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UI/UX Designer

Chicago, IL 
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Experience

I have over 13 years of hands-on work experience in UI/UX design, rapid prototyping, and front-end development for rich Internet applications and mobile devices. I practice user centered design principles basing design decisions on user needs and business goals.

Senior UI/UX Designer

Koffler Sales (Lake Zurich, IL)
April 2020 - Present

  • UI/UX design and strategy including comprehensive research, wireframing, prototyping, design & development.
  • Redesigned the entire ecommerce platform for Mobile & Desktop.
  • Coordinating with the development team internal and external to ensure successful implementation.

Senior UI/UX Designer

Options Travel (Mount Prospect, IL)
May 2019 - March 2020

  • UI/UX design and strategy including comprehensive research, wireframing, prototyping, design & development.
  • Understanding the business requirements and interactions to create design needs for their TempoTrip Travel Platform.

UI/UX Designer/Developer

ImageMaster, LLC (Milwaukee, WI)
February 2019 - April 2019

  • Rebuilding the entire MuniOS system in responsive using Bootstrap. Working closely with the owner on a day to day basis to accomplish this.

Project Manager

DOSL, LLC (Chicago, IL)
January 2018 - April 2019

  • Managing remoteteam of UI/UX designers and Software developers to strategize comprehensiveresearch, wireframing, prototyping, design & development.
  • Understandingbusiness requirements and interactions to create design needs for their mobile application.
  • Coordinating withdevelopment team internal and external to ensure successful implementation.

Senior UI/UX Designer

Nielsen (Tampa, FL)
April 2018 - May 2018

  • UI/UX design andstrategy including comprehensive research, wireframing, prototyping, design& development.
  • Understandingbusiness requirements and interactions to create design needs for numerous applications.
  • Coordinating withdevelopment team internal and external to ensure successful implementation.

Senior UI/UX Designer

RDI/A (Chicago, IL)
October 2016 - November 2017

  • UI/UX design andstrategy including comprehensive research, wireframing, prototyping, design & development. 
  • Understanding business requirements and interactions to create design needs for numerous applications.           
  • Coordinating with development team internal and external to ensure successful implementation.

UI/UX Designer

Municipal Systems Inc. (Palos Heights, IL)
January 2016 - July 2016

  • UI/UX design and strategy including wireframing for iOS & Android based police officer and administrative solutions. 
  • Understanding business requirements and interactions to create design needs for their application.           
  • Coordinating with development team internal and external to ensure successful implementation.

UI/UX Designer

CNH Industrial (Bur Ridge, IL)
September 2014 - January 2016

  • UI/UX design and strategy including wireframing for android based precision farming solutions
  • Understanding business requirements and interactions to create design needs for their application
  • Coordinating with development team internal and external to ensure successful implementation
  • Responsible for the creation of 3D modeling Tractors and Implements for their maps feature using Maya. Used Unity to collect the exact amount of vertices for each model.

Senior UI/UX Designer

SRVR LLC (Schaumburg, IL)
November 2013 - September 2014

  • UI/UX redesignand development of their 3 websites
  • Design anddevelopment of websites using Microsoft Visual Studio and HTML/CSS and mobileapplications for iPhone/Android
  • Design anddevelopment of emails using HTML/CSS -Website list: www.necc.us, https://pulsetele.com/

UI Interface Designer/Developer

SOCIALDEALER (Oak Brook, IL)
June 2011 - April 2012

  • UI Designer for social media web application connecting automotive dealers with their customers through Facebook, Twitter and YouTube
  • Maintained and updated company site using HTML/CSS
  • Created email templates for mass mailing campaigns. 

CEO

2pensmedia Inc (Chicago, IL)
June 2009 - Present

2pensmedia Inc. is a Chicago based graphic design company that prides itself on customer satisfaction. We have over ten years of professional experience in the vast world of graphic design. Our skill sets are as diverse as web design to mobile application development.

  • Mobile Experience: iPhone, iPad, Android
  • UI/UX design andstrategy including wireframing
  • 2009-2010: UI/UXdesign and development performed to create Chicago Works mobile app for theCity of Chicago
  • April 2012 – June2013: UI/UX design and development performed to create Sound-Bar nightclub management system web application
  • Partial client list: City of Chicago, Sound-Bar Nightclub

UI Designer - 3D Animator/Modeler

Digital Aisle (Woodridge, IL)
August 2006 - May 2009

2pensmedia Inc. is a Chicago based graphic design company that prides itself on customer satisfaction. We have over ten years of professional experience in the vast world of graphic design. Our skill sets are as diverse as web design to mobile application development.

  • Created interactive content for major brands including Miller, Procter & Gamble and Diageo, including Flash Animations, UI Design and developed wireframes
  • Conceptualized and designed interactive touchscreen displays for consumer markets featured in major retailers
  • Animated 3D characters for animated series “Kool Kids.” 

Skill Summary

Product Design

  • Interaction Design
  • Rapid Prototyping
  • Visual Design
  • User Research
  • Usability Testing

Software

  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Balsamiq
  • Axure
  • Invision App
  • Sketch
  • Wordpress 

Languages

  • HTML / CSS
  • PHP

Education

The Illinois Institute of Art - Schaumburg
Media Arts and Animation
Bachelor of Fine Arts - June 2002

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