User Experience Designer specializing in creating usable, elegant, and innovative digital products for the web, desktop software, and devices. Also a speaker on several topics including career development for designers, prototyping methods, and Adobe Fireworks.
I am responsible for designing new features, an updated user interface framework, and design patterns for the upcoming Acrobat and Reader releases.
Responsible for user interface design and strategy for the Logitech Squeezebox product line. In addition I helped create a better design culture by evangelizing the user-centered approach, creating a user research program, and building an in-house usability lab.
Planned and designed new products for the User Experience Design team. UI Designer for joint Yahoo/PayPal projects including integration in to Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Search, and Yahoo Wallet. Wrote user interface design specifications defining product features, user-system interactions, visual design, page layout. Worked with usability research team to define test goals, develop task flows, create HTML prototypes for user testing, observe testing sessions and analyze test results.
Designed and prototyped the user interface for Kuali, an open source, enterprise-level financial system currently being developed by major seven universities. Conducted card sorting exercises to develop information architecture for system. Created wireframes, storyboards (a.k.a. low-fidelity prototypes) consisting of a series of screen sketches used to illustrate and organize system concepts
Summer associate at small design company. Responsible for concepts, user interface design, visual design, and web development for several clients.
Brian Dils — bd@briandils.com — (415) - 503-9213