Christopher Barr, Designer in Gahanna, OH, United States
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Christopher Barr

Verified Expert  in Design

Designer

Location
Gahanna, OH, United States
Toptal Member Since
October 27, 2016

Christopher is a highly creative and multi-talented product designer with 8+ years of experience in web and mobile application design. He is instrumental in increasing traffic by teaming up with stakeholders to create authentic products while having fun doing it.

Portfolio

Work Experience

UI/UX Designer

2016 - 2016
Flow.io
  • Adapted the business vision into high-fidelity wireframes, for their customer facing console product. This early stage start-up used these wires to pitch potential clients and engineers could build against. Executed deliverables ahead of schedule while working in an off-site capacity.
Technologies: Adobe Photoshop, InVision, Sketch

Senior Product Designer

2013 - 2016
Gilt
  • Headed-up all iOS and Android application features and improvements.
  • Addressed marketing and merchandising teams concerns on product features and performance, or provided solutions to requests.
  • Oversaw design of projects from conceptualization to app release.
  • Integrated templates and responsive design techniques into the app and site domains, resulting in millions of production/development cost savings for Gilt.
Technologies: InVision, Adobe Photoshop

Design Consultant

2014 - 2014
Coolonsale.com
  • Counseled Coolonsale.com's owners on their site design and defining the brand experience.
  • Aided the team with guidelines to use while furthering their product.
Technologies: Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop

Mobile Application Designer

2010 - 2013
Resource Ammirati
  • Championed mobile design and UX best practices across multiple client teams and projects including responsive web designs.
  • Acted as the lead designer for multi-platform mobile/tablet applications for high-profile clients such as  Sherwin-Williams, Kohler Plumbing, Venus Gillette, Kohl’s, Head & Shoulders, Sleep Number and Toys “R” Us. .
  • Developed innovative designs to satisfy the ideal shopper persona.
Technologies: Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop

Designer

2009 - 2009
Origo Branding
  • Designed and assisted in the art direction of company rebranding while also handling the management of all interactive materials and client site designs.
  • Created and manage websites from planning to inception including site architecture, interface design, navigation, page optimization, marketing and graphics that appeal to user interactions and business goals.
Technologies: Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop
2004 - 2008

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Advertising & Graphic Design

Columbus College of Art & Design - Columbus, OH, USA

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