Overview

User Interface Design: Proficient with methodologies of user centered design.

Graphic design: Knowledgeable with color theory and typography.

Programming: Knowledgeable with XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, SEO.

Applications: Experienced with Microsoft Office, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash

Experience

Independent Contractor: San Diego, Ca (10/07-present)

Web Designer/Photographer

Prepare proposals & contracts; consult with clients.

Compile site specifications; design UI's through task analysis and flow modeling.

Produce site Imagery and SEO elements and design for overall beauty and appeal.

SiteLab Interactive: La Jolla, Ca (2/08-7/08)

Web Design Specialist (internship)

Design and develop web pages in compliance with cross browser settings and Search Engine Optimization.

Create wire frames and flow models and brainstorm ideas for UI design.

Build flash based design components.

University Reader: San Diego, Ca (12/06 - 10/07)

User Experience Designer

Prepared UI Specifications, story boards, design sketches, and flow models.

Designed UI and database architecture for web applications (digital anthology builder, contest-theme website, and Facebook application - currently in development).

Conducted usability testing procedures.

Prepared Technical Requirements Document in correspondence to the Digital Anthology web application.

Customer Service analyst

Conducted task analysis and refine all mediums of customer interaction (phone, face-to-face, online).

Drew flow models of company operations, interview clients and employees, revised script for automated phone system.

DigiNurse: UCSD (Teams In Engineering Services [TIES]) - San Diego, Ca (9/05 - 6/07)

Community Service Engineer - UI designer/Graphic designer/Project lead

Managed design process and developed strategies for deployment.

Set quarter goals, administered meeting agendas, and delegated tasks.

Created UI specifications, sketches, user scenarios, flow models, and storyboards in collaboration with fellow designers and software developers.

Team has been awarded by CAHSA.

Team has won placement in I2P's (Idea to Product) National Championships Competition.

Paper publication: Analyzed and compared data between paper and digital documentation to detect patterns of efficient/inefficient practices.

Activities

Internal Martial Arts (White Tiger Kung Fu): 2001 - 2007

Musical producer/lyricist: 2004 - Present

Education

University of California, San Diego; La Jolla, Ca

Cognitive Science specialized in Human Computer Interaction, 2002-2007

Email: aryask@gmail.com

Phone: (858) 349-9210