Ryan C Davidson

Current

• Interactive Designer/Developer and UX Architect at PBJS
• Owner at Ryan C Davidson Interactive Design

Past

• Intern at Insight Creative
• Creative Manager at Impact Design

Education

• Art Institute of Seattle
• Pacific Lutheran University

Recommended

5 people have recommended Ryan C

Connections

109 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Website
• My Blog
• My Portfolio

Ryan C Davidson’s Summary

I am fluent in the language and skills of designers, developers, and project managers and can communicate between or act as any of the three.

As an interactive designer/developer I work to solve complex design and development problems in interactive environments. I have 3 years experience working with user experience design and have added development to my list of expertise. I have a deep understanding of the business of creative interactive work and can act as a bridge between designers' creative needs, developers' technical needs and business objectives.

At PBJS I also worked heavily with measurable results for creative interactive work, including site traffic and usage, user experience testing and return on investment metrics.

I also have experience writing/editing technical documents including functional specs, documentation and applicaiton wire frames.

Ryan C Davidson’s Specialties:

Flash, ActionScript 2.0/3.0, JavaScript, Silverlight, WPF, C#, .NET, PHP, MySQL, CSS, XML, XAML, Adobe CS2/3, UI Design, Online Video, Sound Design, Interactive Animation/Motion Graphics, Metrics Tracking, OOP, UML, Visio, Technical/Spec Writing,

Ryan C Davidson’s Experience

• Interactive Designer/Developer and UX Architect

  PBJS

  (Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  August 2006 — Present (3 years 4 months)

  www.pbjs.com
  
  UX/Web design and development of all sorts. Flash, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, Silverlight, WPF, C#, PHP, MySQL, HTMLemails, Image Creation and preparation, development consultation. Technical writing, including functional specs and wire framing.
  
  Fostering constructive communication between departments to meet creative, technical and business needs.
  
  I started an Interactive Internship program to reach out to the creative education community and build a quality reputation for the PBJS Interactive Department.
  
  PBJS is a data-driven creative agency providing live experiences and online advertising services to some of the worlds' best known brands including Microsoft, AT&T, T-Mobile, Samsung, Intel, Paypal, and Sephora USA.

• Owner

  Ryan C Davidson Interactive Design

  (Internet industry)

  January 2006 — Present (3 years 11 months)

  Ryan C Davidson Interactive Design is a freelance consultation and production company offering design and development services related to User Experience, Internet (Web), and other Interactive media environments.

• Intern

  Insight Creative

  (Public Company; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  February 2006 — August 2006 (7 months)

  Internship doing flash design/development, web design, graphic production, web development.

• Creative Manager

  Impact Design

  (Educational Institution; 1-10 employees; Design industry)

  January 2000 — February 2001 (1 year 2 months)

  Impact is a student run design firm under the umbrella of ASPLU (student government) at Pacific Lutheran University. At Impact, I managed a staff of 10 student designers and managed creative accounts for numerous student groups and organizations. I also was responsible for creative direction of all projects, including art direction, graphic production, and pre-print preparation.

Ryan C Davidson’s Education

• Art Institute of Seattle

  AAA , Interactive Media Design , 2005 — 2006

  Interactive Media design

  Activities and Societies:

  Flash Club, Jazz Club

• Pacific Lutheran University

  BFA , Communication with Graphic Design Emphasis , 1997 — 2001

  Activities and Societies:

  Film Society, Impact Design, Choir of the West, KCCR/K103 Student Radio, The Mast, ASPLU (student government)

Additional Information

Ryan C Davidson’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Blog
• My Portfolio

Ryan C Davidson’s Interests:

Flash, Silverlight, RIA, & other web technologies. User Interaction Design, web application development, User experience design and consultation. My job is to be on the bleeding edge of web technologies and trends and provide insight and experience on how to effectively utilize those technologies.

Ryan C Davidson’s Groups:

MIX09 Conference, Flashforward Conference, cakeswxphp, Singularity Conference, PSSBL

•    UX Professionals
•    Silverlight Professionals
•    Interact - Seattle's Developer / Designer Interaction Group
•    MM/IMD Alumni from AIS

Ryan C Davidson’s Honors:

Best In Show - Graduate Portfolio - Art Institute of Seattle 2006
Employee of the Month, PBJS - January 2008

Ryan C Davidson’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch