NAME: Keith Gill
ADDRESS: Santa Cruz, California

PHONE: (408) 806-5987
EMAIL: keithgill@gmail.com

PORTFOLIO: http://www.stateofawe.com
LINKEDIN PROFILE: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keithgill1/

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SUMMARY
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UX generalist and design strategist collaborating with developers and stakeholders to design and deliver delightful products that solve real problems for real people.

Over 10 years of UX, UI, IxD and Visual Design for startups and established companies large and small. Adept with all phases of the design life-cycle; can run deep or be scrappy. 

Worked on agile development teams to design and ship native iOS and Android apps, responsive websites and mobile apps (SaaS apps), as well as tablet and desktop applications. Experience running hardware and software usability studies.

Actively seeking mission driven company eager to utilize design thinking to develop software, services and products that customers crave. 

But what do I really want? I am looking to collaborate with talented team members, who work well with one another for a shared vision and worthy cause.

Available immediately.

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EXPERIENCE
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KLEEEN.STUDIO
2018 - Current
Senior User Experience Consultant. 

Assisted UX Architect with discovery stage deliverables for a late-stage security startup. Daily responsibilities consist of stakeholder interviews, heuristic evaluations, usability findings and persona mapping.  

Created and iterated initial wireframes and Sketch mockups tailored to persona goals and tasks.

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Epicor Software
2009 - 2017
Senior User Experience Designer, Interaction Designer and Visual Designer for Top 10 mid-market Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) company.

Web Design
>>> Led the UX & UI Design effort for Epicor's award winning software as a service (SaaS) offering, FFL Compliance Manager and its associated e-commerce website, SubscribeNow.

>>> Created clickable wireframes in support of FFL Compliance Manager that detailed the interaction and flow for user on boarding, customer and supplier maintenance applications.

>>> Managed a third party agency in the design of Ace Hardware's B2B website, The Supply Place. Shepherd the product through weekly stakeholder meetings consisting of Ace executives and assisted the design team with clickable wireframes, visual mockups and finalized interaction design.

>>> Designed and coded the initial HTML5 & CSS3 prototype for the Epicor Retail Portal. The portal takes a forward thinking and device agnostic approach, utilizing responsive web design techniques (RWD) allowing end users to interact with the software on desktop, tablet or smartphones.

Mobile Design
>>> Conceptualized, wire-framed and mocked up the interaction design for four native iOS and Android apps as well as an iPad Point of Sale app. Created and maintained all graphical assets for early skeuomorphic designs as well as the updated flat UI designs.

Desktop Design
>>> Redesigned Epicor Softwares flagship product Eagle N Series, a comprehensive suite of retail management software for small to mid-sized businesses (Ace, True Value etc.) running at over 10,000 stores within the US and abroad.

>>> Collaborated with Product Development and Product Management to create mockups, visual designs, a design language and specifications to facilitate the redesign of over 5,000 Eagle N Series screens.

Multi-Media Design
>>> Managed the design efforts of a third party agency in the creation of a 55 inch LED touchscreen that highlights Epicor Software products and services to trade show attendees and prospective customers. The UI was designed responsively (RWD) so that the presentation was also viewable via tablet.

Usability
>>> Lead software and hardware usability studies and heuristic evaluations for mobile and touchscreen products and reported my findings to executive leadership for better product positioning.

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Zmanda Inc.
2006 - 2009
Creative Director, Lead UX Designer and UI Designer
Creative Director while concurrently operating as the Lead User Interface Designer for two open source software as a service (SaaS) products; ZMC for Amanda and ZRM for MySOL.

I was the Creative Director while concurrently operating as the Lead User Interface Designer and front-end developer (HTML & CSS) for two open source SaaS products; ZMC for Amanda and ZRM for MySQL. I managed, designed and developed the corporate website, customer administration portal and multiple landing pages. 

Sole Visual Designer for all on-line and off-line content such as banners, posters, business cards, flyers, data sheets, white papers, Flash animations, video bumpers, 3D and motion graphics. Managed all aforementioned assets.

Aligned creative vision with marketing and business objectives, guiding and managing web personnel in the day to day operations of our corporate website. 

Wrote the ZMC GUI Design Document and assisted writing the Help Documentation.

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Various companies such as DirecTV Broadband, Neoforma, Network General, Safeway and more
1998 - 2005
Graphic Design, Web Design, User Interface Design

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EDUCATION
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ANIMATION BOOTCAMP
Bezier & Keyframe Warrior

MASTERS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
AAS
Multimedia, Presentation and Design

CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY
BA Literature
Emphasis in Creative Writing

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SOFTWARE
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Jira
Slack
Zeplin
Sketch
lnVision
Balsamiq
Cinema 4D
Principle App
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe After Effects
Agile Planning Poker

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EXPERTISE
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CSS
HTML
Empathy
Lean UX
Collaboration
Visual Design
Design Thinking
Rapid Prototyping
Interaction Design
Ideation and Strategy
Redline Specifications
Information Architecture
Responsive Web Design
Composition and Hierarchy
Color Theory and Typography

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CONTACT
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NAME: Keith Gill
ADDRESS: Santa Cruz, California

PHONE: (408) 806-5987
EMAIL: keithgill@gmail.com

PORTFOLIO: http://www.stateofawe.com
LINKEDIN PROFILE: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keithgill1/