Clyde Dillard

Rèsumé

User Experience Design

SUMMARY

User Experience Designer/Web Developer (full stack) seeking opportunities in UX design and prototype development

Contact

BooleanArts@Gmail.com UnicornXray.com LinkedIn Brooklyn, NY @Boolean-Arts (347) 683-5876

Education

General Assembly, New York, NY
UX Design Immersive
New York University, New York, NY
Interactive Telecommunications (ITP)
Towson State University, Towson, MD
BS Mass Communications

Volunteering

2012-Present Cycling
Ride Marshal. Assist riders on local and regional Bike New York and Transportation Alternatives rides

2009 to 2016 EMT
Provide patient care at area special events (NYC Marathon, borough half marathons, etc.)

SKILLS

User Experience Design

User Research Competitive/Comparative Research & Analysis Strategic Planning Personae and Journeys
User Flows Wireframes Prototyping Information Architecture User Interface Interaction Design Research Usability Testing Omnigraffle
Sketch
InVision

Web Development

HTML5
PHP
MySQL
Javascript
jQuery
CSS
Photoshop
Illustrator

Languages
EnglishSpanish Read, write, speakFrench Read, write, speakAmerican Sign Language (ASL) Intermediate

EXPERIENCE

2008 - Current Principal Unicorn X-ray/Boolean Arts, Brooklyn, NY

Founder of interactive design firm, providing UX design and web development services
  • Conduct User Research: Surveys, Interviews, Affinity Mapping
  • Perform Competitive & Heuristic Analysis
  • Develop Personae & User Journeys
  • Define MVP Scope
  • Design Information Architecture
  • Build Wireframes & Prototypes
  • Conduct Usabilty Testing & Refine Designs
  • Full stack web development (PHP, MySQL, HTML5, jQuery, CSS)

Recent Projects

Ritika's Global Grains   From brochureware to B2B and B2C portal

RGG's original site provided lots of information did little to showcase the brand – or its products.

The make-over re-organized and re-architected the site, and in so doing:

  • Established a strong brand identity
  • Created a CMS to allow the client to easily update product information
  • Created form-driven contact pages to address the concerns of consumers and corporate stakeholders
  • Created crowd-sourced recipes pages to:
    • Foster consumer engagement with RGG products
    • Encourage repeat visits
    • Provide "sticky" content
    • Employ viral marketing to promote the site and products

June '07 - April '08Corporate Communications Consultant Newark Housing Authority, Newark, NJ

Showcased Authority initiatives in print, web and video

  • Wrote, produced, directed and edited documentaries on NHA tenants and properties
  • Designed and developed user-friendly IA for public and private web sites
  • Designed and produced print materials and signage for the Authority

April '01 - September '06 Webmaster Congregation B’nai Jeshurun, New York, NY

Web developer and UX designer for Upper West Side synagogue.

  • Designed membership, Hebrew school, special events and innovative fundraising apps.
  • Full-stack developer; created and maintained dynamic e-commerce platform and web presence