Charles Crawford

Current

• Product & Interaction Design Consultant at Freelance

Past

• User Interface Director at gubb.net
• Senior User Interface Designer at RDVO, Inc
• User Interface Designer at Peppercoin, Inc

• Interactive Designer at eTravel, Inc
• Interactive Designer at Reuters
• Interactive Designer at Citigate Northover
• New Media Assistant at Sony Music Entertainment (UK)

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Education

• Massachusetts College of Art
• Cape Peninsula University of Technology

Recommended

12 people have recommended Charles

Connections

151 connections

Industry

Design

Websites

• My Company

Charles Crawford’s Summary

Charles Crawford’s Specialties:

Consultancy Experience, Presentation Skills, Team Experience, Collaboration Skills, Problem Solving/Brainstorming, Design Research, Mental Models, Information Architecture, Visual Communication, Product Interaction Design, Visual User Interface Development, Detail Development, Concept Model Development, Mobile Application Development, Visual Communication, Product Rendering, 3D Visualization, Rapid Idea Prototyping, Object Oriented Programming, Physical Computing, Mobile Application Development

Charles Crawford’s Experience

• Product & Interaction Design Consultant

  Freelance

  (Design industry)

  January 2005 — Present (4 years 11 months)

  Design consultant to various product development and interactive design firms. Past work has included user experience design, interaction design, interactive design, design research, product development and manufacturing requirements.
  
  Past clients include: Essential Design, Stage Branding, Redfish Product Development and Philip Johnson Associates.

• User Interface Director

  gubb.net

  (Internet industry)

  2006 — 2008 (2 years )

• Senior User Interface Designer

  RDVO, Inc

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  2005 — 2006 (1 year )

  - Designed user interfaces for web and embedded applications.
  - Developed user interaction models using object-oriented prototyping (Javascript, DOM, AJAX).
  - Adhered to accessibility requirements and standards compliance of client applications.
  
  Clients: MBTA, Fidelity, Shire, Delta Dental

• User Interface Designer

  Peppercoin, Inc

  (Privately Held; Financial Services industry)

  2003 — 2005 (2 years )

• Interactive Designer

  eTravel, Inc

  (Internet industry)

  2002 — 2003 (1 year )

• Interactive Designer

  Reuters

  (Public Company; RTR.L; Financial Services industry)

  2001 — 2002 (1 year )

  - Mantained and developed the Reuters Focus Group Accounts Intranet which enabled account managers from around the world to share information concerning the top 25 clients of Reuters Financial services.
  - Developed content management system to allow editor account control.

• Interactive Designer

  Citigate Northover

  (Internet industry)

  2000 — 2001 (1 year )

  Featured Clients: Legal & General, Barbican Arts Center, Millennium Commission, Westinghouse

• New Media Assistant

  Sony Music Entertainment (UK)

  (Public Company; SNE; Consumer Electronics industry)

  1999 — 1999 (less than a year)

Charles Crawford’s Education

• Massachusetts College of Art

  BFA , Industrial Design , 2007 — 2009

  Designed and developed an iPhone Application to browse portfolios of students from the college's Industrial Design department.

• Cape Peninsula University of Technology

  ND , Three-Dimensional Design, Industrial Design , 1993 — 1996

Additional Information

Charles Crawford’s Websites:

• My Company

Charles Crawford’s Honors:

2009 Finalist, Merit Awards, Massachusetts College of Art + Design
2009 Finalist, Cut & Paste 3D Digital Design Tournament, Boston
2008 Winner, Leadership in Design Award, Massachusetts College of Art + Design
2007 Winner, Webby Award, MBTA.com, Technical Lead, Agency: RDVO Inc.
2007 Winner, MITX Award, MBTA.com, Technical Lead, Agency: RDVO Inc.