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Objective My professional backgound includes a very rare mix of visual design, hands-on coding and business acumen. I strongly belive keeping up to date on these three elements is essential to creating successful products and user experiences in today's fast moving world. My objective is to find an uber-creative working environment where I can continue where I push the envelope on design and technology for the average person. User Experience portfolio available at: billbarany.com/Bill-Barany-UE-Designer.pdf (11MB) |
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Professional Experience |
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SYNTHASITE / YOLA San Francisco, Ca. 11/08 - 4/09 |
As a contracted User Experience Designer I created competitive analysis, user research and product documentation for a personal website builder startup. I played a key role in team tasked with converting the Synthasite web site into the Yola brand. |
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USER EXPERIENCE DESIGNER SOLUTIONSET, LLC San Francisco, Ca. 10/07 - 11/08 |
As a User Experience Designer I developed interface solutions for client and internal projects. Responsible for auditing client's UE and AI to determine new interface and technical requirements to match client's business goals. Project clients include eBay Devlelopers Program, Global English, EFI,
TIBCO, Chevron, Quova, Facebook, WePC.com (Intel/ASUS), EdSouurce.org and Wells Fargo.
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SENIOR USER INTERFACE DESIGNER
WALMART.COM Brisbane, Ca. 02/05 - 10/07 |
Assigned as interface designer for various business groups for large scale
E-commerce web site. Was a member of team tasked with redesigning flagship web
site. Designed interfaces for micro-sites, music download
services, photo and pharmacy projects. Developed brand style guides,
multimedia templates for 3rd party content.
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MUSEUM SCIENTIST UNIVERSITY OF CA. BERKELEY BOTANICAL GARDEN Berkeley, Ca. 4/03 - Present |
Responsible for museum collections of rare plants collections in worldrenowned
botanical garden. Designed landscapes, interpretive displays and
tours for public and educational visitors. Instructed students and volunteer staff
in horticultural and museum practices.
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DIRECTOR OF PRODUCT
DEVELOPMENT SWITCH TECHNOLOGIES Berkeley, Ca. 11/00 - 4/03 |
Responsible for design of information architecture and technical
design for custom web application development for client web sites.
Conceptualized and developed flagship product the Switch Publishing system.
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DIRECTOR OF WEB
DEVELOPMENT POLYVERSE Berkeley, Ca 6/00 - 10/00 |
As Director of Web Development, responsible for developing web sites and multimedia projects for a
youth-culture entertainment company. Online assets developed ranged in topic from, DJ music culture,
concert promotions and extreme sports multimedia sites.
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SENIOR INTERFACE
DESIGNER LOOKSMART.com San Francisco, Ca 3/99 - 6/00 |
Designed business presentations and co-branded web sites for business
development and syndicated products divisions. Developed user tested IA and
UI design standards for web search products. Designed co-branded search
web sites for NetZero, CNN, Sports Illustrated, Lycos, AOL/Time Warner,
Lodgenet, and British Telecom (BT) and ISPs.
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LEAD DESIGNER SNAP.com / NBCi San Francisco, Ca. 6/98 - 3/99 |
As a Lead Interface designer for partnership web sites, I designed co-branded
web sites and co-developed features such as online maps and search products. I
also designed the corporate Intranet, internal design style guides and business
development presentations. In between breaths I also created branding and
promotional assets for print, online and Television.
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Designer CNet San Francisco, Ca. 6/97 - 6/98 |
While employed, I designed graphics and interfaces for various CNet web properties. I was on the production team member for one of the first Internet tutorial CD-ROMs. I designed the first Internet sweepstakes contest.
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Education |
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San Francisco Art Institute BFA |
Concentration in painting, drawing, photography and art history
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Santa Barbara City College AA |
Concentration in drafting, drawing, science and sculpture.
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Skills |
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Adobe CS4 Suite, Flash (some action scripting), Visio, Dreamweaver, Director, Omnigraffle, Axure, Xcode, Jira, MS Office Suite. Solid understanding of Mulit-media formats and presentations
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Solid understanding of HTML, XML, CSS, and Mason. Very familiar with
XHTML, FLEX, AJAX, Telerik RadControls, PHP, JSP and JavaScript
interactions. Currently learning the iPhone API
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Mac, PC and Unix literate. Agile development, Rapid prototyping, Print and Web 2.0 savvy. Hand
sketching, mechanical drawing, exhibit construction, sound stage design,
music & performance event production and promotion.
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I play soccer, surf, backcounrty hike and am an avid collector of succulent plants. I have volunteered
with American Youth Soccer Organization and the Surfrider Foundation. Under the stage name DJ Big Dolla I play musical genre blending mashups, funk, and hip
hop at art drenched events such as Bohemian Carnival, Bootie, Cirque Berzerk
and Get Freaky. I am a founding member of the “Fringe Arts Collective”, a group
dedicated supporting live music, art and performance in the Bay Area, Burning
Man & beyond.
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