Dee Adams

Current

• Design Specialist at Yahoo! Inc.
• Artist/Owner at deedee9:14 LLC

Past

• UI Designer at Flickr
• User Experience Design Manager at Yahoo! Australia & NZ
• User Experience and Design Manager at Yahoo!7

• Interaction Designer, Entertainment Group at Yahoo! Inc.
• Senior Information Architect at Disney Go.com (Disney Interactive Group)
• Senior Advertising Designer - Creative Services at Move.com(formerly Rent.net)
• Pre-Press Graphic Design Specialist at Electric Press of New York
• Graduate Horticulture Research Illustrator at L. H. Bailey Hortorium, Mann Library, Cornell University
• Research Scientific Illustrator at School oh Humanities and Sciences: Department of Biology, Ithaca college

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Education

• Ithaca College
• Cornell University

Recommended

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Connections

156 connections

Industry

Design

Websites

• My Website

Dee Adams’s Summary

Innovation, design thinking, Interaction design, visual graphic design, illustration, technical scientific/medical/botanical illustation, website design, design speaking. Also a visual artist/painter skilled in art marketing and self promotion.

I am a Senior Designer with over 11 years experience covering the roles of Design Manager, Mentor, Interaction Designer, Information Architect, Art Director, Illustrator, and Visual Designer supporting the development of large scale web sites, web applications, and enterprise software and desktop applications.

I am proud to have built the long-standing reputation as a highly respected contributing member on all of my teams across many level of business. Always an advocate for user centered design, my approach is a holistic one that examines all areas of product development that encourages other designers to mold themselves into multi-disciplinarians with a vast and senior level skill set.

I am seeking a role that leverages my many hybrid abilities and broad design knowledge-base. I am especially looking forward to working with teams who may have trouble translating mental models, broad or vague requirements, and brief design concepts into tangible products. I seek to be an advocate for user centered design, holistic design practices, and personal development within your organization or industry.

Dee Adams’s Experience

• Design Specialist

  Yahoo! Inc.

  (Public Company; YHOO; Internet industry)

  May 2000 — Present (9 years 3 months)

  A member of the elite 'Flex Force' team of senior design specialists and internal user experience experts for Yahoo! Projects are mission critical, high priority projects to support all aspects of the consumer products division.

• Artist/Owner

  deedee9:14 LLC

  (Arts and Crafts industry)

  September 1995 — Present (13 years 11 months)

• UI Designer

  Flickr

  (Public Company; YHOO; Internet industry)

  May 2008 — January 2009 (9 months)

• User Experience Design Manager

  Yahoo! Australia & NZ

  (Public Company; YHOO; Internet industry)

  April 2002 — April 2007 (5 years 1 month)

  Broad cross-functional role that also included management of regional design teams in our emerging international markets and South East Asia including Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, and India. Maintained hands-on product development as well as regional advisor for user experience team development and management.

• User Experience and Design Manager

  Yahoo!7

  (Design industry)

  2002 — 2006 (4 years)

  Managed the user experience design team through the joint venture efforts between Yahoo! Australia & NZ, New Zealand Telelcom, and Channel 7 Network. Both joint ventures were a first in the South Asia region which required the merging of new media content and data sources for a broad dynamic range of regional users.

• Interaction Designer, Entertainment Group

  Yahoo! Inc.

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; YHOO; Design industry)

  May 2000 — April 2002 (2 years)

  Prior to my relocation to our Sydney office, my role was as senior interaction designer for entertainment products at Yahoo! Inc.

• Senior Information Architect

  Disney Go.com (Disney Interactive Group)

  (Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)

  1999 — 2000 (1 year)

  Senior Information Architect and Visual Designer, Search & Search Applications, Entertainment Mr. Showbiz and ESPN.
  
  Responsibilities include the design and implementation of search engine interfaces as well as maintaining the design integrity and functionality of current GO Network branding in all areas of search and directory related pages. Design duties include prototyping, functional mock-ups, QA testing, and product development through creative design concepts. Typical graphic design projects include banner ads, graphics, and layout, with a high concentration on portal designs with broad user bases. Express Search application design responsibilities include the refinement of application UI to streamline and better the user experience. Worked closely with engineers and design team to ensure proper implementation of all UI features. Also provided consultation as Senior Information Architect appointed to Go.com redesign structure and business brand transition for Go.com.

• Senior Advertising Designer - Creative Services

  Move.com(formerly Rent.net)

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; MOVE; Internet industry)

  1998 — 1999 (1 year)

  Designed and programmed online advertisements for a large online rental guide and its associated brands - Corporate Housing, Owner & Manager Resources, Senior Housing, and Self-Storage. Transferred existing client business and communication concepts into professional and creative web solutions. Built prototypes of proposed features and navigation for the Rent Net site. Designed and produced a wide variety of marketing and communications materials, including broadcast faxes, ad banners, and media kit inserts.

• Pre-Press Graphic Design Specialist

  Electric Press of New York

  (Privately Held; Printing industry)

  1997 — 1998 (1 year)

  Responsibilities included producing high-end graphic design work for internal and external clients. Readying all graphical artwork for layout, proofing and typesetting.

• Graduate Horticulture Research Illustrator

  L. H. Bailey Hortorium, Mann Library, Cornell University

  (Educational Institution; Libraries industry)

  August 1993 — December 1995 (2 years 5 months)

  Technical Illustrator providing hand-drawn botanical and mechanical illustrations for graduate and PhD candidates for the publication of research papers on Botanical Studies. (for published work examples see; "Taxonomy of Asarum Section Asarum (Aristolochiaceae)" by Lawrence M. Kelly)

• Research Scientific Illustrator

  School oh Humanities and Sciences: Department of Biology, Ithaca college

  (Educational Institution; Myself Only; Higher Education industry)

  August 1994 — December 1995 (1 year 5 months)

  Under the direction of Dr. A. JONATHAN SHAW, Department of Biology Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York 14850, USA. Produced illustrations for the study of and future publication of work for Epipterygium (Musci: Bryaceae), Bryophyte Biology Peatmosses (Sphagnum).

Dee Adams’s Education

• Ithaca College

  Pre-med Bio/Chem 1992 — 1995

• Cornell University

  B.S. , Biology, Chemistry, Art History

Additional Information

Dee Adams’s Websites:

• My Website

Dee Adams’s Groups:

CHISIG, OZCHI, Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, Pintura Fresca Association of International Abstract Artists

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