UX designer with a background in visual design
Resourceful and innovative creative lead with expertise in all stages of digital art direction and design, from conceptual thinking through product launch. Proven experience leading projects and communicating effectively with clients.
Jim Mariano
McGraw-Hill
Worked with cross functional teams building creative assets for print and digital educational programs. Assets include interactive digital experiences, video and animation, illustration and media asset acquisition. Assets tested for accessibility and academic integrity standards.
Product Designer
Leidos
Assisted with design and programming of interactive multimedia applications for web-based delivery. Developed applications using storyboards. Applied adult learning theory to the creation of e-Learning and blended learning solutions. Develop multimedia training products for use in web based environments. Worked with: AS2, AS3, JavaScript, HTML (including HTML5), CSS, XML
Multi-Media Designer
McGraw-Hill
Created wireframes for interactive learning content. Worked with vendors and inhouse artists to create engaging illustrations and art assets. Acquired hundreds of photos/images that met academic integrity standards for learning modules. Worked with vendors to complete 55 animated math videos on time and under budget.
Media Designer
Pearson School Group
Reworked series of animated videos into lively highly-animated series of character driven cartoons, enhancing learning principles incorporated into video script. Provided illustrations using Photoshop, Illustrator, and Animate for educational videos, utilizing an illustration style that increased productivity without sacrificing design aesthetics. Wrote scripts for animated vignettes, increasing student engagement by injecting humor into content.
Senior Animator/Illustrator
Worked as art lead, supervising team of 14 artists, organizing art tasks and artists, and delivering projects on time and on budget. Trained outside vendors in techniques which matched in-house illustration and animation styles, leveraging resources to meet production deadlines. Collaborated with outside vendor creating hundreds of animated vignettes, ensuring animation style established by in-house artists was matched.
Art Floor Manager
480.540.6740 gymnauseum@gmail.com www.jmarianodesign.com www.linkedin.com/in/jamesmariano
https://james-mariano.com/
Skills
User Research
Usability Testing
Heuristic Evaluation
Persona Creation
Affinity Diagramming
Interaction Design
Information Architecture
Responsive Design
Wireframe Production
Prototyping
Programs/Tools
Figma
Adobe XD
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe AfterEffects
Adobe InDesign
Pen & Paper
Education
Masters UX Design
Kent State University
BFA Studio Art Film
Kent State University
AAS Computer Animation
Art Institute of Phoenix