work, we determined the team that was needed and hired the appropriate members - Node Developer, Front End, 2 Researchers, and a Project Manager- Defined the visual language, illustrative language, and interaction model for both the marketing pages and the app- Planned multiple releases based on a user needs and team resources- Ran initial validation session with users we determined could be Field Guide customers to make sure the value proposition made sense to them- Continued to run session after the release to understand barriers they might have to using the product and rolled that into subsequent releases if it was something we deemed a priority Show less

Toronto, Canada Area

- Lead a small team of designers and copywriters to iteratively define the flow and design, then prototype them in InVision, Framer, or After Effects to be handed off to the client and developers for review- Interviewed clients and stakeholders to determine the ultimate needs of the product- Talk to real customers in store or in call centers to understand their needs from the product- Integrate tightly with developers to deliver the information they need to keep progress moving… Show more - Lead a small team of designers and copywriters to iteratively define the flow and design, then prototype them in InVision, Framer, or After Effects to be handed off to the client and developers for review- Interviewed clients and stakeholders to determine the ultimate needs of the product- Talk to real customers in store or in call centers to understand their needs from the product- Integrate tightly with developers to deliver the information they need to keep progress moving smoothly Show less

Toronto, Canada Area

- Senior Graphic Designer with a fairly extensive portfolio of experience on emerging platform such as Windows 8, Pixelsense and iOS/Android.- Lead requirements gathering and status calls with clients.- Mentor and manage a team of Technical Designers. Teaching them the essence of deconstructing magic - some choice examples include transitions, structure, and animation language. - Created a new proces driven methodologies to bridge the experiential gap between designers and… Show more - Senior Graphic Designer with a fairly extensive portfolio of experience on emerging platform such as Windows 8, Pixelsense and iOS/Android.- Lead requirements gathering and status calls with clients.- Mentor and manage a team of Technical Designers. Teaching them the essence of deconstructing magic - some choice examples include transitions, structure, and animation language. - Created a new proces driven methodologies to bridge the experiential gap between designers and developers. This allows the designers to better convey their holistic interactive vision to the developers, and save them from significant rework. Show less

Created the original concept of a Wii-Centric Flash Game portal that allowed users to upload games, discuss them and of course play them. Designed/Coded entier front end with the small resolution of the Wii (800X600) in mind.

Design websites from the ground up, with Validated XHTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL, Ajax some Flash and Javascript as well. Sometimes I'm required to take wireframes and converted them into workable web pages. I use Photoshop, Flash, Dreamweaver and for video editing Premier.

Took wireframes and converted them into valid XHTM with CSS.

Video Game 3D Modeling

3D Animation