LEAD UX/UI DESIGNER Executive Profile Insightful, UX/UI Designer experience Agile Waterfall environments. Adept distilling abstract concepts solid, elegant, defined web mobile applications. Seeking position chance develop company's creative direction. Review work found http://www.krop.com/mikal-ali/ Skill Highlights Adobe Creative Suite Target Process HTML/CSS Leadership/communication skills Product development Self-motivated User-centered design Design, layout typography Wire-framing Axure Sketch Fireworks Illustrator Small business development Project management Interactive prototypes Heuristic evaluation Style-Guide Creation Professional Experience Lead UX/UI Designer Sep 2014 Jun 2016 Company Name － City State Lead UX/UI designer Diligent industry leader secure document management software. Primary role included lead two web applications Diligent Client Provisioning Portal Client Management Portal. The provisioning web application portal used Diligent's account managers set new clients. My tasks successfully design set client companies unique settings, permissions bulk licensing procurement. The Client Application Portal designed used client company's administrators manage users. The app featured, bulk singular user on-boarding, license management cunsumtion, locking resetting users, auditing login methods local active directory users. I work Agile work enviorment two week sprint cycles Manage stories via Target Process Establish best practice usability maintained patterns experience brand Daily Collaboration Designers, Scrum Master, BA, DEV, QA PO across two products. Accountable maintaining brand via click comps style-guides Recently working mobile IOS conversions Initialed weekly sketch collaboration sessions team better understand incorporate variety perspectives flows task completion. Consistently adhered sprint delivery schedules deadlines. Features Site Prototypes created using Axure, XD, Photoshop Illustrator. Axure used navigation prototype click throughs flow charts. Senior UX/UI Designer May 2014 Sep 2014 Company Name － City State The objective LPL redesign many antiquated stock brokerage software. Extensive research collaboration product experts redesign application connects brokers SCC compliance ability communicate clients online. Senior UX/UI Designer Sep 2012 May 2014 Company Name － City State Redesigned General Motors Protection Plan (GMPP) website, generally compared coverage plans. GMPP insurance protects approximately 1.6 million clients throughout United States. Primary role includes visual interactive design design associated rules implementation site-wide styles functionality according brand business requirements. Senior UX/UI Designer Ally's new insurance lines business included QPS, BCD, Reinsurance, OSS Claims website application, responsible interactive sketch sessions, final design assets ensuring overall design efforts meet Ally's BDG forward brand standards. Collaboration information gathering business owners across multiple LOBs well collaborating via sketch assigned Information Architect (IAs). Leverage existing assets build user experience (UX) create interactive user interfaces (UI). Style Guide inclusion updates web tablet styles. Create hybrid Ally style insurance products. Create reports pattern identifiers responsive site redesign transition desktop tablet phone experience. Internal application re-branding. Redesign iterations Auto Home Page Usability lab testing. Concept sketching, wire-frames prototyping. Design Ally's first Auto Dealer Tablet Application allows F&I managers sell Vehicle Service Contract (VSC) products. The application also serves streamline Quote Print Submit objectives every vehicle service contract purchased via auto dealers. Mobile iconography. Truncate 250 page BRD condensed easy read format info graphic, allowed new existing team members effectively get speed stages complex process. Features Site Prototypes created using Axure, Sketch Illustrator. Axure used producing clay models navigation based BRD's. Owner/Excecutive Director Jul 1999 Jul 2012 Company Name － City State As creative director, worked designers coders insuring in-house quality standards client satisfaction throughout process; UX/UI Consulting application, Logo/Brand Design, Interactive website development, Banner Creation, Social Media Integration, etc. Designed new redesigned existing 2.0 applications website marketing portals. Involved search engine optimization creative end end business solutions. Gathered requirements stakeholders establish overall site objectives special functionality. Analyzed business user needs, translated requirements user centered design strategy, presented high fidelity comps client approval. Created wireframes, prototypes, screen mockups, user interface (UI) design effectively integrated customer business needs, bolstered customer experience. Managed projects (full lifecycle) drive creative direction; working designers coders ensure in-house quality standards, products integrated social media, client satisfaction throughout process. Created, conceptualized, communicated project objectives clients design staff. Hands-on usability testing. Interactive Designer/Consultant Jul 1998 Jul 1999 Company Name － City State Designed built in-house multimedia/interactive website design portal internal small business units. Analyzed existing software ensure new design aligned standards. Designed developed interactive ads user interfaces (UI) maximum impact pending business ventures IBM internal small business units. Small focus group testing. HTML, Tables, Adobe Fireworks. Trained team 4 maintain multimedia banner ads. Creative Director Jan 1996 Aug 1998 Company Name － City State As Creative Director, hands-on interactive design, brand usability web sites Flyinthesoup The Sauce. Gathered requirements stakeholders, analyzed business user needs, translated requirements user centered design. Created supported user experience (UX) screens. The Sauce worked get restaurateurs use palm pilots take orders place traditional pencil/pad. Flyinthesoup: designed highly interactive user interface (UI), user experience UX), branding website portal restaurant service workers could upload resumes discuss industry general forum. The portal provided The Sauce's clients access uploaded resumes connected potential new employees. Conducted UX usability tests managed in-house programmers DBA build backend. Creative Director Jan 1993 Jan 1996 Company Name － City State Created co-founded Sidestreet Greetings, high quality line international niche market. Created 30 Christmas card box sets well 70 every day cards. Featured Inc. Magazine, Entrepreneur Magazine, Biz Magazine many others capturing niche quality line. Commissioned Hallmark Cards Inc. license Valentine's Day line included 80 designs, branded Sidestreet Greetings. Created Property line named SisterSista licensed Sunrise Greeting later founded InterArt, featured 30 everyday humor cards. InterArt later purchased Hallmark Cards. Created line SisterSista purchased InterArt everyday card line. InterArt subsequently purchased Hallmark Cards. Licensed designs Milar Balloon Company Holiday brands. Brand Creation. Business operations strategy planning. Focus Group testing. Creative Direction. Product line Creation. Product Management. Designer 3 Illustrator May 1983 Jan 1993 Company Name － City State Created illustrations posters, pop, scratcher tickets, spot illustrations, story-. boarding, commercial concepts presentations variety major restaurant,. retail, state government clients, including: Sonics, Blockbuster, Sprint,. McDonald's, Einstein Brothers, Missouri Lottery, State Travel Government. Core Accomplishments Board Member: http://www.aiga.org/ On Board Directors AIGA "Charlotte" Chapter Web Director. Project Owner: Initiated GrandPrizeCentral resulted Major redesign campaign, application around "Punch The Monkey" The Internet's first hyper successful banner ad campaign The online game portal featured played games prizes cash. Project Owner: Launched managed building HostPaks online application built HTML websites skill requirements. Oversaw application across many development teams around world across multiple disciplines. Education Associates Degree Colorado Institute Art － City State In Progress Advertising Design Communication Media Denver University － City State Advertising Design Communication Media In progress English, Advertising Kansas University － City State US Skills Adobe, ads, branding, Business operations, business solutions, Concept, Consulting, Creative Direction, Creative Director, Entrepreneur, Fireworks, Graphic, UX, HTML, interactive design, lab testing, Logo, marketing, multimedia, Page, pencil, posters, presentations, Product Management, prototyping, quality, search engine optimization, sketching, strategy, strategy planning, phone, usability testing, user interface, user interface (UI) design, website design, website development, website, web sites, advanced problem-solving