Ben Rubenstein

Current

• Information Architect at The Wall Street Journal

Past

• Freelance Information Architect and Designer (self employed): UI/UX/IA at Ben Rubenstein Design LLC
• IA Consultant at The Wall Street Journal
• Usability Analyst, UI Designer at Hearst Magazines

• Art Director, Online Subscriptions at Primedia
• Senior Designer, Playboy.com at Playboy Enterprises
• Senior Designer, Playboy.com at Playboy Magazine

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Education

• Skidmore College

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Connections

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Industry

Design

Ben Rubenstein’s Summary

• I provide my clients with fully annotated wireframes for new designs or for redesigns of existing pages. These wireframes illustrate all of the page requirements, flows, and functionality

• I offer a full site usability analysis and provide a comprehensive and actionable report. The report is based on usability principles as well as learnings from over 100 hours of usability tests which I have personally supervised and observed. I can present this report in person and answer any questions.

• I have a background in visual design, so I also enjoy doing good old fashioned graphic design too!

Ben Rubenstein’s Specialties:

Information Architecture, Wireframing, User Interface Design, Usability Analysis, Site Maps, Schematics, Graphic Design, Web Design, Usability Testing, Project Management

Ben Rubenstein’s Experience

• Information Architect

  The Wall Street Journal

  (Public Company; DJ; Newspapers industry)

  September 2009 — Present (3 months)

  Wireframes, Schematics, Functional Specifications, Site Maps, Design Mockups, User Interface Design, Usability Review, Usability Testing

• Freelance Information Architect and Designer (self employed): UI/UX/IA

  Ben Rubenstein Design LLC

  (Design industry)

  June 2008 — September 2009 (1 year 4 months)

  Ongoing work in: User Interface Design, Wireframing, Usability Analysis, Graphic Design, Web Design. Partial client list: The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch, Forbes, Source Interlink Media, Conde Nast Publications

• IA Consultant

  The Wall Street Journal

  (Design industry)

  2008 — 2009 (1 year )

• Usability Analyst, UI Designer

  Hearst Magazines

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Publishing industry)

  September 2006 — June 2008 (1 year 10 months)

• Art Director, Online Subscriptions

  Primedia

  (Public Company; Publishing industry)

  July 2001 — September 2006 (5 years 3 months)

• Senior Designer, Playboy.com

  Playboy Enterprises

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; PLA; Entertainment industry)

  October 1998 — July 2001 (2 years 10 months)

• Senior Designer, Playboy.com

  Playboy Magazine

  (Public Company; Publishing industry)

  October 1998 — July 2001 (2 years 10 months)

Ben Rubenstein’s Education

• Skidmore College

  BS , Studio Art, Graphic Design, Photography , 1994 — 1998

  Activities and Societies:

  The Skidmore News

Additional Information

Ben Rubenstein’s Interests:

opera, italy, travel, baseball, film

Ben Rubenstein’s Groups:

NYC Usability Professionals Association

•    Skidmore Business Network National

Ben Rubenstein’s Contact Settings

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