I’ve been living in Seattle for the past 10+ years or so working in various capacities in the graphic design industry: “Graphic Designer,” “Artist,” “User Experience Designer,” “Interaction Designer” …

I’ve seen a lot of changes over the years and have had great opportunities to work in myriad capacities with great companies and for great clients such as Microsoft, Hasbro, HP, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and many others. As I started my career, the transition to digital had just begun and had yet to fragment into the various specialties we now see often in job-postings.

Precisely because of when I entered the field, and my interests in *both* art and technology, I’ve frequently been in the position between Design and Development, Creative and Architecture, Production and Art Direction. In my various roles over the years I’ve picked up deep experience end-to-end with creating the best of User Experience and Interaction Design & Creative work.

Contact Tim

tim@thunderkick.us

206.427.0664

Work History

Principal User-Experience Designer, Dashwire
Senior/Lead User-Experience Designer & Evangelist, Vertigo Software
User-Experience Designer & Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation
Senior Designer, Razorfish
Product Designer, MSN Shopping / Windows Live Shopping, Microsoft Corporation
Designer, RealNetworks
Principal Designer, Sur La Table

Professional Experiences

Art & Creative Direction
User Interaction Design
User Experience Design
User Research
Client Presentations
Information Architecture
Concepting, including Sketching, Wireframing, & Prototype Design
Production Design
Cross-media Branding and Styleguides
Project Management including legal and financial aspects
Public Speaking

Technologies

HTML5
CSS3
JavaScript (and libraries like jQuery)
Silverlight / WPF / XAML Design

Speaking Engagements

Seattle
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Las Vegas
Australia
Norway

Web-Presence

Thunderkick
Twitter
LinkedIn
MIX Online

Resume

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Plain Text

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