Chris Peterson

Designer

Moraga, CA, United States

Member since July 31, 2019

Chris is a UX and UI designer with over twenty years of experience in consumer and enterprise applications. He worked with Google to restructure and design their help system, created Clarizen’s enterprise mobile apps, and designed a white-label consumer mobile app for Accesso now deployed at parks and resorts across North America. Chris specializes in structure, user flows, wireframing, and design for both mobile and web.

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Portfolio

Digital Design

Resort Guest Mobile App
- App UX
- App UI
- Mobile UX
- Mobile UI Design
- Mobile Design
- User Interface (UI)
- User Experience (UX)
- Sketch
- InVision
- Recreation
- Hospitality
- Mobile App Design
- Entertainment & Leisure
- White-label
- Bluetooth Beacons
- Machine Learning
Resort App Management
- App UX
- App UI
- UX Design
- UI Design
- UI Specifications
- User Interface (UI)
- User Experience (UX)
- Sketch
- InVision
- Hospitality
- Recreation
Google Help
- UX Design
- UI Design
- Information Architecture (IA)
- User Interface (UI)
- User Experience (UX)
Clarizen for Mobile
- Mobile UX
- Mobile UI
- Mobile UI Design
- App UX
- iOS App Design
- Android App Design
- UI Design
- SaaS
- Enterprise
- Enterprise SaaS
- Enterprise Application Design
Clarizen for Desktop
- User Experience (UX)
- User Interface (UI)
- Experience Strategy
- Desktop App Design
- InVision
- SaaS
- Enterprise SaaS
Inflowz for Desktop
- User Experience (UX)
- User Interface (UI)
- UI Design
- App UI
- Data Visualization
- Sketch
- InVision
- SaaS
- Enterprise SaaS

Employment

Owner
2001 - PRESENT
Chris Peterson Design, LLC
- Collaborated with product and UX teams creating new products, improving existing products, and delivering new features.
- Created the structure and design for The Experience Engine, a white label, location-based mobile resort app. Also designed the web app resort operators use to manage content, assets, and messaging in the consumer app.
- Designed the UX and UI for an enterprise process analysis application, Inflowz.
- Led design for the Clarizen iOS and Android apps from structure to UI, supported the design of numerous feature updates to the desktop app.
- Designed the UX and UI for a compensation analysis tool that allows tech startups to compare their comp packages with similar early-stage private companies.
- Designed and developed web sites for the VC firms Alta Partners, Sofinnova Ventures, and Innovacom (France Telecom).
- Designed the interface for Wells Fargo Bank's asset allocation tool, allowing individual investors to analyze their portfolios.
Technologies: Sketch, InVision, Adobe Illustrator
User Experience Consultant
2008 - 2015
Google
- Held four year-long contracts between 2008 and 2015.
- Defined new structure and design for AdWords help content.
- Redesigned the structure and presentation of the help system used on all Google products in all languages with the consumer operations team.
- Worked with the Google Cloud team on user interface models for the visual management of app deployments.
- Worked with the Google Apps team developing the strategy and creating early wireframes for a business collaboration product concept.
Technologies: Adobe Illustrator, InVision
Managing Director, Customer Experience Architect
1999 - 2001
Scient
- Led the overall customer experience from strategy through delivery, including the management of 9-13 person customer experience teams, on Scient’s largest engagements.
- Managed the development of the customer experience for Hotwire, working as an engagement lead and directly responsible for a 10-person team.
- Managed the redesign of Wells Fargo consumer and small business sites.
- Developed the customer experience for Boats.com, leading conceptual efforts in the experience design and jointly managing the client relationship.
- Led customer experience development for the insurance site BenefitPoint, working as part of the project management team, directly responsible for a 13-person customer experience team.
- Consistently took leadership roles in client relationships and project management (planning and accountability for timelines, costs, and staffing).
- Managed additional Scient responsibilities including process definition, assisting in sales, facilitating classes, interviewing, and resolving engagement issues.
Technologies: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
Art Director
1998 - 1999
USWeb/CKS
- Served as the design lead for the creation of web sites for SC Johnson, Elo TouchSystems, and E*Offering, E*Trade’s investment bank.
Technologies: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
Freelance Designer
1998 - 1998
Addwater
- Designed the Edwards Luggage online store, translating the brand experience from physical stores to the online environment.
- Rebranded the Onsale consumer auction site through design, a new navigation scheme, and an improved auction user interface.
Technologies: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
Designer
1995 - 1998
Design One
- Designed and managed print collateral and web development projects for companies including Bank of America, Charles Schwab, World Wrapps, Scheufelen, Wells Fargo Bank, Norwest Bank, and Visa.
- Managed projects from bidding through production, developed concepts, and preserved budget and schedule. Also responsible for client presentations, day-to-day relationships with clients, art direction of illustrators and photographers, and design team management.
Technologies: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, QuarkXPress, HTML
Designer
1991 - 1995
Freelance
- Worked with agencies and studios to create print and identity concepts and designs for a wide variety of clients, including Landor Associates (Visa), Pentagram Design (Burlington Northern, Skald Magazine), Foote, Cone & Belding (Levi’s, Dockers), Ketchum Advertising (Bank of America), and Kym Abrams Design (Rand McNally, Scott Foresman).
Technologies: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, QuarkXPress, Xacto knives, and yes, even waxers

Education

Bachelor of Science degree in Advertising
1987 - 1991
University of Colorado - Boulder, CO

Experience

UX Design20 years
Design20 years
Mockups20 years
Wireframes20 years
UI Design20 years
User Experience (UX)20 years
Mobile Design6 years
Mobile UX6 years

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