Clay Newton

Co-founder, President at Remarkd.com

San Francisco Bay Area

Current
  • Co-founder, President at Remarkd.com
Past
  • Manager of Strategic Value Initiatives at Bank of America
  • Design Director at Bank of America
  • Interaction Design Manager at Bank of America
  • Sr. Interaction Designer at Bank of America
  • User Experience Group Manager at Navis, LLC
  • Software Developer at Virage, Inc
  • Web Development Team Manager at Assentive Solutions
  • Senior Web Developer at Eve.com
Education
  • UC Davis
  • Napa High
Connections
341 connections
Industry
Computer Software
Websites

Clay Newton’s Summary

Designing experience with an eye to the most advanced, industry accepted consumer technologies, platforms and devices.

Clay Newton’s Specialties:

Specializing in enterprise, .org and consumer segments


Clay Newton’s Experience

  • Co-founder, President

    Remarkd.com

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

    February 2008Present (6 months)

  • Manager of Strategic Value Initiatives

    Bank of America

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BAC; Banking industry)

    November 2007March 2008 (5 months)

  • Design Director

    Bank of America

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BAC; Banking industry)

    February 2007November 2007 (10 months)

    Director of Innovation and Enterprise Experience. Responsible for governance of all global and site-wide experiences including i18n, search, navigation; charged with cultivating a "culture of innovation"; responsible for ideation and innovation around emergent and next-gen experiences (mobile, community, standards adoption); key contributor to the evolution of site standards, technology and process adoption.

  • Interaction Design Manager

    Bank of America

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Banking industry)

    May 2006February 2007 (10 months)

    User advocate in all project meetings, balancing the needs of the business and collaborating with technology partners. Project Lead, coordinating communication and deliverables for all User Centered Design and Research (UCD&R) contributors. As Peer Reviewer for the Authenticated Interaction Design, provided guidance in business and design to junior staff. Manager of Authenticated Research and Development group.

  • Sr. Interaction Designer

    Bank of America

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Banking industry)

    April 2005May 2006 (1 year 2 months)

    Responsible for design of transactional and analysis screens for consumer accounts and innovative security solutions. Closely worked with business and technical partners to define feature sets that would provide high value to the customer and the business. Designed platform agnostic solutions with keen attention to rich interaction and simplicity.

  • User Experience Group Manager

    Navis, LLC

    (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)

    July 2003March 2005 (1 year 9 months)

    Interaction Design: Performed information analysis and architecture on legacy application suite. Redefined interaction model and navigation paradigm based on usability analysis. Developed Storyboard Wireframes, SDL/Activity Diagrams, Sitemaps, interaction definitions, and interactive and static mockups.

    Process Definition and Refinement: Defined corporate standards for Personas, Use Cases, Sitemaps and Activity Diagrams. Collaborated with framework group to develop a declarative system for modeling presentation and interaction.

  • Software Developer

    Virage, Inc

    (Public Company; Computer Software industry)

    April 2002July 2003 (1 year 4 months)

    I18N / L10N / Section 508: Developed front end with internationalization and Section 508 compliance as a top priority.

    Technical Ability: Spearheaded a team of front-end developers in the port of legacy applications from proprietary markup to an XSL template-based structure. Maintained rigorous standards for cross-browser compatibility.

  • Web Development Team Manager

    Assentive Solutions

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

    November 2000February 2002 (1 year 4 months)

    Client Contact and Integration: Established Integration Milestones Documents for the Assentive Partner API and the Assentive White-Labeling API. Laid the initial groundwork for technical integrations with partners and customers. Coordinated with technical contacts and Product Managers at partner sites to facilitate turnaround.

    Information Architecture: Designed interface, defined information architecture and implemented database driven content management tool for the corporate website and intranet.

  • Senior Web Developer

    Eve.com

    (Computer Software industry)

    June 1999October 2000 (1 year 5 months)

    Contributions at Eve.com involved User Interface Design, Functional Specifications, Management of the development team, Design and Development of site-wide templates and Flash boutiques, coordination with Business Development and Product Management. Front-end go-to on all functional integrations with third parties.


Clay Newton’s Education

  • UC Davis

    BA, Studio Art, September 1996December 1998

  • Napa High


Additional Information

Clay Newton’s Websites:

Clay Newton’s Interests:

Innovation, Web 2.0, mobile devices, social media, surfing, hiking, fiction, old time music, gardening, banjo, The Cult of Mac

Clay Newton’s Groups:

SIGCHI, SIGGRAPH, AIGA, Facebook, Twitter

  •    Tweeple member

Clay Newton’s Honors:

Bank of America Spirit Medallion (a total of 4), 2007
Bank of America World Class Customer Experience Award, 2007
Bank of America Award of Excellence, 2007


Clay Newton’s Contact Settings

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  • consulting offers
  • new ventures
  • job inquiries
  • expertise requests
  • business deals
  • reference requests
  • getting back in touch

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