RICHARD DONGSES
Senior UI/UX Web Designer · WWW.DONGSES.COM
“I am a Senior UI/UX Web Designer with 8 years of UI/UX design experience and prior experience in graphic design.”
NOTEWORTHY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Renaissance Learning's Certificate of Recognition: Insights Award for UX, 2016
- Portfolio work featured in Academy of Art University School Catalog, Fall 2010-Spring 2011
- Film festival DVD box set, showcased in CMYK Magazine, Vol. 48, 2010
- Logo work for identity redesign of Airwalk, showcased on Under Consideration, LLC website
FUNCTIONAL / CREATIVE SKILLS
UI/UX Web & Mobile Design · Apple Human Interface Guidelines · Android Human Interface Guidelines · Web Standards & Web Accessibility (W3C & 508) Typography · Iconography · Illustration · Graphic Design · Photography · Video Editing
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Adobe Photoshop · Illustrator · InDesign · After Effects · Premiere · Axure · Balsamiq Mockups · Sketch · Macromedia Flash · Apple Final Cut Pro · Microsoft Office · Windows OS · Macintosh OS · Basic HTML, XHTML, & CSS
WORK EXPERIENCE
UX Designer
Renaissance Learning – Minneapolis, MN · October 2015 – Present
Collaborating with PO, developers, UX Analysts and UX Designers to design educational software for teachers and students, through brainstorming, rapid and Agile prototyping, assisting in user testing, and creating high fidelity prototypes with specs; assisting in translating company rebrand into the current app UX
Senior Web Designer
Best Buy – Minneapolis, MN · June 2014 – September 2015
Updating and developing new UI design for Best Buy's ecommerce desktop and mobile site; iOS app; icon designs; collaborating with information architects, copywriters, and developers
UI/UX Junior Designer
Ask Partner Network (APN, LLC) – Oakland, CA · September 2009 – June 2014
Site designs for landing pages, download portals, blog site, product websites; proficiency in UI design for mobile & web apps, screen controls, browser extensions, browser overlays, toolbar widgets, toolbar menus, install screens; icon and logo designs; competitive analysis research; Powerpoint templates; marketing, posters, and greeting card print collateral; shirt designs
Creative Arts and Technical Designer / Supervisor / Lead / Instructor
Gracepoint Church — Berkeley, CA & Minneapolis, MN · 2004 – present
Logo and publication design; website and blog design; stage sets, props, and lighting for functions held at various venues; supervised designers, artists, lighting technicians, and carpenters in theatrical productions, and display installations; led instructional classes in: graphic design, After Effects, photography, stage, and lighting; produced, directed, filmed & edited video projects; maintain and update organization’s websites
UX Design Intern
Ask.com – Oakland, CA · July 2008 – February 2009
Icon designs; UI designs for menus and search results pages; graphical assets for Askkids.com
Graphic Designer
New Leaf Products – San Francisco, CA · 2007 – 2008
Designed sell sheets, newsletters, notebook products, store display units, trade show booth, as well as promotional materials.
Graphic Design Intern
New Leaf Paper — San Francisco, CA · Summer 2007
Designed sell sheets, promotional material, trade show booths, refined company logo and style guide, as well as created an organizational structure to archive all visual assets stored on the server.
Freelance Creative Designer & Photographer
Chrome browser extension; publication designs and logo identities for various startup companies, non-profit groups, and individuals; wedding, events, and portrait photographer
INTERESTS
Drawing · Hand Lettering · Photography · Filmmaking · Silk-Screening · Interior Design · Carpentry · Roller Coasters
EDUCATION
- Masters of Fine Arts Candidate, Graphic Design: Academy of Art University
- Bachelor of Arts, Cognitive Science, & Minor in Education: University of California, Berkeley, 2005