Jose Benavides

Current

Owner and Consultant at TRUTH in Design

Past

Lead UI Designer at Agiliance
Co-Founder at Hello DELICIOUS
Sr. UI Manager at Gaia Interactive

Sr UI Designer at eBay
Director of User Interface at FriendFinder Inc
UI Engineer at Nuance
CEO at Ultrafonts
Web Designer and Graphic Artist at MAD Graphyx

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Education

California State University-Chico

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Jose Benavides’s Summary

I have had the pleasure to be the head of user experience for many companies and to create great user experiences for them. This has made a great impact on the companies’ bottom line and additionally propelled the corporations to new heights.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
- Created and managed entire departments

- Generated over $10,000,000 in new profit in one year

- Published in the New York Times and reviewed favorably by Gartner

- Managed global teams, both locally and remotely

- Helped to propel a site to be one of Time Magazine’s Best 50 Websites of 2008

Jose Benavides’s Specialties:

UI development, mobile UI development, digital typography, ecommerce design and implementation, AJAX, web design, graphic design, branding and identity, business planning and strategy, project management, directing large and international teams, large scale project management, PHP

Jose Benavides’s Experience

Owner and Consultant

TRUTH in Design

(Internet industry)

May 2002 — Present (7 years 7 months)

I help companies worldwide grow and succeed through business strategy consulting, user experience designs and site development and growth. I have also directed large scale projects with global teams both locally and remotely.
Lead UI Designer

Agiliance

(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

January 2008 — December 2008 (1 year )

At Agiliance I was the Head of User Experience for their flagship product; from the architecture to the user interface design and graphics. At Agiliance I replaced an entire team of designers and worked as the sole UI designer as well as graphic designer for their products. My work has helped increase not only the client experience, but also sales. A Gartner report commented on the UI as one of the main advantages of choosing the product.
Co-Founder

Hello DELICIOUS

(Food & Beverages industry)

November 2006 — September 2008 (1 year 11 months)

Hello DELICIOUS is an online gourmet boutique. My responsibilities are: user interface development, database design and architecture, all programming and coding, graphic design, front end development, business strategy and finance.

Not only did I design, develop and implement the entire experience on the website but I also created extensive systems and user-friendly admin tools for: inventory management, order processing, shipping and receiving, blog customization and product management.
Sr. UI Manager

Gaia Interactive

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

2007 — January 2008 (1 year )

I was hired to not only be the Head of User Experience for the company, but also to manage and grow the entire UI team. In addition to project management and mentoring I also directed the entire user interface of the companies site and features.

During my time at Gaia we’ve broken all of our previous records for revenue, monthly visitors on site and all time visitors online and helped the site become #2 in Time Magazine’s Best Websites 2008. I was tasked with improving every aspect of the site and it has grown leaps and bounds in usability and making a great experience.
Sr UI Designer

eBay

(Public Company; eBay; Internet industry)

2007 — 2007 (less than a year)

Sr. User Experience Designer on a multitude of projects which impact eBay and it’s customers on a global level. I have also managed my creative team and simultaneous projects successfully and with great results.
Director of User Interface

FriendFinder Inc

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)

November 2005 — November 2006 (1 year 1 month)

I was hired to create, manage and grow the entire UI department. I successfully hired, retained, managed and self directed not only the UI department but also graphics and HTML. My direct efforts earned the company over 10 million dollars in profits.

Additionally I was then tasked to create not only an entire creative department but a branding group as well to develop and maintain the branding and creative of over 27 brand properties.

As part of my normal duties I directed and managed the work of third party agents worldwide and developed business plans and models for not only my departments, but the public perception and growth of the company itself. I’ve also worked with the rest of the executive body on driving the company forward with new strategies and growth opportunities.
UI Engineer

Nuance

(Public Company; Internet industry)

2005 — 2005 (less than a year)
CEO

Ultrafonts

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

January 2004 — August 2005 (1 year 8 months)

Ultrafonts is a type foundry and patent holder for Grey Cell Technology. This technology allows us to create pixel perfect type at any size on any digital screen. Our fonts are the most clear and crisp in the world. Visit www.ultrafonts.com to learn more
Web Designer and Graphic Artist

MAD Graphyx

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

April 1997 — May 2000 (3 years 2 months)

At MAD Graphyx I was in charge of web design as well as print design. Our clientele was local companies in a variety of industries and we created fliers and other promotional materials for entertainment companies and venues.