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Washington, Dc, Us

Arlington, Va

Supporting the FDIC with UX Design thinking and solutions to improve their public facing, data driven offerings. Starting with a handful of previously isolated/separate apps (some as old as 20 years or more) I have digested their individual functionalities (and redundancies) to modernized their workflows and UI in order to bring them together into a single entity. Working with a stellar team of developers in an Agile environment, we are continually moving forward with exceptional cadence. The result is "BankFind Suite" which can seamlessly flow from one functionality to another. What once were separate and isolated functionalities are now centrally housed into a single, streamlined and interconnected interface. Also, I'm Alteryx Core Certified!

Washington, Dc

Provided UX thinking & UI design, art direction & marketing services, After Effects animation, Flash animation, PowerPoint presentation, website design and production to a host of clients in the DC area. Provided UX & UI direction to help ICANotes reorganize, streamline, and modernize its software platform. Recently helped launch Pfizer Inc’s rheumatoid arthritis product XELJANZ with RTCRM; work included designing multiple websites, brochure, emails and video.Clients include: ICANotes LLC, Pfizer Inc. for WundermanDC and RTCRM, The International Monetary Fund, Blackboard Inc, The Indie Party, McGraw-Hill, Cleveland Clinic, Total Wine & WHUR Howard U. Radio for Adworks, The Boss Group, and more.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Acted as the sole UX/UI evangelist to help ICANotes completely reorganize, and redesign their EHR software to be visually cleaner and have a more intuitive interface. While most functionality ultimately remained the same, we reorganized key areas to align with modern user expectations and the current standards used by larger hospitals and clinics. I interviewed software trainers to discover user pain-points. Using wireframes and prototyping, I worked with internal stakeholders to define and refine updated workflows and to assure functionality. Created a style guide (using common CSS descriptors) for developers to use to help build a consistently styled skin. Also conceptualized and designed what a lighter, mobile app version of ICANotes could/should do including a wireframe prototype.

Remote (Worldwide Dev Team)

Supported a small dev team to design and launch IndieParty.com (now defunct) on a whirlwind timeline of less than a month, with a hard-set launch at a public presentation. I supported the team by owning slices and problems: from single-aspect user workflows to UI templates and asset production for the dev team. A UX solution I created on presentation/launch-day was a game-saver. Ask me about it!

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Designed and created two high profile pieces for the Executive Staff of the Paralyzed Veterans of America. The first piece, known internally as "The Value Piece", is a brochure initially directed towards PVA's partner oganizations to highlight the good works the partnerships do. This brochure was highly received and met with great enthusiasm both with the PVA Executive Staff as well as PVA's partners. It was so well received that it will now live on to help fundraising efforts and other functions into the future.The second piece developed is an annual report which leverages the previously mentioned Value Piece's look and feel of minimal copy and full page imagery to tell its story. The down-side of being a freelancer is that one doesn't always get to complete what one starts. This annual report was still in process when my time with PVA came to an end. I hope that my work on it is as well received...

Nasa Headquarters, Washington, Dc

Serviced NASA Headquarters (as a contractor with Media Fusion) on a wide variety of projects, mainly print-based, which included: brochures (design to be 508 compliant), posters, book covers, building signage, and event branding, displays & signage.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Asked back by the IMF to work offsite on a number of interactive webpages for the IMF intranet. Added to the IMF's provided designs by solving for problems to smooth the user experience. Developed HTML powered by robust CSS and JavaScript for smooth operation across desktop, iPad, and mobile experiences.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Called back to RTCRM (now called Wunderman, DC) to continue my work on Pfizer's XELJANZ product. Directed a series of flash web banners and rich media units through concept, storyboard, and production. Worked in-studio with photographers and videographers to create proprietary artwork for said banners.Presented with the problem of "how can we make this direct mail package better?" Some aspects of the DM package worked well, but I could see clear ways to improve the overall presentation and experience of interacting with it. Brainstormed and created a new outer holder for the package, which greatly refined the organization of the pieces with in the package and improved how the end user would perceive and interact with it. I needed to create many white paper comps to refine my ideas for myself as well as to be able to show my proposed package improvements to the team and client.Pitched in to lend a hand on numerous existing projects that needed an art direction input including: proofing/approving mechanicals for print projects, Q/A and testing of websites and mobile websites, Q/A and testing of web banners for look/feel/animation and content.

Design and production of websites, HTML email, and flash pieces. A nice balance of creative design and technical coding. It was a great chance to wear my CSS hat while still being creative, excersizing both right and left sides of my brain. One memorable assignment that I'm very proud of was to conceptualize, design, and create an interactive info graphic for the Managing Director of the IMF, for use on the IMF's company intranet. The piece solved the problem of how to clearly and artistically communicate the status of certain HR Department projects to the entire company, but it also solved a secondary problem: easily keeping the graphic updated with current information. Knowing from past experience that constantly updating a Flash file with small text/data changes (especially in a busy art department) can be both tedious and can break a previously working complex animation, I envisioned and implemented a way for the client to become "Keeper of The Data", so that they could make status changes at any time. The Flash file, which isn't easily editable to someone who doesn't know Flash, was accompanied by a .TXT file which contained the relevant variable data. A .TXT document is easily editable by anyone, and any changes to the variable data there would effect the necessary changes to the appearance of final Flash file. This allowed my client to update their own graphic without further need of a Flash Specialist.My work for the IMF was varied and interesting and also included some pure graphic design projects for print, posters and book covers, which allowed me to harken back to my days as an illustrator.

Washington, Dc

Helped the agency to launch Pfizer's newly FDA approved drug for called XELJANZ. A very complex and ever changing process. Included, among other things:• Concept and design of three websites, including mobile versions• Concept, design, and direction of a video for website. Aside from the design aspects of the project we had to solve the problem of how to communicate our message as the video was on a very difficult to understand topic for the average user. • Concept and design of a single brochure into 5 radically different formats/designs. Each reformatting was driven by specific goals, which ranged from presentation for legal review/approval of content, to an final printed piece for consumers. The final printed piece was designed to include a pocket for inserted material as well as a perforated reply mechanism to request more information.Aside from the strategy and design work, the whole process was an herculean exercise in finding the most expedient, streamlined way to build and present the work. Copy and approved language could change moment-to-moment and edits would have to be turned around fairly quickly (generally with compiling a brand new PDF of over 60 pages each and every time.) A great example of how organization and process can be as creative (and essential) as the actual work. Again, right and left brains combine to in an interesting way.

Washington, Dc

Adworks hired me as a freelancer on a recurring, as-needed cycle, mostly for the production of pre-existing concepts. I used my knowledge and skills in Adobe Creative Suite's Flash to bring Adworks' ideas to life. I created rich media banners as well as After Effects videos. I also utilized my HTML and CSS3 coding skills to translate Photoshop designs into a UI skin for a content management system (CMS) driven website for WHUR.com (Howard University's radio station.)Clients included: Cleveland Clinic, Total Wine, WHUR.com, and Brick Industries

Washington, Dc

Concepted and designed fully integrated marketing campaigns which included websites, microsites, banners, rich-media, email, direct mail and leveraging of existing assets like TV. Over-saw/mentored junior designers and developers during the build phase of work. Worked tightly with projectmanagement to monitor deadlines, allocations and costs of each project.Clients included: Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals (Mirena & Yaz), Glaxo Smith Klein (Nicorette, NicodermCQ, Commit, Breathe Right) and Novo Nordisk.

New York, Ny

I made banners. Lots and lots and lots of banners.My experience at MRM in this role was that of high volume Flash production. We were constantly called to produce highly impactful Flash banners and animation, sometimes really pushing the envelope, and to do so in an efficient and rapid manner.One idea I helped develop is to code the animation of a banner in such a way that resizing would be substantially faster, an important consideration when you're producing twelve or more different sizes of the same creative.A subtle function of my role was to serve as liaison between a mostly traditional/print focused art department and the Development department. I would give counsel on concepts and user experiences before presentation to the client to assure that the work, if chosen, could or should be developed as presented. An idea can be good, but given the medium and its specific constraints may not be achievable. The end result was that MRM presented itself to the client in more organized manner, speaking with authority and not looking scattered or disorganized.

New York, Ny

Direct mail and interactive work (including banners and email) for BellSouth & CheapTickets.com.Internal communications and new business work. Created innovative videos and DVDs for RFP responses.

New York, Ny

Websites, banner and email design for Jose Cuervo, 1800 Tequila, British Airways, Compaq Computers, H.G. Birch Services (pro-bono)Direct mail and print ad work for Compaq ComputersInternal work: Company Intranet design and creation, new business work.The DWW company intranet was my introduction to interactive work. My team and I were given the task to create an interface for employees to access their specific HR-related information. We brainstormed and concepted a vision for a more robust entity which would serve as a larger company reference asset, to include phone lists, department summaries and important documents, and other important information. Working with Management and an internal Development Team, we created an intranet with CMS system from scratch. This project was my introduction to UX and UI and I learned way back then how differently a Creative thinks from a Programmer or a General User. Ever since this project I have tried to keep my thinking in the mindset of the End User, because it is their "ease to use" and "want to use" of what I create that will determine if my work has succeeded.

Direct mail and print advertising for Compaq Computers, UPS & Ameritech. Traditional art director duties such as concept & design, photo shoot direction, retouching direction & on-press quality checks.

Introduction To Ux - 40 Hours, User Experience Design

Intensive immersion course covering research, user interviews, user flows, site maps, wireframing and rapid/paper prototyping.

Bfa, Illustration

Activities and Societies: Magnum Cum LaudeIllustration - a fine arts experience with an eye to being commercially viable. I studied.