User Experience Lead
Greater New York City Area
- Current
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- User Experience Lead at AOL Video & Winamp
- Owner at UNGEST Media
- Past
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- Creative Director / Production Manager at The Gaming Green Pages
- Senior UI Designer at TD Ameritrade
- Senior Designer at Flightpath Interactive
- Lead Designer / Developer at Clockwork Design Group Inc.
- Education
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- Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
- Adobe Software Training
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Chad Tempest’s Summary
Proficiency in creative execution, visualization, management and design/development for both web and print
Chad Tempest’s Specialties:
UX, user experience, design, IA, information architecture, user interface, project management, prototyping, documentation, concept and execution, back-end and client-side development, flash, flex, javascript, jquery, actionscript, ajax, php, mysql, html, css, xml, xhtml
Chad Tempest’s Experience
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User Experience Lead
AOL Video & Winamp
(Public Company; TWX; Internet industry)
July 2007 — Present (2 years 5 months)
• Translate complex technical, business and product requirements into new functionality, page layouts and user experiences
• Refine existing and created new interaction models based on site metrics, audience testing and consumer feedback
• Strategize with managerial teams to enhance portal delivery methods and improve overall advertising display and revenue
• Manage and direct vendors and internal design teams -
Owner
UNGEST Media
(Graphic Design industry)
May 1999 — Present (10 years 7 months)
Partial client list:
- Advanced Card Systems
- Archaeological Institute of America
- Dubworks Photography
- Echo Engineering
- Gucci
- The Horn Group
- NPR
- Peter Trumbull Crellin Fine Furniture
- Roman Developers
- Sara Wight Photography -
Creative Director / Production Manager
The Gaming Green Pages
(Publishing industry)
September 2003 — 2009 (6 years )
Created all collateral and branding, for print, email and web, to promote publication’s sale and distribution to worldwide audience
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Senior UI Designer
TD Ameritrade
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; AMTD; Internet industry)
May 2007 — July 2007 (3 months)
Redesign of Investment Advisor site
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Senior Designer
Flightpath Interactive
(Internet industry)
March 2005 — May 2007 (2 years 3 months)
• Complete concept, renaming and rebranding of company
• Oversaw and directed designers and producers in layout, CSS, javascript, actionscript and HTML composition and techniques, in addition to project management/scheduling
• Conceptual, UI and IA lead for numerous clients
Partial client list:
- American Express
- AOL
- Chock full o'Nuts
- Diageo
- Empire Editions
- Erno Laszlo Cosmetics
- Goya Foods
- Larry King Access
- The New Yorker
- Schering-Plough
- United Jewish Communities
- World Trade Center Memorial -
Lead Designer / Developer
Clockwork Design Group Inc.
(Graphic Design industry)
July 2000 — March 2005 (4 years 9 months)
Partial client list:
- American Bar Association
- Bridgeline Software
- CB Richard Ellis
- Ernst and Young
- Goulston & Storrs
- Metric Corporation
- Precise Software
- Primavera
- Progress Software
- Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr
Chad Tempest’s Education
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Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
BFA , Communication Design , 1997 — 2000
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Adobe Software Training
Certificate , Flex Rich Client Applications , 2008
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AIGA | the professional association for design
Chad Tempest’s Honors:
Society for Marketing Professional Services: Corporate Brochure
Legal Marketing Association: Identity Package
Chad Tempest’s Contact Settings
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