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Richmond, Virginia, United States

Experience design leader providing User Experience, Information Architecture, and Creative/Visual Design support for a range of clients in the healthcare and pharmaceutical space.

Richmond, Virginia Area

Freelance/Independent professional providing User Experience Design, Information Architecture, and Creative/Visual Design support. Recent clients include Wal-Mart, Tylenol, AARP, Citrix, National Geographic Channel, & Verizon.

Richmond, Virginia Area

Consultant at the Martin Agency (national Top 10 Ad Agency) providing User Experience, Information Architecture, and Creative/Visual Design support. Clients included Wal-Mart, Tylenol, and Net10 Wireless.

Directed the product design team for AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) Community products. Responsible for all aspects of the User Interface and Experience Design. Spearheaded the initial design and launch of AIM Profiles (social network), AIM Photos (photo sharing), and AIM Chat. Helped develop the AIM Lifestream platform, bringing Facebook and Twitter interop into AIM. Maintained sites through iterative updates based on site traffic/metrics, usability testing, and user feedback. Supervised… Show more Directed the product design team for AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) Community products. Responsible for all aspects of the User Interface and Experience Design. Spearheaded the initial design and launch of AIM Profiles (social network), AIM Photos (photo sharing), and AIM Chat. Helped develop the AIM Lifestream platform, bringing Facebook and Twitter interop into AIM. Maintained sites through iterative updates based on site traffic/metrics, usability testing, and user feedback. Supervised designers by leading design reviews, managing workloads, establishing guidelines and best practices, facilitating career paths, and listening. Delivered UI wireframes, visual design, user flows, and design and technical specs. Collaborated with project managers, dev teams and designers globally, from Santa Monica to Dublin to Bangalore. Show less

Developed User Interface and Experience Design of AOL Sports and AOL News websites. Also responsible for design of feature packages such as the SuperBowl, AOL’s SuperBowl Commercial Poll, the NCAA Finals, the Olympics, and Elections, all with traffic between 5-20mm page views. Completely redesigned Sports scoreboards and live in-game experience. Provided wireframes, user flows, sitemaps, interaction design and documentation, as well as visual design assets as needed. Worked in tight… Show more Developed User Interface and Experience Design of AOL Sports and AOL News websites. Also responsible for design of feature packages such as the SuperBowl, AOL’s SuperBowl Commercial Poll, the NCAA Finals, the Olympics, and Elections, all with traffic between 5-20mm page views. Completely redesigned Sports scoreboards and live in-game experience. Provided wireframes, user flows, sitemaps, interaction design and documentation, as well as visual design assets as needed. Worked in tight collaboration with channel producers, project managers, and development teams, and supervised teams of designers. Show less

Led the design and implementation of compelling websites and collateral materials for a broad range of high-profile clients at boutique design studio. Provided lead creative direction for design teams in the development of content strategy, information architecture, user interface wireframes, and visual design for websites, marketing materials and related collateral. Additional tasks involved client/ project management, leading design review sessions, collaborating with developers to ensure… Show more Led the design and implementation of compelling websites and collateral materials for a broad range of high-profile clients at boutique design studio. Provided lead creative direction for design teams in the development of content strategy, information architecture, user interface wireframes, and visual design for websites, marketing materials and related collateral. Additional tasks involved client/ project management, leading design review sessions, collaborating with developers to ensure visual and functional integrity, and managing and mentoring design staff. Clients included Discovery/Travel Channel, AOL Time Warner, U.S. Department of State, PBS, Denver Broncos, and XM Radio. Show less

Provided interactive design and art direction for a variety of new media projects, including corporate websites and intranets; commercial and educational CD-ROMs; educational and retail kiosks; and corporate event keynote support. Specific tasks included visual design, motion graphics design and production, art direction and supervision, user interface design, usability testing, digital video and audio production, and basic HTML and Director programming. Also provided live, on-site keynote… Show more Provided interactive design and art direction for a variety of new media projects, including corporate websites and intranets; commercial and educational CD-ROMs; educational and retail kiosks; and corporate event keynote support. Specific tasks included visual design, motion graphics design and production, art direction and supervision, user interface design, usability testing, digital video and audio production, and basic HTML and Director programming. Also provided live, on-site keynote support for “corporate theater” presentations for clients such as Nintendo and Intel. Additional clients included Acura, Starbucks, IBM, Microsoft, AT&T, Jantzen Swimwear, Alaska Airlines, Disney Vacation Club, Kenworth Trucks, U.S. Department of Energy, and Seattle Children’s Hospital. Show less