Erik Piazza Email & Phone Number

Fullerton, CA, US

Irvine

• Lead and execute user interface and user experience activities for proprietary web-based applications used by firefighters, emergency command center operators, and fire prevention personnel. In January of 2019, I.
• Direct UI/UX project plans and execution for internal application development projects.
• Participate the application development roadmap planning process
• Work collaboratively with project stakeholders to ensure internal customer requirements are clearly defined and addressed in the design and development of applications and to prioritize system features
• Collaborate with development team to protect application design quality and functionality alignment with business and UX objectives
• Design and prototype user experiences and interfaces utilizing traditional design methods ie: wireframes, mock-ups and functional prototyping tools.

Irvine

• Managed a cross-functional team of designers, developers, and content managers for us.Toshiba.com, the online store and brand showcase for Toshiba Consumer Electronics for the United States and South and Central America.
• Led and/or executed visual, content and UX activities
• Supervised the creation wireframes, workflows, and visual interfaces
• Assessed requirements provided by product teams and provide strategic vision for site development/content recommendations
• Directed user testing and user research working with third party research groups
• Evaluated website analytics and customer reviews to maintain alignment with business KPIs and drive customer success Performed budget management for external content creation and third-party systems

• Utilized strong attention to detail and web design/development knowledge to produce product marketing and ecommerce sites for the Toshiba consumer electronics brand.
• Recognized for building web properties that maintained branding integrity and met business objectives of improving customer knowledge, engagement, and site traffic.
• Designed, developed and maintained web pages and templates including wireframing, graphic design, and front-end development
• Provided exceptional customer service to internal customers
• Acted as a liaison between external design agencies and internal team to ensure projects are completed on-time, on budget, and per specifications

Rancho Santa Margarita

• Designed and developed a catalog of Real Estate industry-specific website templates and the user-interface for a customer-facing Content Management System.Responsibilities
• Managed all web projects including the design and development of site template designs, CMS user interface designs, flash templates/applications, and print ads
• Worked closely with the programming team in order to maintain high standards in user experience and visual design in finished products

• Worked with product marketing and education teams to design and develop online content to support the sales of products and the training of dental professionals in their use.Responsibilities
• Responsible for all web related projects including the creation and maintenance of four full websites
• Designed, developed and implemented multiple data-driven, web applications for the administration of corporate projects and events

Created user-interface designs for a web-based application for the finance and insurance industry. Developed front-end code as well as back-end code in a Microsoft ASP environment. Worked directly with developers to ensure intuitive user-experience in a complex application.

Created website and multimedia designs and worked extensively with Flash to develop cutting-edge online experiences for clients such as Sergio Valente Jeans, Gotcha, and Hyundai. Early implementations of dynamic Flash content led to multiple awards of Macromedia's Site of the Day.

This was a brief contract position and my first post after specializing in web design. Designed and maintained web content marketing Cox's cable internet offerings.