Robert S.

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Enterprise UX Design and Strategy @ Luxoft
New York, NY, US
Robert S.'s Location
New York, New York, United States, United States
About Robert S.

• Executive level Creative Director & UX expert with exceptional visual design skills. Over 25 years of experience designing enterprise level digital solutions & high-traffic web destinations producing pixel-perfect graphical assets for fortune 500 companies & global brands• Embodies an entrepreneurial spirit, co-founding five successful start-up ventures. Two of the companies became publicly traded under his co-direction, and served as Chief Creative Officer at all of them• 360-degree view successfully leading design & digital business strategy across cross-functional teams & development environments spanning the broadest range of media platforms: internet, e-commerce, mobile, social media, broadcast & video applications on connected devices• Managed teams of up to 250 creative professionals, with fiscal responsibility over eight-figure revenue streams • Expert in the Apple Human Interface Guidelines (HIG) and Google Material Design & AGILE• Expert user Sketch, FIGMA, InVISION, Adobe Creative Suite, Mac OS, iOS, Windows & UNIX• Streamlines software development through the process of gathering requirements via one-on-one interviews with stakeholder, gathering insight and data from analytic and site statistical data publishing; 1) business requirements 2) functional requirements, 3) user personas, use cases 4) wire-frame and site maps, 5) prototyping 6) assets and visual design creation 7) acceptance testing and release and change control processes • Regularly collaborates closely with senior creative teams and executive management at top-tier brands developing artwork, packaging in the beauty industry & cosmetics industry, entertainment, fashion, fintech, professional sports such as ABC, Anderson Consulting, Allsop, AOL, AT&T, Avaya, Bankrate.com, Berkshire Health System, Bike Athletics, Billabong, Bloomberg, Bobby Brown Cosmetics Buy.com, Coleman USA, ConEdison, Credit Suisse, DHL, Disney, Deutsche Bank, ESPN, Etonic Shoes, FactSet Research Systems, Fandango, Fidelity Investments, FILA, Ghurka Luggage, Gore Fabrics, Hearst Media, Helly Hansen, Hurley, Hyundai, IP Europe, IP Finland, J Mendel, Lost Enterprise, MAC Cosmetics, Magic Johnson’s Fundamentals of Basketball, Microsoft, NBC, The NBA, Prudential, Quiksilver, SapientNitro, Saxo Bank, Sephora, Spaulding, Surfline.com, Sergio Valente Jeans, The Oakland Raiders, The Rolling Stones, The San Francisco 49ers, TechSpace, The Women’s World Cup of Soccer, Trek Bikes, Verizon, ViewSonic, Volcom, Volkswagen, Western Union et al

Robert S.'s Current Company Details
Luxoft

Luxoft

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Enterprise UX Design and Strategy
New York, NY, US
Robert S. Work Experience Details
  • Luxoft
    Enterprise Ux Design And Strategy
    Luxoft
    New York, Ny, Us
  • Apple
    Consultant: Creative Direction / Ux Design Strategist, Ux Product Design Architect
    Apple Apr 2023 - Jan 2024
    Cupertino, California, Us
    • Led the first UX/UI iteration for the re-branded Apple Final Cut Studio, formerly Final Cut Pro, incorporating Motion, Logic Compressor, and new 3D social immersive tools into Apple’s spacial computing platform Vision Pro and VisionOS. This initiative aimed to revolutionize creative production workflows, emphasizing my hands-on involvement in spearheading advancements in Apple’s design and creative software offerings for it’s premier video editing suite to spacial computing enabling new ways to produce truly immersive spacial video and audio.• Played a pivotal role in translating complex design concepts into actionable directives, ensuring compliance with Apple’s security policies while fostering a strong understanding of leveraging the new spatial computing platform, Vision Pro. This collaboration across creative directors and teams not only maintained a cohesive direction but also enhanced internal design processes and introduced innovative spatial user experiences with hands on development of UI elements into a 3D spacial environment.• Fostered a collaborative culture within a highly secure environment, facilitating the integration of diverse design efforts into a unified language within Apple’s central repository, despite the challenges of maintaining confidentiality under stringent security policies. This nurtured creativity and design excellence among internal and externally siloed teams.
  • Mktg.Ai
    Consultant: Creative Direction / Ux Design Strategist, Ux Product Design Architect, Dev Lead
    Mktg.Ai Dec 2021 - Apr 2023
    New York, Us
    • Spearheaded the creation/development of MKTG.AI, a pioneering AI-powered asset management platform significantly streamlines centralizes access to digital assets for marketing teams, agencies, and enterprises.• Innovative platform offers advanced features for brand auditing, asset management, managing social media campaigns, boosting efficiency and collaboration.• MKTG.AI integrates seamlessly with major cloud services like BOX, DropBox, Google Drive, and Frame IO, establishing a unified hub managing digital assets. • Pivotal role in consolidating over $1 million in monthly social advertising expenses, optimizing client operations across key social platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter X, YouTube.• Efforts culminated in presenting platform's complex offerings alongside CEO/COO, successfully securing $3M+ in financing from Direxion & SPARC Group.
  • Cemex
    Global Cheif Ux Design Officer / Global Ux & Design Authority
    Cemex Sep 2018 - Sep 2020
    Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mx
    • Responsible for building and managing international UX design practice. • Direct report to company CEO & CIO. Member of Global SR management strategy team.• Lead international UX/CX team focusing on Cemex’s online portal CEMEX-GO a B2B platform serving 60K customers in 29 countries with 250,000+ users processing 30,000 daily transactions representing 63% of $13 billion a year in net revenue amounting to $8.19 billion.• Expanded UX/CX team from 27 to 150+ diverse members across 7 global locations, establishing modern design labs in key cities to enhance learning and client engagement.• Installed “6 Pillars of EUX-D/CX/Product Design w/certified Agile training, tools & approach.• Managed $16.55M budget, achieving $10.5M annual revenues in 2019 by implementing standardized design principles w/Agile methodologies.• Launched UX/CX/Design labs for employee learning, promoting UX/CX best practices with state of the art venue for client/customer engagement, focus groups and ideation.
  • City Of New York, Department Of Homeless Services
    Evp Creative Director Product/Ux Design & Strategy
    City Of New York, Department Of Homeless Services Nov 2015 - Mar 2018
    New York, New York, Us
    • Established the agency's first UX/CX design practice, leading a team of 15 diverse creatives and 65 engineers in India, to modernize New York City's web and mobile applications. • Achieved standardization across DSS/DHS & OIT applications, significantly reducing the transition time for homeless veterans from 6-8 months to just one week, saving the city $4M monthly. • Success led to the Mayor's office mandating our platform as the standard, with annual savings of $48M. • Deployed a unified interface library across 300+ city applications, serving over 34,000 users, and set up a UX/CX lab to advance product development. • Team ensured all new applications met ADA 508 and WCAG 2.1 standards, showcasing commitment to accessibility and innovation.
  • Marketfactory
    Creative Director & Sr Ia Ui/Ux
    Marketfactory Sep 2014 - Nov 2015
    New York, Ny, Us
    • Drove investor engagement securing mid 8-figure funding and its acquisition by ION Investment through strategic outreach. • Successfully secured $22M from ION Investments by presenting complex platform offerings alongside the C-suite. • Lead UX designer, I developed a new FOREX trading platform, MarketFactory’s suite including NEXUS, Reflector, and Whisper, enhancing user experiences through intuitive design and integration of technologies like Bootstrap, AngularJS, NodeJS, and RESTful JSON APIs with a C++ backend. • Platform processed over $300 billion in its first year, demonstrating its capacity for handling large trade volumes. •Full-stack expertise facilitated close collaboration with engineering teams in New York and London, leading UI design and implementation. • Conducted user research within banking and fintech security frameworks, developed UX assets; wireframes, high-fidelity designs, implemented responsive front-end architecture, ensuring adaptability.
  • Robert Santore Dba Man Rabbit House
    Consultant: Creative Director/ Ux Design Strategist & Product Design Architect, Dev Lead
    Robert Santore Dba Man Rabbit House Dec 2013 - Sep 2014
    • Private consultancy provided solutions across a diverse array of sectors, including Healthcare/Medical with 23andMe, Fintech through The Capital Group, Guardian Life, Factset Research Systems, Bloomberg, and Nectar Financial, eCommerce ventures with Global Custom Commerce (A Home Depot Company) and B&H Photo, Broadcast/Entertainment with ZLiving/Asia TV, NBC Universal, and the United States Olympic BMX Team, Apparel via NYC Alliance, Gurkha Luggage, J Mendel, Billabong, QuikSilver, Volcom, Fila, Helly Hansen, and Publishing with Hearst Media, significant strides were made in digital transformation and brand elevation. • These projects involved developing modern brand identities, consolidating web presences onto advanced CMS platforms like Adobe Expression Manager, enhancing e-commerce workflows, and creating engaging, responsive designs for both web and mobile applications. The work spanned from comprehensive site redesigns to the development of new visual languages, ensuring a cohesive and updated online presence that resonated with target audiences and aligned with current market trends.• In executing best practices in UX & Design, a user-centered approach was paramount, focusing on simplifying user experiences from complex systems to intuitive interfaces, as seen in Fidelity Investments’ application overhaul and the streamlined processes for the United States Olympic BMX Team’s online engagement. Techniques such as detailed wire framing, mood boarding, style guide, hand-on full-stack development of modern technologies like Bootstrap and AngularJS facilitated the creation of responsive, accessible designs. Implemented Google Analytics, GTM, MixPanel, and MouseFlow informed decisions.• Collaborative brainstorming, stakeholder interviews, and a hands-on development process ensured that each project not only met but exceeded user expectations, setting a high standard for UX design across industries.
  • Equator
    Managing Director, Americas
    Equator Feb 2012 - Dec 2013
    Glasgow, Gb
    • Opened the United States offices in New York City. • Developed portfolio of integrated digital and traditional services for US clients secured new relationships with TechSpace, Remy, Brugal, Wyndham Hotel Group, Hearst Media, PA Consulting and others.• Developed strategic relationship with leading European and US based venture capital firms and secured equity positions in portfolio start-up for exchange of agency services successfully secured and generated start-up business financing of $4M• Actively recruited & secured cross-functional, award winning staff of digital & advertising personnel to kick start agency.
  • Bankrate, Inc.
    Creative Director Ui/Ux Strategist
    Bankrate, Inc. Feb 2011 - Feb 2012
    Charlotte, North Carolina, Us
    • Led the comprehensive redesign of Bankrate.com, a top financial data aggregator with 10M+ monthly unique visitors. • Successfully modernized Bankrate.com, significantly impacting user conversion rates and annual revenue by implementing modern web strategy resulting in 22% increase in user conversion contributing $8.5M in annual revenue.• Spearheaded from concept to launch mobile application and responsive web solution for all customer facing products.
  • Voodoovox Usa Holdings Inc.
    Creative Director/Srvp Ia Ui/Ux Strategy & Development
    Voodoovox Usa Holdings Inc. Aug 2003 - Feb 2011
    Investor relation / Presentations Lead : • Strategic Narrative Development: Crafting a compelling investment narrative that highlights company’s unique value proposition, market potential, and technological innovations to capture the attention of potential investors and differentiate from competitors in the industry.• Investor Targeting and Engagement: Identifying and engaging with potential venture capital firms, angel investors, and strategic partners that align with vision and growth stage. Implementing targeted outreach strategies to build relationships, communicate value, and secure funding commitments leading technology sale to YouTube.Trailblazing Design Leadership• Led dynamic 15-member UX team, spearheading groundbreaking launch of first cloud-based mobile/video advertising streaming platform integrating into 7 online platforms, catering to a massive audience of 500 million users globally.• Unlocked a novel revenue stream of over $20 million, empowering partners such as Western Union, ESPN, Spotify, and Disney, Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile to deliver precision-targeted ads in real-time• Developed deployed first-ever cloud-based mobile audio & video ad platform, opening new $20M+ promotional space.• Lead UX team and mobile engineers in the development of over 50 iOS/Android apps as streaming platforms for terrestrial broadcast video, podcasts and radio stations.
  • Techspace
    Evp Creative Director Of Product/Ux Design & Strategy
    Techspace Sep 2001 - Aug 2003
    • During tenure as the Creative Director and Principal UX Design Strategist spearheaded the development of pivotal software applications and business systems for this innovative venture backed by buy.com (now TechSpace). • Took initiative to assemble and mentor powerhouse creative and software engineering team comprising over 15 dedicated professionals. • Transformed creative and development team into a professional services organization, evolving to become a pivotal revenue stream for the company which reached over $1M a month in sales.
  • Ub Networks
    Chief Creative Officer/Senior Vp Investor Relations And Brand Management
    Ub Networks 1995 - 2000
    San Jose, Ca, Us
    Investor relation / Presentations Lead : • Founding board member and Chief Creative Office holding pivotal role at UB Networks, a NASDAQ-listed CLEC.• Strategic vision with alignment with the senior management raising a whopping $250 million from giants Nortel & AIG.Under leadership, a solo venture burgeoned into a 250-strong team, with commendable annual billings of $66 million with an annual over head of $31M leading to revenues of $35M. • Segmenting employees into focused work groups bolstered both efficiency & creativity. This winning strategy, coupled with avant-guard technological deployments, garnered attention by esteemed media outlets like CNBC & The New York Times.• Diverse clientele encompassed 300+ accounts, ranging from fortune 100 companies to renowned action sports brands. • Spearheading innovation by initiated the concept and execution of a server farm that collaborated with industry leaders and studios, allowing real-time editing capabilities for iconic movies like “Saving Private Ryan” collaborating with Steven Spielberg technical team reducing cost and time and improving efficiency by storing digital real-time copies of film assists.• Pioneered a groundbreaking photo, video sharing, and streaming platform, achieving an unprecedented capacity to support 1 million concurrent video streams. This innovative platform revolutionized the digital landscape by offering unparalleled online access to broadcast TV and movies, setting a new standard for media consumption. “Interstream” was my brainchild and at its launch was serviced by over 400 Sun Enterprise 450 and 250 serves collocated at Level3 providing REAL Media Player, QuickTime Darwin Media server. • Webby nominations in 2000 for The San Francisco 49ers & in 2001 for Surfline.com, acknowledging his stellar contribution to sports-focused digital design. Recognized with nine Adobe “Sites Of The Day” and clinched a Silver Medal InVision Award for e-commerce for Troublewear.com.
  • Tristar Express
    Founder And Principal - Cio
    Tristar Express 1988 - 1992
    Co-founder/Transportation Technology Innovation Pioneer: • Co-founded of one of California’s premier intermodal trucking firm with growth trajectory saw expansion to 11 terminals across 7 Western states, operating a fleet of 150 trucks• Achieved impressive monthly billings surpassing $3million with an operational budget of $11.29m ($24.28M in 2024).• Pivotal in introducing technological innovations, notably designing and implementing a pioneering cross-platform, multi- user relational database system.• State-of-the-art system streamlined companies operations by electronically integrating with other shippers, automating a plethora of business and logistical tasks, and efficiently tracking a staggering 40 million pounds of cargo daily.• Assumed and overseeing critical domains such as legal, HR, banking, and all technical facets, ensuring the company’s seamless and progressive operations.• First of it’s Kind Comprehensive Web Platform Future focused vision led Tristar to be among the pioneering trucking firms in the U.S. to adopt and roll out a comprehensive web platform with transactional capabilities.

Robert S. Skills

Creative Direction User Experience Web Design Graphic Design Advertising Social Media Marketing Web Development Information Architecture Interaction Design Integrated Marketing Social Media Seo User Interface Design Flash Online Advertising Mobile Devices User Interface Art Direction Email Marketing Corporate Identity Graphics Adobe Creative Suite Video Illustrator Css Indesign Mobile Applications Photoshop Wordpress User Experience Design Flash Animation Search Engine Optimization Global E Commerce Html 5 Css3 Cascading Style Sheets Ui/ux Final Cut Pro Ios Development Motion Graphics Wireframes Usability Testing Jquery User Research Creative Strategy Brand Development Global Brand Development Strategic Concept Development Concept Development Marketing Dreamweaver Film Production Php Phpmyadmin Flash Video Final Cut Studio

Robert S. Education Details

  • Uc Irvine
    Uc Irvine
    Interactive Design And Computer Sciences
  • Otis College Of Art And Design
    Otis College Of Art And Design
    Fine Arts And Graphic Design
  • Orange Coast College
    Orange Coast College
    And Digital Communication
  • Newport Harbor High School
    Newport Harbor High School
  • Otis College Of Art And Design
    Otis College Of Art And Design
    General

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