User Experience Designer at Microsoft
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- User Experience Designer at Microsoft
- Past
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- Lead UI Designer at BlackArrow
- Visual Designer (Contract) at PayPal
- Web Design Instructor at Boys and Girls Club of the Peninsula
- Senior Creative Designer at Composer
- New Media Designer at Convergys
- Flash Developer at Vitesse Learning
- Technology Director at Boys and Girls Club of the Peninsula
- Flash Designer at SmartForce
- Education
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- UC Davis
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- Connections
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- Industry
- Design
- Websites
Mike Mariano’s Summary
http://marianomike.com
Mike Mariano’s Specialties:
Illustration, Flash Design and Development, Motion Graphics, Rich Media Website Design, Banner Advertising, Print
Mike Mariano’s Experience
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User Experience Designer
Microsoft
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
June 2008 — Present (5 months)
Atlas Rich Media, Creative Services
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Lead UI Designer
BlackArrow
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
December 2007 — June 2008 (7 months)
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Visual Designer (Contract)
PayPal
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; ebay; Internet industry)
March 2007 — December 2007 (10 months)
Merchant Services
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Web Design Instructor
Boys and Girls Club of the Peninsula
(Non-Profit; Program Development industry)
January 2007 — June 2007 (6 months)
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Senior Creative Designer
Composer
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
September 2005 — September 2006 (1 year 1 month)
• Custom Flash websites
• UI Design
• Logo design and corporate branding
• Marketing collateral
• Creative Team management and training -
New Media Designer
Convergys
(Public Company; E-Learning industry)
October 2004 — September 2005 (1 year)
• Flash-based custom courseware, prototypes, and commercials
• Motion graphics, Video editing, and compositing
• Character illustration and animation
• Audio Engineering -
Flash Developer
Vitesse Learning
(E-Learning industry)
January 2004 — October 2004 (10 months)
• Flash-based online training courses
• Flash demos, Commercials, and vector artwork for graphic library -
Technology Director
Boys and Girls Club of the Peninsula
(Non-Profit; Program Development industry)
July 2002 — January 2004 (1 year 7 months)
• Created an after school curriculum of activities, focusing on multimedia computer development
• Ran software workshops including Photoshop, Flash, and Premiere
• Trained and Recruited mentors
• Maintained detailed data tracking -
Flash Designer
SmartForce
(Public Company; E-Learning industry)
October 2000 — July 2002 (1 year 10 months)
• Flash e-Learning catalogue courseware
• Illustrations, Intro animations, and e-vite animations
Mike Mariano’s Education
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UC Davis
BA, Art Studio, September 1997 — June 2000
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University of California, Santa Barbara
Mike Mariano’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
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