b'jH\n\nJoseph C. Herron\n\nSenior UX, UI and Visual Designer\nGreater Pittsburgh Area\n\nwww.josephherron.com\ndesign@josephherron.com\n724. 433. 1831\n\nSummary\n\nI am a Senior Interface, Experience and Visual Designer, with a proven track record of directing and designing high profile,\nindustry-leading, innovative desktop and mobile applications. My focus and competencies include creative direction, user\ninterface design, user experience design, visual design, iOS design, web design, graphic design, and animation. Vast experience\nwith client and stakeholder relationships, along with project management, leadership and strategy.\n\nSenior UX, UI and Visual Designer\nFTI Consulting\n\nDec 2014 - Present\n\nExpertise\nCreative and Technical\nLeadership and Direction\n\nPittsburgh, PA\n\nCurrently, I am a Senior User Experience, Interface and Visual Designer of the award\nwinning, Ringtail software and mobile platforms. Ringtail enables corporations to\nstreamline their e-discovery process, develop repeatable business processes and apply\nRingtail\xe2\x80\x99s patented visual analytics to greatly reduce the cost, risk and time associated\nwith e-discovery.\n\xe2\x80\xa2\t\n\nSoftware, Web and\nMobile UX/UI Design\nVisual, Graphic and\nMultimedia Design\n\nWorking in an agile environment on multiple, simultaneous desktop and mobile iOS\nproducts, designing features and common experiences, defining new patterns and\nparadigms, along with creation of UI components and assets.\n\n\xe2\x80\xa2\t\n\nLeading discovery sessions with users and stakeholders to define features and\ninteraction, leading to high-fidelity mockups for the design and product development\nteams.\n\n\xe2\x80\xa2\t\n\nEngaging and collaborating with product owners, managers, and development leads\nto solve complex user and business goals, while empowering excellent, high-quality\nvisual designs, concept models, heuristic reviews, sitemaps, process flows, sketches\nand wireframes.\n\nSenior UX, UI Designer\n\nManagement Science Associates\nJul 2013 - Oct 2014\n\nPittsburgh, PA\n\nDigital and Traditional\nAnimation\nClient Relations and\nManagement\n\nDesign Tools\nAdobe Photoshop\nAxure\n8 Years Experience\n\n\xe2\x80\xa2\t\n\n7 Years Experience\n\n\xe2\x80\xa2\t\n\n\xe2\x80\xa2\t\n\n\xe2\x80\xa2\t\n\nTranslated complex clinical and surgical requirements into intuitive user-centered\nexperiences and high fidelity prototypes. In addition, I designed the user interface\nassets, tools, widgets and components throughout entire application, while\nmaintaining a comprehensive UI styleguide.\nLed many interactive user experience discovery sessions, utilizing mental modeling,\nmind mapping and real-time collaborative wireframe design sessions with clinical and\nsurgical staff.\nMentored executive teams, business analysts, developers and designers in all aspects\nof human-computer interactions and matured the internal design process and flow.\n\n9\n\n21 Years Experience\n\nDirected the design efforts and execution of the next generation, web-based, management\napplication for transplant specific patients in the healthcare environment.\nDrove and designed initial vision and brand, while developing core user experience\nguidelines, directing and executing the interactive design and collaborating with\ninternal and off-shore front and back-end development teams and business analysts.\n\nSkill\n\n8\n\nAdobe Muse\n\n9\n\nAdobe InDesign\n\n8\n\n13 Years Experience\n\nAdobe Animate\n\n8\n\n21 Years Experience\n\nAdobe Illustrator\n21 Years Experience\n\nSketch\n2 Years Experience\n\nAdobe Xd (Beta)\n1 Year Experience\n\n7\n7\n\n9\n\n\x0cCreative Director / UX, UI and Visual Designer\nHerron Design Group\nNov 2011 - Jul 2013\n\nEducation\nEdinboro University of\nPennsylvania\n\nGreensburg, PA\n\nFounded and created a small consultancy design firm specializing in user interface design,\nmarketing and business development. Helped start-up companies, along with fortune 500,\nincrease overall revenue by bridging the gap between the HCI process and marketing.\n\xe2\x80\xa2\t\n\nPerformed analysis of client business models and worked to deliver a cohesive\nmarketing approach through design of existing and proposed touch points.\n\n\xe2\x80\xa2\t\n\nDesign and execution of client desktop and mobile websites, along with development\nof interactive applications, games and animation. Print design of collateral, signage,\nflyers, brochures and business cards.\n\n\xe2\x80\xa2\t\n\nBolstered brand awareness through visual advertising and marketing, social media,\ninteractive applications and search engine optimization.\n\nCreative Director / UX, UI and Visual Designer\nApangea Math\n\nSept 2010 - Nov 2011\n\nPittsburgh, PA\n\nIntegral in the design, vision and implementation of a highly innovative distance\nlearning application for the K12 remedial education market. Responsible for overall\ncreative direction and vision of the company\xe2\x80\x99s brand.\n\xe2\x80\xa2\t\n\n\xe2\x80\xa2\t\n\nHarmonized the product\xe2\x80\x99s user interface and user experience and translated brand\nvalues to digital interactive, print, web and video media.\nAttracted and hired the design team and smoothly interfaced between internal and\nexternal departments.\n\n1991 - 1995\n\nBachelor of Fine Arts /\nApplied Media Arts\n\nClient Work\nProud to have worked\nwith these companies\n1995 - 2016\nAol\n\nApangea Math\n\nAquarius Fishing\n\nCallSource\n\nCapslock\n\nCenter Ice\n\nDiscovery\n\nDynavox\n\nFAST\n\nFedEx\n\nJumpstart\n\nScholastic\n\nElcan\n\nFox Kids\n\nKasper Auto\n\nMatt Bertani Hockey\nMcGraw Hill\n\nCosmeo\n\nLevin\n\nMayo Clinic\n\nMobile MIX\nSisters II Bridal\n\nUniversal Studios\n\nWorld Book\n\nArt Director / UX, UI Designer / Animator\niKnowthat.com\n\nApr 2000 - Sept 2010\n\nPittsburgh, PA\n\nPrinciple figure and creative visionary of a web based start-up company focused to ignite\na love of learning in every child, by harnessing multimedia and social communication to\nproduce an environment for engaging, interactive and dynamic learning.\n\xe2\x80\xa2\t\n\nDesigned overall vision of user interfaces and user experiences of entire site, along\nwith designing over 50 complex, interactive, multi-user applications.\n\n\xe2\x80\xa2\t\n\nSupervised a team of animators, user interface designers, web designers, and graphic\ndesigners, along with managing outside creative services and vendor relationships,\nwhile direct reporting to the CEO.\n\nArt Director / UX, UI Designer / Animator\nKnowledge Adventure\nApr 1996 - Apr 2000\n\nTorrance, CA\n\nDirected the art and animation of 16 children\xe2\x80\x99s educational software titles, spanning across\n30 million users and over 500 awards for various client\xe2\x80\x99s such as Fisher-Price, Blizzard\nEntertainment, Fox Kids, JumpStart and Vivendi.\n\xe2\x80\xa2\t\n\nArt Direction and Lead designer of over 80 interactive user interfaces and applications.\n\n\xe2\x80\xa2\t\n\nWorked closely with users to define and design the user experience and interactions,\nwhile supervising a team of animators, user interface designers, illustrators and artists.\n\nQuote\n\xe2\x80\x9cGood design is obvious. Great\ndesign is transparent.\xe2\x80\x9d\n\nJoe Sparano'