Adam Ebel

Past

Senior Designer at frog design
Senior User Experience Designer at Amazon.com
User Experience Program Manager at Microsoft Xbox | Zune

Web/Interface Designer at AE Design

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Education

The Evergreen State College

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Design

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Adam Ebel’s Summary

Adam Ebel’s Specialties:

Product design, interaction design, information architecture, UI, graphic, motion, and sound design.

Adam Ebel’s Experience

Senior Designer

frog design

(Privately Held; Design industry)

June 2008 — May 2009 (1 year)

Senior designer at global innovation firm, frog design. Responsible for developing design-led innovations/user experiences, and providing our clients with powerful business solutions across entertainment, productivity, marketplace, and other applications that are brand-aware, and driven by consumer insight and behavior.
Senior User Experience Designer

Amazon.com

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; AMZN; Internet industry)

May 2007 — January 2008 (9 months)

Launched the Amazon Payments brand. Developed a distinct design language that was employed across multiple products and initiatives. User experience expert and advocate for awareness and adoption of user-centered design principles, process, and practice within the organization. Created and maintained wireframes, user flows, prototypes, high-fidelity mockups, and other documentation. Regularly met with and presented work to executive management. Worked with usability to define testing schedules and coordinate prototyping efforts. Consistently sought due diligence from feature teams when defining our user experience in the face of schedule constraints and other obstacles. Worked across teams and disciplines to create a detailed vision for the product portfolio, and worked to improve offerings that pre-dated my involvement with the organization.
User Experience Program Manager

Microsoft Xbox | Zune

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

April 2004 — May 2007 (3 years 2 months)

Xbox: Design & production of the Xbox 360 console software, including 5 major UX updates over 2 years post-launch. Helped define the production workflow for building Xbox 360 applications. Worked closely with developers, testers, and feature PM’s to define, build, and test Xbox 360 system applications. Managed sound design for the Xbox 360 console UI. Directed an external vendor and delivered friendly and engaging UI sounds. Drove internal focus group testing. Designed UI sounds for the Xbox 360 wireless headset. Designed the Xbox 360 UX for XNA Game Studio Express. Launched the Fall '05 Xbox.com redesign to widespread and critical acclaim. Contributed to the spring 2007 site redesign, including creation of site-wide information architecture diagrams, wireframes, and user flows.

Zune: Designed and maintained information architecture diagrams, UI flows, and other documentation. Worked closely with usability, dev, test, and marketing to create a cohesive end-to-end experience.
Web/Interface Designer

AE Design

(Design industry)

September 2001 — March 2004 (2 years 7 months)

Designed web-based e-learning Flash applications for small and large businesses. Designed next gen Flash-based websites. Oversaw all design and implementation, back-end integration, and managed mailing lists with large numbers of subscribers.