User Experience Designer - Yahoo!
Greater Atlanta Area
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- Visual Designer at Yahoo!
- Past
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- Senior Graphic Designer at Avenue A | Razorfish
- Freelance Graphic Designer/Art Director (Self-employed)
- Senior Graphic Designer at Perimeter Church
- Associate Designer at Cambridge Technology Partners
- Education
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- Georgia State University
- Savannah College of Art and Design
- Toccoa Falls College
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Bill Higgins’s Summary
Bill Higgins’s Specialties:
Brand Development using print and interactive mediums
Digital Illustration
Bill Higgins’s Experience
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Visual Designer
Yahoo!
(Public Company; YHOO; Internet industry)
2008 — Present (1 year)
I'm a visual designer in the Yahoo! Atlanta office. I work within the User Experience Design Team.
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Senior Graphic Designer
Avenue A | Razorfish
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; MSFT; Marketing and Advertising industry)
November 2005 — 2008 (3 years)
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Freelance Graphic Designer/Art Director
Self-employed
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Design industry)
May 2005 — October 2005 (6 months)
Freelance print and interactive design for various clients.
Produced and or directed the following:
• Outdoor ad campaign for Guinness
• Interactive banner campaign for AmSouth Bank
• Designed and built Flash microsites for multiple boutique brands
• Created a full scale e-Commerce site with integrated content management tools for a local sports arena outfitter.
My enjoyment of new relationships is reflected in my success with new clients and agencies. The variety of clients and breadth of these projects point to my love of new challenges and are a testament to my flexibility as a designer. -
Senior Graphic Designer
Perimeter Church
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Graphic Design industry)
February 2001 — April 2003 (2 years 3 months)
Assisted the Creative Director in the re-development of the organization’s approach to communications - renovating the existing model, streamlining the church’s corporate message and reduced its communications budget.
Developed brand identity solutions for Perimeter’s ministries and events consisting of logo designs, stationary systems, corporate promotional campaigns and internal and community based event campaigns.
Provided art direction during many projects - coordinating most aspects of the project including pre-press and print production.
Components included: collateral print media, newspaper ads, web page design, video animation and environmental graphics - extensive use of Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign - periodic assignments using After Effects and Flash. -
Associate Designer
Cambridge Technology Partners
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; CATP; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2000 — January 2001 (7 months)
Collaborated as part a five person visual design team - bringing enthusiastic insight and
an eager work ethic.
Conceptualized and designed various components for large scale web sites for a variety
of corporate and internal clients.
Produced visual components utilizing Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator to then be programmed by HTML developers.
Maintained a quick pace during design phases in order to produce a variety of options
for clients in a short amount of time.
Bill Higgins’s Education
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Georgia State University
BFA , Graphic Design , 1996 — 2000
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Savannah College of Art and Design
Art - Illustration 1995 — 1996
- Activities and Societies:
- Young Life
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Toccoa Falls College
AA , Biblical Studies/General Studies , 1992 — 1995
Additional Information
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Bill Higgins’s Interests:
Story telling, hiking, camping, fly fishing, art history, adventures with my family, inspiring others, seeing the connections, getting to the bottom of problems, studying the Bible, discussing philosophy.
Bill Higgins’s Groups:
American Institute of Graphic Artists
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Interaction Design Association -
Web Standards Design + Development -
AIGA | the professional association for design
Bill Higgins’s Honors:
Getting married and having children
Bill Higgins’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
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- business deals
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