
Creative Director, Head of User Experience, BBC Vision, FM&T at BBC
London, United Kingdom

Creative Director, Head of User Experience, BBC Vision, FM&T at BBC
London, United Kingdom
Most recently I worked as VP, User Experience and as a Mobile Design Strategist for iconmobile. I consulted on mobile design projects, messaging campaigns, messaging systems, applications (on-deck and off-deck), and LBS service design.
From 2005 - 2007 I worked as Product Evangelist for Emerging Technology (and Interaction Design Lead) at SNAP.com. I was interim Online Marketing Mgr for a brief period. Previous to working at SNAP.com I was the User Experience Lead at Idealab!.
From 1999-2003 I consulted as AIR-PORT, a design aware techno-centric media shop (in L.A. & BayArea/S.F.). A recent past consulting contract was with SBC SMARTpages.com as their Lead Information Architect (in 2003).
I have worked with a variety of high-end technology, startup and Fortune 500/1000 clients, which incl. Levi Strauss, Adobe Systems, Netscape, Macys and Dwell Magazine. It’s been my mission to generate new business ideas which evolve the use of technology and deliver a compelling, dynamic digital experience across all media channels, not solely the internet.
From 1998-2000 I was Sr Web Technologist at MetaDesign in San Francisco, a 20+ person branding and information design firm. I worked within MetaDesign to provide technology strategy, systems architecture and development management on interactive projects for Sony EU, Network Computer, Ernst & Young, Bank of America and others.
Many projects have been featured in print and online publications, incl. Communication Arts 1998 Interactive Design Annual, ID Magazine 1999 Interactive Design Annual, and Society for Publication Design 2001 Print Annual.
Taking a non-conventional route on design and tech education, I attended California State Polytechnic University, Communication Arts program. During my stay I was exposed to the Internet in its infant stages. Used VAX/VMS systems, modem dialup BBS, Gopher and Telnet. Later in professional life I built my first ‘website’ for a client, in late 1994.
13+ yrs of direction, hands-on planning, design, development, testing, implementation of websites & multi-channel interactive experiences // Dev of workflow & information architecture diagramming for interactive experiences // Dev of large scale integration docs, incl diagrams, use cases, product & functional specs // Mgmt of documentation between design, technical, client to better facilitate collaboration // urban pop culture expert, incl mobile phone culture & consumer behavior
(Public Company; BBC; Broadcast Media industry)
May 2009 — Present (7 months)
(Internet industry)
July 2008 — May 2009 (11 months)
(Internet industry)
August 2008 — April 2009 (9 months)
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)
September 2007 — July 2008 (11 months)
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
September 2005 — September 2007 (2 years 1 month)
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
August 2004 — September 2005 (1 year 2 months)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SBC; Internet industry)
December 2003 — July 2004 (8 months)
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Internet industry)
October 2003 — December 2003 (3 months)
(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Internet industry)
October 1999 — October 2003 (4 years 1 month)
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
February 1998 — October 1999 (1 year 9 months)
Japanese Language and Culture Program 2001 — 2001
Communication Arts 1991 — 1993
1985 — 1989