Brent Leffew

Current

Principal; UX Lead at Colony User Experience

Past

Sr. Art Director at Comcast Interactive Media
Sr. Art Director at GSI Commerce
Visual Designer at scient

Graphic Designer at Berm Studios
Graphic Designer at Schenker Associates

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Education

West Chester University
University of Maryland

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Brent Leffew’s Summary

fourteen years of professional design experience with a concentration on creating beautiful user centered design for ecommerce and complex informational sites.

Brent Leffew’s Specialties:

ecommerce design, user centered design, user experience design, information architecture, art direction, creative direction

Brent Leffew’s Experience

Principal; UX Lead

Colony User Experience

(Internet industry)

January 2005 — Present (4 years 11 months)
Sr. Art Director

Comcast Interactive Media

(Public Company; CMCSA; Internet industry)

September 2008 — September 2009 (1 year 1 month)

Working with business teams, editorial staff, development teams and user experience group to define overall strategic direction and user experience for future releases of comcast.net and comcast.net related products.

Highlights include:
- Soft-launched comcast.net/beta homepage redesign (11.14.2008), and continue to test and refine for full public transition in Q01 of 2009.
Sr. Art Director

GSI Commerce

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; GSIC; Internet industry)

July 2002 — September 2008 (6 years 3 months)

Some of my site and product launches at GSI include:

SpeedoUSA.com - Launched 08.01.2008
Spanx.com - Launched 03.31.2008
ChristopherAndBanks.com / CJBanks.com - Launched 02.12.2008
NBAstore.com - Launched 10.25.2007
CharlotteRusse.com - Launched 07.12.2007
AceHardware.com - Launched 02.20.2007
ToysRUs.com / BabiesRUs.com - Launched 07.01.2006
Express Shop and Mini-Cart (GSI product development) - Launched 07.05.2006
GNC.com - Launched 01.03.2006
BurberryUSAOnline.com - Launched 10.27.2005
Aeropostale.com - Launched 05.24.2005
KateSpade.com - Launched 10.21.2004
WilsonsLeather.com - Launched 08.27.2004
Shop.MLB.com - Launched 01.2004
shopPBS.org - Launched 10.2003
MVP.com - Launched 03.2003
Ashford.com - Launched 12.2002
Visual Designer

scient

(Internet industry)

1999 — 2001 (2 years )

Some of my projects at Scient include:

SmartMarket.com tech business networking site for ZDnet publications - 2001
Verizon.com redesign - 2001
MLB.com / all MLB team sites consolidation - 2000
Qwest.com redesign - 2000
Graphic Designer

Berm Studios

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Design industry)

1998 — 1999 (1 year )

Designed traditional and large format printing solutions, websites and interactive kiosks for the tradeshow industry. Clients included: Wyeth Ayerst, SmithKline, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and PRWT

Conceptualized and designed large-scale architectural tradeshow displays for clients including: Wyeth Ayerst, SmithKline and Rohm & Haas.
Graphic Designer

Schenker Associates

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Design industry)

1997 — 1999 (2 years )

Worked as design lead for a wide variety of print and interactive projects as well as maintained and developed relationships with clients including: ADT, Creative Resources, Devon Direct, Nokia, Pilot, Poretta & Orr and Unland Hayes among others.