Don Wesley User Experience Design - Product Workflow - Project Management
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My Expertise

Creating intuitive and engaging user experiences for your customers.


Project History

MSN, Microsoft Corporation - Redmond, WA.
User Experience Designer - Contractor through Aquent, Jan 2008 - Jan 2009.
- UX design and workflows for Codename: Skye
- 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 - Dec 2004.
- 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 editing 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.


Proficiencies

Adobe CS (Photoshop, Illustrator), Expression (Blend, Design), Visual Studio, HTML, XHTML, CSS.


Community Service

Bremerton High School Art Department Advisory Committee - Bremerton, WA
Consulting Board Member - 2004-06
- Helping to define program goals and future technologies for the art department.

City of Bremerton Arts Commission - Bremerton, WA
Chairman - 2006
- Helped the City of Bremerton implement their 1% for the Arts program.

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 program for the United Way 1997 Western Regional Symposium.

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

Email - design@donwesley.com
Phone - 360.265.2374
Post - PO Box 2704, Redmond, WA 98073