My Expertise

I enjoy creating intuitive and engaging user experiences for your customers.  I can self-manage or guide an entire team through the planning, concepting, and final production of your design.  I have extensive experience with agile development teams and the scrum process.

Proficiencies

Products - Photoshop, Illustrator, Expression (Blend, Design, Web), Visual Studio, Power Point.

Languages - HTML, XHTML, XML, CSS.

Project History

Dynamics Online, Microsoft Corporation - Redmond, WA.

User Experience Designer - Contractor through Volt, Aug 2009 - Present.

• Feature research and PowerPoint presentations of findings
• Rough concepts and wireframes
• Final composites and redlines for development team
• Graphical assets for final production

MSN, Microsoft Corporation - Redmond, WA.

User Experience Designer - Contractor through Aquent, Jan 2008 - Jan 2009.

• UX design and workflows
• Specifications for development team
• Workflows for test team
• Graphical assets for production
• Logo development and branding
• Visual explanation and graphics
• Visual bug resolutions

Terex Corporation - Redmond, WA.

Designer & Consultant - Independent Contractor, Jun - Aug 2007.

• UI layout for their global facility safety reporting tool.

Attenex Corporation - Seattle, WA.

Designer & Consultant - Independent Contractor, Mar 2005 - Nov 2006.

• Designed icon sets for their administrative and end-user document management products.

GC Direct Marketing - Seattle, WA.

Designer & Consultant - Independent Contractor, Feb - Apr 2005.

• Designed and produced the company's marketing website - www.gcdirect.com.

Primus Knowledge Solutions Inc. - Seattle, WA.

Designer & Consultant - Independent Contractor, Apr 2001 - Mar 2005.

• Designed product user interfaces and branding.
• Collaborated with in-house development teams to build web-based products.
• Leveraged usability tests to hone product efficiency.

Streambox - Seattle, WA.

Designer & Consultant - Freelance through Martini Design, Oct 1999.

• Designed the graphical user interface for the Ripper, an audio formatting tool.

Sierra Online / Havas Interactive - Bellevue, WA.

Lead Designer - Staff, Apr 1999 - Jul 2000.

• Directed the architecture, design, and production of the SierraHome Network.
• Designed the interface for HeritageQuest.com.
• Designed the interface and directed the production of GenealogyDatabase.com.

Audit Services, Microsoft Corporation - Redmond, WA.

Product Designer - Contractor through Artsource, Jun 1999.

• Designed the graphic interface for Audit Manager 3.0, an internal auditing tool.
• Created a style guide that enabled developers to independently work forward.

TransPoint, Microsoft Corporation - Redmond, WA.

Product Designer & Webmaster - Contractor through ArtSource, 1998-99.

• Co-produced and co-designed a sales demo for their billing services application.
• Designed the templates for TransPoint's development team intranet.
• Inherited the webmaster role for the corporate marketing site.

AdvanceOnline - Seattle, WA.

Lead Designer & Co-founder - Staff, 1997-98.

• Designed templates and specifications for customer facing products.
• Designed and produced marketing and sales kiosks and displays.
• Directed and managed one associate designer.

CarPoint, Microsoft Corporation - Redmond, WA.

Lead Production Artist - Contractor through ArtSource, 1996-97.

• Designed the Surround Video graphic controls and helped define their behaviors.
• Illustrated information graphics for articles on automobile safety and performance.
• Used both pre-press and licensed photos to produce vehicle description pages.
• Attended product usability studies and helped implement updates.

Community Service

Bremerton High School Art Department Advisory Committee - Bremerton, WA.

Consulting Board Member - 2004-06.

• Helped define program goals and future technologies for the art department.

City of Bremerton Arts Commission - Bremerton, WA.

Chairperson - 2006.

• Helped the City of Bremerton implement their 1% for the Arts program.
• Wrote the guidelines and instructions for artist registry.

Foster High School Vocational Advisory Committee - Tukwila, WA.

Consulting Board Member - 2000-01.

• Helped define program goals and future technologies for the graphic arts department.

United Way Western Regional Symposium - Lake Tahoe, NV.

Visiting Designer - United Way of the Columbia-Willamette Valley, 1997.

• Designed logo and branding.
• Layout and style guide for event program and signage.

Whatcom Center for Early Learning - Bellingham, WA.

Volunteer Designer - 1995.

• Designed logo for W.C.E.L., an organization that helps children with learning challenges.

Education

Western Washington University - Bellingham, WA.

BA in Art - 1991-95.

• Portfolios for graphic design, illustration and painting.
• Ran varsity track and cross-country.

Contact Information

Portfolio - www.donwesley.com
Email - design@donwesley.com
Phone - 360.265.2374