
Senior Designer at AOL
Washington D.C. Metro Area

Senior Designer at AOL
Washington D.C. Metro Area
Tech savvy graphic designer skilled in variety of media, including web, multimedia, and print.
Design competitive analysis, Visual design conceptualizing and prototyping, Product demo production, Design standards & best practices
(Public Company; TWX; Internet industry)
December 2006 — Present (3 years )
Worked with creative director, editor-in-chiefs, and product owners to create compelling experience by visual design. Works include AOL Money & Finance's (soon to be DailyFinance) Quotes and Portfolios web and desktop applications design, WalletPop (personal finance site and iPhone app). Small Business and StartUp 3 (online entrepreneurship reality series).
(Public Company; TWX; Internet industry)
September 2006 — December 2006 (4 months)
Designed and established global pattern and standards across AOL programming products and services that conforms to the brand strategy. Documented and distributed guidelines that articulate standards and best practices for everyone who creates the AOL experience.
(Public Company; TWX; Internet industry)
August 2005 — September 2006 (1 year 2 months)
Worked with art directors, AOL programming editors, and team of designers to fulfill graphic design requests. Developed innovating design solutions to deliver enhancing user experience for the AOL programming channels including: Money & Finance, Small Business, Black Voices, Research & Learn, Horoscopes, and Books.
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
March 2003 — July 2005 (2 years 5 months)
Creative lead for all internal and external engagements. Worked closely with account managers to fulfill all clients' web design requests. Designed and coded HTML and CSS for private clubs within the parameters of company's web-based product. Collaborated with sales and marketing team to develop all digital and print advertisements as well as the product GUI development with the developers to maximize design flexibility in existing and future enhancements. Trained and supervise junior designers to work with account managers in fulfilling clients' web graphic design and production.
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; FRE; Financial Services industry)
April 2002 — March 2003 (1 year )
-Work with art director to design, update, and improve the corporate intranet. Helped enhance the information architecture and usability by designing easy to navigate graphic user interface masthead.
-Developed multimedia presentations using Flash for various conferences displayed to attract visitors and promote the Freddie Mac brand.
(Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2000 — March 2002 (2 years )
Collaborated with Creative Producers, Art Directors, and team of designers to produce high-end, creative web solutions for varieties of clients. Designed graphics and animation that not only arouse interest, but reflect the branding strategy that the client has determined. Outlined the information structure, created storyboards, and solved the user interface issues that challenged the web production project. Also assisted in design of proposals and presentations. Extensive use of Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Powerpoint, and Word. Projects include: Primedia's Gr8Ride.com, Nike.com, Timberland.com, Toyota.com, Elisabeth.com.
(Public Company; LLL; Defense & Space industry)
February 1999 — March 2000 (1 year 2 months)
(Formerly Raytheon Systems Company) Created visual aid graphics and animation for multimedia training and learning. Extensive use of Photoshop, Illustrator, and Flash. Projects include Telcordia's Radio Transmission Fundamentals Series CBT CD-ROM and GM Finance University Web-Based Training (WBT) interface design.
3.67 , Computer Art , 1996 — 1998
Graduated with honors with minor in Art History
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- Advisory Board Member: Chubb Institute 2003-2005
- Proxicom Quintessential Award – Second Quarter 2001
- SIGGRAPH'98 Student Volunteer
- Savannah College of Art and Design Senior Show Departmental Award
- Dean's List, Fall '96, '97, Winter '97, '98, and Spring '98
- Merian Edna Effing Scholarship Award