01 PROFESSIONAL
MY KNOWLEDGE LEVEL IN SOFTWARE
FIGMA
95%
AXURE RP
95%
SKETCH
90%
INVISION
80%
Adobe XD
85%
MURAL
95%
UX PIN
90%
PHOTOSHOP
90%
ILLUSTRATOR
80%
ZEPLIN
60%
JAVASCRIPT
85%
HTML & CSS
80%
BOOTSTRAP
70%
ANGULAR
60%
UX/UI DESIGNER & USER EVANGELIST
I'M
aRON sWANSON.
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I'M a Senior UX Product Designer with over 15 years of experience as a UX Designer, Information Architect, Interaction Designer, Product Design, Senior Leadership, Mentorship, Direction and Management. I take an entrepreneurial approach to projects and have experience developing ground floor ideas into strong industry leading design. I have a strong expertise of user-centered design, usability, information design, interaction design and goal-oriented design. I design with empathy for the end user to ensure that the experience will be smooth and exciting. I manage my teams and stakeholders with compassion and intention. I have a long track record with mentoring junior designers.
02 PORTFOLIO
EXAMPLES OF MY WORK. SEE MORE >
03 Experience Highlights
1994 - 2023
2023
ZoomCare LLC
SENIOR LEAD UX PRODUCT DESIGNER - Design Systems
PROJECTS: Clinical Portal Design System
HIGHLIGHTED UX AND PRODUCT DESIGN PROJECTS
2021-2022
JUDGE CONSULTING LLC
SENIOR LEAD UX PRODUCT DESIGNER
PROJECTS: Charles Schwab Pledge Asset Lending (PAL)
2020 - 2021
FITER DIGITAL
PRODUCT LEAD DESIGNER
PROJECTS: T-Mobile and Sprint Customer as well as Retail Care
2018 - 2020
AQUENT
PRODUCT LEAD DESIGNER (PROMOTION)
PROJECTS: Microsoft Power Platform Business 360 and Office Data Integrations (DI)
SENIOR PRODUCT DESIGNER LEVEL 3 / USER EXPERIENCE DESIGNER
Microsoft Power Platform Admin Center (PPAC), Dynamics 365, Power Apps, Power BI, Flow and Power AI
2021 - 2022
CHARLES SCHWAB
SENIOR LEAD UX PRODUCT DESIGNER
PROJECTS: R&D Digital Banking, Pledge Asset Lending (PAL)
2011 2021
T-MOBILE
SENIOR LEAD UX PRODUCT DESIGNER
PROJECTS: Retail Care, Billing and Usage, etc.
2008-2020
MICROSOFT CONSULTING
SENIOR LEAD UX PRODUCT DESIGNER
PROJECTS: Power Platform, Xbox, Microsoftstore.com, BizSpark, MPN, etc.
2018
AMDOCS
UX MANAGER FOR NORTH AMERICA / BIZ DEV
Clients: Sprint, T-Mobile, AT&T, UK Telecom and Utilities
2015 - 2016
HEWLETT PACKARD
SENIOR UX DESIGNER
PROJECTS: SAS Sites, Vendor Services, etc.
2016-2017
LAUNCH CONSULTING
SENIOR UX DESIGNER | BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
PROJECTS: Microsoft BizSpark.
2005 - 2018
GORILLA UX LLC.
SENIOR USER EXPERIENCE DESIGNER | BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Clients: Microsoft (Xbox, Microsoftstore.com, BizSpark, MPN, etc.), Amazon, Verizon, Smart Tech, Smart Tech, T-mobile, Philips, Possible Digital Agency, Garrigan Lymann Group, Draft FCB, Wirestone Agency, Launch Consulting, Classmates.com, Flor, Eddie Bauer, Columbia Sports Wear, Walgreens e-Commerce, James Hardie ColorPlus, The Pampered Chef, Regency Blue Cross Blue Shield, Liberty Mutual/Safeco Insurance, Zetec, 1-800-Injured, Club Libby Lu Inc., The Chicago Sun-Times, Decision Quest Trial Consulting, Banking Administration Institute (BAI), Discover Financial Services, Bank One (Now Part of Chase Bank), JP Morgan Chase, Transamerica Finance Corporation, Obtiva (Now Part of Groupon), American Invsco Realty, McShane Construction, Redtech – Redmond Technology Partners Inc., Williams-Labadie Advertising, Eli Lilly, Calabash Animation, etc.
2016
FLOR
SENIOR UX DESIGNER
PROJECTS: IOS Native App for Instore Design
2009-2010
AMAZON
SENIOR UX ARCHITECT
PROJECT: SMALL PARTS, INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY
2010-2012
Verizon
SENIOR UX ARCHITECT
2012-PRESENT
SEATTLE FACEBOOTH LLC.
FOUNDING PARTNER | PRODUCT MANAGER
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Hardware User Experience engineering
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Built and re-engineered 3 different styles of photo booth and photo entertainment set-ups
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Re-engineered the photo booth hardware and software UX for the operators and guests
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Created a consistent operational experience for the photo booth operators across 3 different styles of photo booths
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Currently re-engineering several digital kiosks for event presentation, lead generation and social media marketing
2015 - 2016
BOEING
SENIOR UX DESIGNER
PROJECTS:
2015 - 2016
MOTOROLA
SENIOR UX DESIGNER
PROJECTS:
2014 - 2015
LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE
LEAD UX STRATEGIST
PROJECT: UNDERWRITER'S PORTAL TOOL
2015-2016
WIRE STONE LLC.
SENIOR UX DESIGNER | BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Client Projects: Hewlett Packard, Boeing, Motorola, Microsoft, Carbonite
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Representing the UX services for sales and continued services for Wire Stone with clients as well as prospective clients
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Proposal Writing, client sales meetings, other business development operations
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UX Design, Research and Strategy for Responsible Design Sites, Education Games, Mobile applications and companion application experience
2007
JAMES HARDIE
SENIOR UX PRODUCER
PROJECTS: ONLINE MARKETING SITE FOR COLORPLUS
2006
BANKING ADMINISTRATION INSTITUTE (BAI)
UX/UI DESIGNER & DEVELOPER
PROJECTS: ONLINE MARKETING SITE, EVENT PORTAL REGISTRATION, EMAIL CAMPAIGNS, ETC.
2008
REGENCE BLUE CROSS BLUE SHEILD
SENIOR UX ARCHITECT
PROJECT: UNDERWRITER TOOLS FOR HEALTH INSURANCE
1999-2005
URBAN GORILLA LLC.
VISUAL DESIGNER AND WEB DESIGNER
I worked as a traditional visual designer doing both print and multimedia graphic design. I was trained as a creative director by my ex business partner who was one of the top creative directors in the Chicago market.
I built websites in Flash, Action Script, HTML, CSS, Javascript, ASP, ASP.Net, PHP. I also built databases for many of these websites.
1998-1999
FEDEX | KINKOS
DESIGN MANAGER
I managed design department locations in downtown Chicago. I also designed various print collateral back when Kinkos had design departments..
1994-1996
Sign Shops and Custom Apparel Companies
JUNIOR VISUAL DESIGNER
I worked for sign and custom apparel companies learning how to be a professional designer while I taught the senior staff to use adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. These senior designers taught me to be a professional commercial artist.
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