Victor Zaud Email & Phone Number

Topanga, Ca, Us

New York, Ny, Us

Product Design brand & user-experience frameworks to drive discovery, engagement, and growth.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

I founded and operated this company prior to joining the CEO of MODE, above, in 2010. Grew revenue to a yearly rate of ~$ 2.0 million with few employees and contractors Client companies included Affymetrix, Beckton/Dickinson, PureStorage, HP Inc, 3PAR Inc, Adobe Systems.

Los Angeles, Us

Brand development across IGN companies including IGN.com and Humble Bundle. Cross-sell Advertising design framework.

New York, Ny, Us

Redwood City, Ca, Us

SoapAI is an antidote to misinformation. We help customers engage users amidst information overload and growing mistrust. Our machine-learning platform listens to diverse, verified sources and surfaces relevant issues and ideas. Our solutions deliver trustworthy content and dynamic visuals for a refreshingly transparent user experience. Soap AI licenses AI and ML technologies to education, media and entertainment companies to improve audience engagement and content discovery. SoapAI powers products marketed and distributed by Soap Public Media, our non-profit partner.- Led Product & Product design to build the early prototype and road-show for fundraising.- Hired early Design Team to develop brand messaging, brand voice and Investor presentations- Drove UX/UI design for product design exploration, prototyping and testing

Brisbane, California, Us

I led design across all functions in the company, including product, marketing, and corporate.The design practice at Mode is critical to building the global creator community as well as our new consumer platform - Web site, mobile applications and creator tools. My design team and I champion design in collaboration with Product Development, Marketing, and Sales. Objective is to grow our current position as the 7th largest Media property. Create presentations for our Sales force and optimize product offerings for ad campaigns. Prioritize product roadmaps and drive the experience for the consumer platform. Implement new products and product enhancements that grow advertising revenue.

Brisbane, California, Us

I worked with the CEO to develop the product concept as well as road-show pitch for investors. I also attended VC presentations to answer questions.I was responsible for the original user-model and high-level interface model for the consumer-experience that showcased a modern-day "magazine-like" experience with content written by bloggers.

San Rafael, Ca, Us

I was the angel investor and developed the business plan for a new organic skin care line of 5 products.Together with my Co-Founder, we developed our own original skin care recipes in a traditional home kitchen.After a brief study of fragrance science, we developed our own fragrances for the line based on pure plant oils and essences - again, all organic.I selected and worked with a formulator to mass produce our recipes.Following a grass-roots approach for selling, we achieved two main retail locations to carry our initial product line in 2000. Whole Foods and Henri Bendel (NYC).In 2001, I sold my interest in the company to my co-founder.

Us

I led the firm's transition from print-based information design to online services and information search engines as the Internet began to transform information access. Working early on with Wells Fargo and International telephone directory companies, Deutsche Telekom AG. and Telia in Sweden. Led design transformation for the Prodigy online service (a joint venture between Sears and IBM) as well as information organization analysis and schema proposals for early search engine companies Alta Vista and Internet-MCI as well as projects with Apple/Newton and other hardware devices.

Larkspur, California, Us

I worked to craft an entirely new product brand with the goal to transform the tea industry in the US and to define a new category for the market. The successful combination of great design - thoughtful materials, a creative story, and the best teas has provided a revenue model for more than 25 years. The design I created continues and is on store shelves today.

I worked directly for the Founder, who was responsible for developing the brand of the Macintosh for Steve Jobs. I contributed to the new field at the time, called “user-interface design,” and I worked on early multi-media projects for clients such as Apple as well as startups creating software like Go Computing. Some of my notable designs included graphics for the Apple Developers Conference, Identity design for Treasure Island Resort, Las Vegas, and Autodesk HyperChem.

Cupertino, California, Us

While in High School, I wrote and published the newsletter, MacGazette. Steve Jobs saw the newsletter and the graphics I was creating with the Mac and he asked me to join the Creative team. I was too young to join as an employee initially, but he encouraged me to continue to write and publish my newsletter from the Office of the President at Apple. Months later, I qualified for one of Apple's first internship programs in Design when I entered my senior year of High School. That Summer I was then offered employment - working on marketing collateral and software interface designs including the launch of HyperCard.