Experience

OpenBlend
• United Kingdom
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Product Designer

  • Dec 2021 - Present


Multitone Electronics

• United Kingdom
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing

• Product Designer

  • May 2019 - Dec 2021

  – Worked in conjunction with Multitone's Product Management team to translate software product ideas into functional design prototypes. – Acted as a communications bridge between Product Management, Software Development, and Marketing. – Managed the development and communication of design guidelines and patterns, with focus on providing a consistent and intuitive experience. – Developed and maintained all design assets; from icons to illustrations. – Worked beside engineering to provide design input to hardware interfaces. – Provided design leadership to our Development team. – Aided Product Management in the creation of requirements. – Worked with our Marketing team to modify and maintain brand guidelines, offer web support, and provide visibility of our product roadmap. Show less



Lakeshore Learning Materials

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Snr. UX Designer

  • Oct 2013 - Oct 2018

  – Performed a wide-range of daily duties, functioning as a UI Designer, illustrator, and icon designer for our b2b, and b2c e-commerce platform. – Worked to iteratively design our search results pages (SRP), product detail pages (PDP), my account pages, and refactored checkout process. – Facilitated the configuration and review of A/B testing. – Created functional HTML templates for hand-off to back-end developers. – Responsible for the translation of design requirements to our back-end developers and back-end limitations to our front-end team. – Trained UX team members in our Oracle CMS tools. – Supported Senior Management to review and write project requirements. Show less



Vance and Hines

• Snr. Web Designer

  • May 2007 - Aug 2013

  – Designed & developed Vance & Hines' first major online brand. – Created and maintained a myriad of UI Designs for the main website, blogs, apps, microsites, and kiosk applications. – Designed logos and iconography for the website, mobile apps, and a variety of marketing materials. – Aided our photography department with cut-out and touchup work. – Communicated across teams, interfaced with company owners, and translated software requirements to a large team of hardware engineers. – Developed brochure designs, stickers, and promotional materials. Show less



Tonymech Artworks & Apparel

• Web Developer / Graphic Designer

  • Dec 2005 - Oct 2009

  Designed and maintained a small retail website with a simple e-commerce solution and CMS. Worked closely with the artist to develop brand identity, including designs for clothing labeling, and banner art for social networking accounts. Also provided graphic design support in the form of CAD layouts for shirts sold in Hot Topic stores. Designed and maintained a small retail website with a simple e-commerce solution and CMS. Worked closely with the artist to develop brand identity, including designs for clothing labeling, and banner art for social networking accounts. Also provided graphic design support in the form of CAD layouts for shirts sold in Hot Topic stores.



Blest Boutique (DC Marketing)

• Senior Graphic Designer

  • May 2005 - May 2007

  Designed graphics for apparel sold at Hot Topic retail stores. Created eye-catching designs using a variety of advanced foil, flocked, burnout, & water based techniques. Creation of CAD layouts for presenting to store buyers. Strong collaboration with fabric and trim purchasing departments. Produced color separations and film for creation of samples. Expansion of role to work with clients such as: The Hundreds, Christian Audigier, Ed Hardy, Stacks & Bundles, & Junk Food. Designed graphics for apparel sold at Hot Topic retail stores. Created eye-catching designs using a variety of advanced foil, flocked, burnout, & water based techniques. Creation of CAD layouts for presenting to store buyers. Strong collaboration with fabric and trim purchasing departments. Produced color separations and film for creation of samples. Expansion of role to work with clients such as: The Hundreds, Christian Audigier, Ed Hardy, Stacks & Bundles, & Junk Food.



Fine Design

• Bulgaria
• Architecture and Planning
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Graphic Designer / Web Designer

  • Sep 1999 - Nov 2004

  Worked with local government agencies, art galleries, and businesses to provide a variety of graphic design and print media solutions. Conceived projects from the ground up; designed print layouts, hand made mock-ups of documents, and oversaw the print process including providing our print shop with accurate color separations. Created interactive CD-Roms, brochures, catalogs, and promotional banners. Built and maintained websites for a wide variety of clients. Technologies Used: Dreamweaver, QuarkXPress, Macromedia Director, Flash, PhotoShop, CorelDraw. Show less