Andrew Ellis, Designer in Naples, FL, United States
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Andrew Ellis

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Designer

Location
Naples, FL, United States
Toptal Member Since
November 4, 2016

Andrew has 12 years of career experience as a UX researcher and designer with agencies, startups, and enterprise organizations. He also brings a strong foundation in written material to the table, with a lifelong passion for literature and linguistics, as well as a decade-long avocation writing books, blog articles, and short stories.

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Portfolio

Work Experience

Senior UX Researcher and Designer

2018 - 2023
Robert Half International
  • Managed the creation of a design system for our company intranet.
  • Created a mini-museum to present field research to colleagues.
  • Developed a game to squash bugs on our platform for UX and development departments.
  • Researched and developed a handful of personas for our company intranet.
Technologies: Figma, Adobe Experience Design (XD), Branding

UX Design Consultant

2015 - 2018
UX Design Consultant
  • Developed personas, user flows, wireframes, and high-fidelity mockups for the California Digital Library, a system for scholarly information management and research in San Francisco, CA.
  • Created user flows, wireframes, and high-fidelity mockups for an educational tech startup in San Francisco, CA.
  • Developed personas, user flows, wireframes, and high-fidelity mockups for a real estate startup in San Francisco, CA.
Technologies: Figma, Adobe Experience Design (XD), Axure, Sketch, Edtech, Ethnography

Product Designer

2015 - 2016
Intellus Learning
  • Worked on a small team of UX/UI designers for an educational SaaS platform that allowed teachers to create curriculum online, find resources (videos, articles, blog posts, etc), and export to any learning management system (LMS).
Technologies: Adobe Illustrator, InVision, Axure, Sketch

User Experience Designer

2015 - 2015
California Digital Library
  • Served as the UX designer for The California Digital Library’s platform eScholarship, which provides Open-Access scholarly publishing services to the University of California and delivers a dynamic research platform to scholars worldwide.
Technologies: InVision, Adobe Illustrator, Axure

User Experience Designer

2014 - 2015
Granicus
  • Contributed as part of the UX team to figure out how to simplify the complicated processes of local governments with our cloud-based platforms. My tasks have ranged from discovery calls and interviews with users, wireframing, building prototypes, and user testing in an Agile environment.
Technologies: InVision, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign

Experience Researcher & Designer

2012 - 2014
Collective Invention
  • Carried out field research and interviews to compile insightful design research briefs for clients.
  • Acted as the main user experience, interaction, and visual designer in charge of tasks ranging from information architecture to content strategy, culminating in the implementation of multiple online assets for the company.
Technologies: Final Cut Pro, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign

Interactive Designer

2012 - 2012
Method
  • Created prototypes and wireframes for a variety of platforms including web, mobile, and tablet applications.
Technologies: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign
2009 - 2011

Master of Fine Arts Degree in Interactive Design

Massachusetts College of Art and Design - Boston, MA

1999 - 2003

Bachelor of Arts Degree in Linguistics

University of Massachusetts at Amherst - Amerhst, MA

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