Brent Spore
I am a results-orientated director of UX/UI, deeply founded on mentorship, leadership and communication. I easily form trustied and productive relationships with teammates. I am dedicated to proactive work with a strong commitment to designing informed, innovative, and high-quality design, focused on the specific needs of the users, system, and stakeholders. I am looking for senior/director-level roles, working with teams of talented individuals on creative projects.
Highlights
- User Experience and User Interface Design
- Brand Design, Development & Management
- Graphic Design
- Website Design, Development, Production and Management
- Digital Media
- Marketing and Advertising
- Team/Project Management
- Staff Development and Leadership
Professional Experience
UX/UI DESIGN DIRECTOR
5/23/2016 - CURRENT
ALLIED TELESIS
BOTHELL, WA / SAN JOSE, CA
- Architect & design a complete UX/UI overhaul of alliedtelesis.com for implementation by internal dev team.
- Oversee the design & development teams.
- Manage and lead the team and agency in a upgrade of the site to a new CMS.
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
6/1/1998 - CURRENT
SYNERGY
REDMOND, WA
- Design & develop user-experience strategies based on usage data & focus group testing.
- Create innovative design packages to elevate and differentiate branding, marketing and advertising initiatives.
- Meet with clients to determine marketing and design vision, scopes of work, budgets and deliverable timeframes.
- Format designs and media for use in print and web applications; deliver production-ready graphics in HTML and CSS.
- Paginate four-color and black and white layouts, rescaled and cropped images using Photoshop, and compile client data into PDF formats; edited documents and layouts prior to publication and submission to printer.
- Took and manipulated images for use in print and on the web to promote company offerings.
- Use Adobe Creative Suite, InVision, Axure, Microsoft Word and PowerPoint to design, wireframe, prototype, edit files, footers and headers, captions, format text, insert images, manage file size, and export press-quality PDF files.
UX/UI DESIGNER
10/1/2014 - 12/31/2016
ONLIFE HEALTH
BRENTWOOD, TN
- Re-imagine & re-design online application interfaces to update & incorporate latest design patterns and technologies.
- Collaborate with in-house marketing & user testing team to develop new retention focused visuals & experiences.
- Designed new, on-brand visual elements focusing on updated messaging and brand.
- Complete overhaul of user experience, interface, reporting and data visilization systems.
UX/UI DESIGNER
11/1/2011 - 10/1/2014
VARIOUS CLIENTS
SEATTLE, WA
- Developed, revamped, and reformatted publications for print and online use.
- Formatted and color-corrected photographs for multi-medium usage.
- Developed and managed brand identities.
- Responsible for user experience, interface & architechture on small and large scale web applications
- Managed teams of designers & developers on multiple projects at once.
- Designed wireframes & prototypes for small and large scale web applications.
- Designed front and back-end interfaces for user interaction & system usage for promotional & application websites.
CLIENTS
Unisys
Blink UX
Bill Gates Foundation
Premera
Allied Telesis
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Symantec
Microsoft
T-Mobile
Arizona State University
Lifelock
Arizona Christian University
Department of Energy
360 Vantage
JDA
The Collective
Blip.tv
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Wireframing & Prototyping
Sketch
Figma
InVision
Axure
Graphic Design
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
Web Design
HTML
CSS
Wordpress
Drupal
Video Production
Adobe Premiere
Adobe After Effects
Desktop Publishing
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Visio
Microsoft Powerpoint
Microsoft Excel