Al Belote

Current

• User Experience Designer at First Church of Christ, Scientist

Past

• Web Producer/Interactive Designer at Christian Science Publishing Society
• Web Designer at TurnOn Media
• User Experience Designer at NewsEdge Corporation

• Creative Director at Network Publications
• Advertising Creative Director at New Hampshire Magazine
• Various at The Telegraph
• Advertising Design Director at Network Publications
• Art Director at Shockley & Associates
• Assistant Art Director at Shockley & Associates
• Account Executive at Telegraph Publishing Company
• Account Executive at Telegraph Publishing Company
• Account Executive at The Boston Phoenix

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Education

• Principia College

Recommended

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Connections

127 connections

Industry

Online Media

Websites

• My Website

Al Belote’s Summary

Designer with broad experience in print and Web, with specialization in a collaborative approach to designing the User Experience. Involved in all aspects of the process including audience research, strategy planning with project stakeholders, and design and development of final product.

Al Belote’s Specialties:

Audience Research
Personas
Web Strategy
Web Design
User Experience Design
User Task Analysis
Interaction Design
Information Architecture
Information Design
User Interface Design
Visual Design
Usability
Visio
PhotoShop
Illustrator
Dreamweaver
GoLive
Flash
html
CSS
javascript
InDesign
QuarkXpress

Al Belote’s Experience

• User Experience Designer

  First Church of Christ, Scientist

  (Non-Profit; 501-1000 employees; Religious Institutions industry)

  February 2007 — Present (2 years 10 months)

  User Experience Design for christianscience.com, tmcyouth.com and related Web sites
  
  Investigation, strategic planning, design, and development of online user experience, including the following:
  
  audience research
  development of personas
  analysis of user needs, motivations, and behaviors
  strategic planning with stakeholders
  creative brief and business planning
  information architecture
  wireframing of pages
  information design
  content development and coordination
  visual design
  art and creative direction
  html/css coding

• Web Producer/Interactive Designer

  Christian Science Publishing Society

  (Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Publishing industry)

  February 2002 — May 2007 (5 years 4 months)

  Designer for organization's Websites, primarily spirituality.com and churchofchristscientist.org. Also contributing design and production on special projects for csmonitor.com and christianscience.com

• Web Designer

  TurnOn Media

  (Online Media industry)

  2000 — 2001 (1 year )

• User Experience Designer

  NewsEdge Corporation

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Online Media industry)

  November 1999 — September 2001 (1 year 11 months)

  - Produced online product prototype for presentation to board of directors for budget approval
  - Facilitated discussions and produced prototype designs for 6-person product development team
  - Facilitated discussions and produced designs for 8-person cross-functional product design and production team

• Creative Director

  Network Publications

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)

  May 1995 — November 1999 (4 years 7 months)

  Publisher of New Hampshire Editions, a four-color monthly magazine, print and advertising collateral, and Websites.
  
  Responsible for direction and coordination of creative output for print, advertising and Web projects. Supervised team of three designers, one programmer, and one project manager.
  
  Collaborated with magazine editor and art director on editorial projects.
  
  Managed client relationships on creative projects

• Advertising Creative Director

  New Hampshire Magazine

  (Online Media industry)

  1993 — 1999 (6 years )

• Various

  The Telegraph

  (Online Media industry)

  1984 — 1999 (15 years )

• Advertising Design Director

  Network Publications

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)

  December 1993 — May 1995 (1 year 6 months)

• Art Director

  Shockley & Associates

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  November 1989 — May 1992 (2 years 7 months)

• Assistant Art Director

  Shockley & Associates

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  February 1988 — November 1989 (1 year 10 months)

• Account Executive

  Telegraph Publishing Company

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Newspapers industry)

  February 1984 — February 1988 (4 years 1 month)

• Account Executive

  Telegraph Publishing Company

  (Online Media industry)

  1984 — 1988 (4 years )

• Account Executive

  The Boston Phoenix

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Newspapers industry)

  February 1982 — February 1984 (2 years 1 month)

Al Belote’s Education

• Principia College

  Art History , 1977 — 1981

Additional Information

Al Belote’s Websites:

• My Website

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