Derek Oyen

Current

Instructor at Kent State University
Senior User Interface Designer at DigiKnow
Freelance Graphic Designer (Self-employed)

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Past

Senior Designer at DigiKnow
Graphic Designer at ka Architecture
Graphic Designer at Kapp & Associates

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Education

University of Cincinnati

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Derek Oyen’s Summary

Senior User Interface designer with a more than a decade of experience designing for the Web. Serve a broad range of clients including consumer products, business to business, and professional sports. Particular focus on usability and standards-based design.

Derek Oyen’s Specialties:

Web interface design, user interface development, standards and usability; brand development; print collateral; environmental graphics

Derek Oyen’s Experience

Instructor

Kent State University

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

January 2009 — Present (11 months)

Instructor for Web Design & Programming courses in the School of Visual Communication Design
Senior User Interface Designer

DigiKnow

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

April 2008 — Present (1 year 8 months)

Promote user experience, usability, and accessibility standards for Web sites and online applications

Develop clear and professional documentation to communicate interface, information architecture and visual design direction both with clients and with internal teams

Create intuitive, seamless and beautiful Web user interfaces that solve business, marketing and creative challenges
Freelance Graphic Designer

Self-employed

(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Graphic Design industry)

1998 — Present (11 years )

Freelance graphic design, primarily for non-profit organizations.
Senior Designer

DigiKnow

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

November 1999 — April 2008 (8 years 6 months)

Senior graphic designer with strong experience in designing for the Web. Serve a broad range of clients including consumer products, business to business, and professional sports. Particular focus on usability and standards-based design.

Responsible for conceptual development, communicating those concepts both internally and externally, and following those concepts through to completion. Also deeply involved in developing and extending brands across multiple platforms (print, Web, and environmental graphics).

Specialties include Web interface design, standards and usability; brand development; print collateral; environmental graphics
Graphic Designer

ka Architecture

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Architecture & Planning industry)

1997 — November 1999 (2 years )

In-house graphic designer for retail architetural firm. Responsible for environmental graphics, advertising, and presentation graphics.
Graphic Designer

Kapp & Associates

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

1993 — 1997 (4 years )

One of a small team of graphic designers. Projects included print collateral, environmental graphics, corporate identity and wayfinding systems.