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Benjamin Rios Chavez

Verified Expert in Design

Designer

Location

Colima, Mexico

Toptal Member Since

April 22, 2015

Benjamin is a passionate interaction designer with more than 15 years of experience developing branding, illustrations, and user interaction solutions for web and mobile. He really enjoys designing for users to help them to achieve their goals whether they're using a desktop or mobile device.

User Interface (UI)Wireframing UX Design Adobe Photoshop Adobe Fireworks Adobe Illustrator Prototyping User Flows Sketch Information Architecture (IA)UI Design Branding Illustration iOS App Design Android App Design

Work Experience

Lead Designer

2013 - 2015

Crowd Interactive

Led a group of 4 designers.
Worked with a team of developers receiving the client's requirements about their projects.
Worked with a team planning the stories of the projects to prepare estimations. Prepared a timeline for the design process including information architecture, wireframing, layout design, prototyping and preparing assets, and guidelines or guide styles for web and mobile applications.
Assigned tasks to each team member according to their skills.
Mentored the team and kept them up-to-date with current trends.

Technologies: Adobe Illustrator, Branding, UI Design, UX Design

Senior UX/UI Designer

2010 - 2013

iEvolutioned

Developed UX and UI for web and mobile applications.
Designed brand identity for several clients, including logos and corporate brochures.
Created illustrations for many purposes, most of them for internal usage.
Collaborated with front-end developers to assure that the final products cover the quality.
Prepared a couple of user tests as practice to understand the client's needs.

Technologies: Branding, Adobe Illustrator, UI Design, UX Design

Senior UI Designer

2008 - 2010

Softtek

Designed branding material for General Electric (internal use).
Worked with a developer team, receiving the client's requirements and brainstorming to define technologies and possible styles for the design team.
Worked with Adobe Flash preparing assets for the Flex developer team.
Shared and practiced new brand design trends, especially for Flash environments, with other developers.
Designed for mobile devices for the first time. It was a plane engine's iPhone application. I was in charge of the UI design after I received the guidelines.

Technologies: Adobe Illustrator, Branding, UI Design

Senior Designer

1998 - 2008

INEGI

Created executive presentations for the main board, for internal and external purposes.
Designed the branding for the National Geographic conference from 2000 to 2008.
Worked on the annual report for Cadastral Direction from 2000 to 2008 in Adobe Flash.
Worked the multimedia CD-ROM for the geography direction anniversary in 2005, with Adobe Flash, using external files to be updated for the next 2 years.
Designed the branding for 3 important products the general geography section promoted in 2006.

Technologies: Adobe Flash, Illustration, Branding

Education

1992 - 1997

Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design

Universidad Autonoma de Aguascalientes - Aguascalientes, Ags, MX

Experience

Adobe Photoshop - 17 years Adobe Illustrator - 15 years User Interface (UI) - 13 years UX Design - 6 years Wireframing - 6 years Prototyping - 5 years User Flows - 5 years Information Architecture (IA) - 5 years

Tools

Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator

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