• Responsible for the product planning and UI design throughout the execution cycle, including: competitive analysis, gathering product requirements, defining product vision, creating preliminary design concepts, and working with developers to implement and iterate. On the business side, l assist to develop the product strategy, positioning, pricing, and all elements related to the business case.
• Work closely with product marketing managers defining new products as well as enhancements to existing products. Create detailed user interface designs; including prototyping, for web, mobile devices, TV and client based applications. Apply design look and feel, color scheme, branding, graphics, iconography, typography, task flow, interactions and navigation to all work.
• Maintain technical knowledge around User Centered Design practices, use of templates & components, and prototype process. Complete all assigned tasks within timeframes that are documented on project plans.
• Effectively plan & organize daily tasks to drive outstanding items to closure within negotiated deadlines. Recognize constraints and dependencies, effectively managing these issues into your timelines.
• Participate in requirements gathering efforts and discussions surrounding business client needs.  Effectively persuade and influence to bridge the gap between business requirements and user needs.
• Participate in risk management activities with project team peers, proactively identifying potential risk events and providing input to risk quantification and mitigation strategies.
• Demonstrate flexibility and independent thinking
  

• Constructed new procedures and concepts that strengthen Verizon's corporate short term and long term goals regarding software design, product planning and partnership relationships. Involved in the highest level of creativity for new business products from the concept, through the research, to the design and development of the prototype and ultimately the pand development strategies for many parts of Verizon's corporate creative and design projects. Those projects concentrate on interactive and print mediums - including websites, software, and product logos - and also includes design and creative for future mediums such as interactive TV, software for mobile and home phones, and future devices.
  
  
• My team was in charge of new product design, logos, interfaces, marketing pitches, and much more - to assist Verizon's new product offerings and services. By utilizing new and traditional media, I helped combine various marketing pitches involving print (books, handouts, powerpoint presentations) and new media (websites, flash animations, video presentations... etc). Using the latest creative software such as Flash MX, Photoshop, Dreamweaver MX, from leading software companies (Macromedia, Adobe, Microsoft) - I create and design various GUI concepts for web and interactive mediums.
  

• As Creative/New Media Director - I consult and direct interactive and traditional strategies for large and small businesses- including design, developement, marketing, and branding for their interactive and online services. Drawing from years of experience, as well as new market research, I develop information architecture, navigation, user interface, and visual tone for multimedia projects, which enhances the clients overall branding and marketing position.
• Design, develop, host, etc for various company's interactive media, including websites, cd-roms. flash animations, interactive guides, 3d design, logos, and other on-line and printed business collateral for startup and Fortune 500 companies.
  Sample Clients and Highlights: for more see the work page

  • Hill Holiday Interactive - www.hhcc.com
    Worked on projects for Harvard Pilgrim and Fleet Bank, and many more
    Completed 3 Harvard Pilgrim banner advertisments for the Fleet Center's new LED Screen - each created in Flash and Adobe After Effects.
  • Verizon - New Media Design and Development - www.verizon.com
  • TKT - Transkaryotic Therapies - www.tktx.com
  • Liberty Medical - Re-designed and developed Liberty Medical's website - www.libertymedical.com - Guided company in rebranding their website, and helped plan strategy for online marketing campaign.
  • Pilot House Ventures - www.pilothouseventures.com
  • United Plastics Group - www.unitedplasticsgroup.com
  • Management Methods Inc - www.mmiproblemsolvers.com
  • Society for Technial Communications -Interactive Business Card CD-Roms

Sr. Multimedia/Web Designer
Providence Journal, Providence, RI. (November 98' - August 99')