Anthony Morales

Current

Owner, Lead Designer/Developer at Cubit Planning

Past

Web Developer-User Interface at University of Texas at Austin
Senior User Interaction Designer at Hoover's Inc.
Owner at KickPunch Creative

Web Content Manager at M-I SWACO
Web Developer I, Instructional Technology & Design Group at University of Houston
Martial Arts Instructor at South Austin Kuk Sool Won Martial Arts (Sole Proprietorship)
Interface Designer at Hoover's Inc.
Production Specialist (Contract position) at Deja.com
Computer Programmer/Services Assistant, Institute for Technology & Learning at The University of Texas at Austin

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Education

The University of Texas at Austin

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Anthony Morales’s Summary

Interaction Designer with substantial in-house design experience. Particularly interested in working with customer-focused design and product teams.

Anthony Morales’s Specialties:

Strong understanding of User-Centered Design process, Usability and Information Architecture principles. Able to motivate people, and to play the part of mediator between technologists, designers, business-owners and clients.

Anthony Morales’s Experience

Owner, Lead Designer/Developer

Cubit Planning

(Environmental Services industry)

September 2008 — Present (11 months)

Product management, interaction design, Ruby on Rails development.
Web Developer-User Interface

University of Texas at Austin

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

January 2009 — May 2009 (5 months)
Senior User Interaction Designer

Hoover's Inc.

(Public Company; Information Services industry)

June 2005 — January 2009 (3 years 8 months)

Created, enhanced and maintained Hoover’s products and internal systems. Utilized user research to design innovative interfaces that met customer needs. Took user requirements and translated them into designs.

Designed mobile web apps (iPhone), and apps (Blackberry, Windows Mobile). Led a team of designers and developers to redesign Hoover's & Selectory list-building tools, account management and

Developed a new content management system designed to improve usability, efficiency and accuracy for the Hoover’s Content Team. Designed a new customer service dashboard combining multiple systems into one UI for the Customer Service team. Designed wire frames, user flows, concept drawings for multiple Hoover’s products and projects. Lead the team in developing design documentation for Creative Services projects. Worked with all groups in the company: end-users, marketing, sales, technology and content.
Owner

KickPunch Creative

(Design industry)

1999 — December 2008 (9 years)

My freelance design outlet. Designed web sites or interfaces to meet customer needs. Designed web sites for online printing services, martial arts schools, a gym/spa, and a favorite Austin swimming hole: Deep Eddy.
Web Content Manager

M-I SWACO

(Privately Held; Oil & Energy industry)

January 2005 — June 2005 (6 months)

Designed new web sites for recently acquired companies. Designed a user management web app for use by application owners and team managers. Team managers applied for access to an app, application owners granted it. It enabled easy tracking to meet SOX requirements. Also managed content-delivery on M-I SWACO website, supported & designed Cold Fusion apps.
Web Developer I, Instructional Technology & Design Group

University of Houston

(Educational Institution; Online Media industry)

2004 — 2005 (1 year)

Designed sites and content for online classes. Produced media for online delivery: images, video, 3-D environments and interactive web sites. Developed a Flash-based Human Anatomy Coloring Book, an online art gallery for Spanish paintings, and animated maps of the Original 13 Colonies.
Martial Arts Instructor
South Austin Kuk Sool Won Martial Arts (Sole Proprietorship)

(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)

2002 — 2004 (2 years)

Taught curriculum and administered exams to students ages 5 and up. Assisted chief instructor with administrative tasks, customer service, and assisting guests.
Interface Designer

Hoover's Inc.

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

June 2000 — April 2004 (3 years 11 months)

Lead interaction design for a complete site/product overhaul. Designed concept drawings for the branding of the site, wireframes and high-fidelity mockups for user-testing and product development. Lead the push to standards-based coding using XHTML and CSS-based layouts. Lead the effort to improve Accessibility of Hoover’s online products.
Production Specialist (Contract position)

Deja.com

(Internet industry)

1999 — 1999 (less than a year)

Published daily content on deja.com web site. Wrote and edited HTML. Published images and content. Worked with content creators and copy editors to produce content that complies with site style guidelines. Worked under daily and hourly deadlines.
Computer Programmer/Services Assistant, Institute for Technology & Learning

The University of Texas at Austin

(Educational Institution; E-Learning industry)

1998 — 1999 (1 year)

Designed and maintained graphics, content and HTML for institutional and educational web sites. Designed interface for dynamic web application for K-12 students and teachers. Designs met WAI Standards for Accessibility.

Anthony Morales’s Education

The University of Texas at Austin

Bachelor of Arts , Anthropology , 1993 — 1998

Area of concentration: Mesoamerica; Also studied Virtual Community Formation in online environments

Activities and Societies:

University of Texas Anthropological Society

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Anthony Morales’s Interests:

I’m a semi-professional martial-artist. I hold a 2nd-degree black belt in Kuk Sool Won, and am active in the organization as an instructor and in demo-teams. I sing and play guitar in two garage bands, like to swim, and never go anywhere without a camera, a book or both.