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Professional Skills

  • Excel in translating marketing requirement document (MRD) into organized and logical wire frames, HTML or image mockups for presentation or usability testings
  • Ability to create new design guidelines as well as working within existing design frameworks to ensure the consistence user experience throughout the site
  • Excellent visual, written and verbal presentation skills with the ability to communicate ideas by the means of visual mockups, written document, or presenting in person in a group setting
  • Experience in writing product specifications for engineering implementation
  • In-depth working knowledge of practical user interface design
  • Fundamental visual design concepts in layout, composition, color theory, and typography
  • Programming experience: raw HTML and CSS coding, working knowledge of JavaScript, DHTML, XML, PHP
  • PhotoShop, Illustrator, Flash, Dreamweaver, InDesign, HomeSite, TextPad, Visio, Words, Excel



Working Experience

Arcadia-Entertainment, Redwood City, CA (8/2007 – 9/2008)

User Interface Designer
  • Designed user interface for the company's various MMORPGs
  • Created UI spec for engineering department to implement UI features
  • Provided 2D graphical elements for game graphical interface usage


CNET Networks, San Francisco, CA (4/1999 - 8/2007)

Design Manager, Shopping Service & Advice   (4/2001 - 8/2007)
  • Defined art direction, style guide and long term user experience strategies
  • Executed user interface and graphic design for the entire site
  • Translated marketing documents and wire frames into polished mockups, created prototypes for presentation and usability testing
  • Wrote technical specification for implementation
  • Managed mySimon Creative Department, provided art direction and enforced brand and style guidelines, performed annual evaluations and established goals for the department and individuals


Senior Web Designer, mySimon.com   (8/2001 – 4/2001)
  • Worked closely with Marketing to develop new site features, designed navigational flow and visual elements, created HTML prototypes for Engineering implementation
  • Senior designer on full-scale site redesign project
  • Provided trainings to new designers in HTML coding, template structure and production procedures
  • Attended usability testing, took constant initiative to improve the site interface based on results


Web Designer, mySimon.com   (4/1999 – 8/2000)
  • Managed all co-branded projects – integrated co-branded partner content into the mySimon look and feel while maintaining the brand identity of both parties; handled all visual design and HTML production work.
  • Created ad banners and other graphical promotion units
  • Designed company business cards and corporate collateral


University-Student Union, California State University, Los Angeles, CA (5/1998 - 3/1999)

Graphic Designer
  • Designed posters, postcards, flyers, brochures, newsletters, applications
  • Developed promotional material (stationary, T-shirts, and souvenirs) to market Programming team activities



Education

Information Design
San Francisco State University, San Francisco Extension

User Interface Design
University of California, Santa Cruz Extension

BA. Graphic Design, Computer Graphics
California State University, Los Angeles




Reference upon request