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Presbyterian Homes and Family Services
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Building Open Xchange
Box PDX is a small Portland-based group of architects and LEED professionals who collaborate on various local projects. Amy Green - one of the architects in the group - and I collaborated on the UI design and then I took over site development and deployment. view gallery | visit site
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Riverplace Condominiums
Riverplace Condominiums is a LEED certified sustainable living community located in Salem, Oregon. The client brought me in to rebuild their site from scratch and add several new areas of content, including image galleries, floor plans, and customization options. view gallery | visit site
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Babcock & Jenkins | My Registration Form
MyRegistrationForm.com is an off-shoot product of Babcock & Jenkins, located in Portland, Oregon. The client brought me on to design the brand identity and user interface of this registration form creation tool. view gallery | visit site
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Portland Public Schools
Portland Public Schools contracted my services for a redesign of their online Personal Education Plan, a tool that essentially acts as a web-based guidance counselor for high school students across the region. view gallery | visit site
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ABOUT ME
BIO
I'm a user experience and interactive interface designer based out of Portland, Oregon. Most of my mental activity revolves around design, technology, photography, science, sustainability, obscure 80's pop culture references, and well... my dog. When I'm not working hard I like to play hard in the outdoor paradise that I call home. I enjoy windsurfing, kiteboarding, snowboarding, mountain biking, tennis, and hiking... with my dog. I was born and raised in downtown Philadelphia, went to college for marine biology in Florida, emerged with a business degree, and then migrated to the Columbia River Gorge to chase the wind and hunt waterfalls I had heard so much about back East. Needless to say I fell in love with the region, and to this day I cannot imagine calling any other place home.
PHILOSOPHY
I feel extremely lucky because my work and side projects are a natural manifestation of my interest in visual information design and my fascination with technology's ability to enhance experiences and affect people and society in significant ways. Through positive user experiences, people and organizations can deliver lasting impressions to their audience and customers, consequently reinforcing those relationships and establishing a degree of trust that is extremely difficult to achieve through other means.
HOW I GOT HERE
For me, there has always been something irresistably attractive about beautifully efficient design that elegantly combines form and function. That attraction - along with my interest in technology, psychology, and the visual communication of information - quite naturally lead me to the field of human-computer interaction and user experience design. I began working as an interactive designer in the late 90s when the impact and potential of positive user experiences had yet to be fully appreciated in the context of the emerging medium of the internet. Although user experience was neglected in design and development cycles for years, its significant impact on every aspect of our lives is now finally being realized, and it's a very exciting time to be a part of the interactive design field.
SERVICES
- User Experience Design
- Branding and Identity Design
- Interactive Interface Design
- Web Development
- Search Engine Marketing
- Social Media Strategy
TOOLS
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Dreamweaver
- Adobe Fireworks
- Adobe Flash
- Adobe Bridge
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe Lightroom
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Microsoft Visio
- OmniGraffle
- OmniOutliner
- CSSEdit
- Coda
SKILLS
- XHTML
- HTML 5
- CSS 2
- CSS 3
- JavaScript
- jQuery
CMS
- Wordpress
- Drupal
- Expression Engine
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USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN
User experience(UX) design for user interfaces is about combining visual design, information architecture, and interaction design into the focussed goal of delivering meaningful and positive experiences to your audience. Regardless of the size of your brand, the most valuable asset you have is the relationships you foster with your users, your customers, and even the members of your team. Delivering positive user experiences on all fronts strengthens those relationships and solidifies your brand in the minds of the people that drive your business. In a world increasingly filled with interactive interfaces that are rapidly appearing in every part of our daily lives, effective user experiences are vital to the success of your business. In order to do maximize the advantages of a UX as a designer, I strive to meet or exceed users' needs and expectations while at the same time strategically addressing business goals.
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BRANDING & IDENTITY DESIGN
If you deliver positive user experiences, your visual identity can work towards solidifying those impressions and reinforce the way your audience perceives your brand. Within the increasingly busy, fast-paced life of the 21st century it's crucial that your brand communicates your core values and aligns them with the goals and needs of your customers. Humans are emotionally driven, and your visual identity has enormous potential for impact on the minds of your audience. Consequently, something as simple as a well-designed logo can play a very significant role in solidifying the relationships you nurture with your costomers.
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INTERACTIVE INTERFACE DESIGN
Humans experience interfaces visually and emotionally before they even begin to interact with the technology. Non-visual components of user experience like information architecture and interaction design are only a piece of the puzzle. A great deal of user experience is a result of how the user reacts emotionally to the aesthetics of an interface. Form and function need to be harmonized, so user experience deals heavily with visual and graphic design principles. Visuals evoke emotions instantly, so graphic designers have a small window of time in which to make positive impressions.
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WEB DEVELOPMENT
Just as the construction methods of a building influence its livability, efficiency, and manageability, the development methods of a website have a direct bearing on its efficiency, scalability, and the ease with which it can be maintained. User experience is relative to developers just as it is to end users. If the code of a site or application is efficient, well-organized, standards-based, semantic, browser-compliant, and degrades gracefully, anyone working on that code will be able to complete their job more efficiently. This is not just important for developers but to site owners as well, because development time and costs are reduced when a site is built using a thoughtful best practices approach.
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SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION/MARKETING
SEO is a rapidly changing field that requires diligence to stay abreast of the latest developments, and in today's competitive economic environment it's critical for businesses to maximize brand exposure and recognition. Effective search engine strategies increase the odds that your potential customers will find your brand when searching for the products and services that you offer. If you've delivered positive user experiences and projected a solid brand identity, remaining visible and part of the top results for search strings dealing with your industry helps to secure your place in the minds of your current and potential customers as a leader in your field.
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SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING/STRATEGY
Social media can be an enormously effective tool for increasing your brand awareness and connecting with your audience in ways that were never possible before. In today's modern marketplace consumers have more power than ever to affect the perception of your brand, so it's vital that you stay connected to your audience and respond to their needs quickly and effectively through social media outlets like Facebook and Twitter. While an effective social media profile can take time to develop and maintain, it can also deliver a huge payoff. By utilizing social media, you can drive interest and traffic towards your brand while managing the perception of your business, further solidifying the relationships you foster with your current and potential customers.
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MY WORK
Since 1998 I've been lucky enough to accumulate some experience with practically every aspect of the interactive design and production process. Below is just a sampling of my work.
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CONTACT ME
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions, concerns, or would like to find out how your brand and user experiences can be more uxable.
DIRECT CONTACT
- ADDRESS:
- 8150 SW Barnes Rd. M305
Portland, OR 97225 - PHONE:
- 503-952-6306
- EMAIL:
- info@uxable.com
- SKYPE:
- uxable
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