Daniel Lee

Designer

Los Angeles, CA, United States

Member since January 28, 2018

Daniel is a diligent designer who has worked with large companies like Sony PlayStation, Yahoo, and Disney. On top of his experience with those companies, he's also worked at small agencies and startups. Along with his eye for design, Daniel also has a solid academic background in media art, design, and human-computer interaction. On any given day, he may be building prototypes, tools, or designing products.

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Portfolio

Digital Design

Addiction Recovery App
- UX Flows
- UX Design
- Mobile
- iOS
- Android
- Information Architecture (IA)
- UI Style Guides
- Style Guides
- Presentations
- Prototyping
- InVision
- InVision Studio
- Framer
- Framer X
- UI Design
- Visual Design
- Adobe
- Adobe Photoshop
- After Effects CC
- Adobe Illustrator
Sony PlayStation
- UX Design
- UI Design
- TV UI
- TV
- Wireframes
- Information Architecture (IA)
- Framer
- Framer X
- Framer Prototyping
- Prototyping
- UI Prototyping
- UX Prototyping
- UX Process
- Adobe
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe After Effects
- Adobe Illustrator
Donation Platform
- Mobile
- Mobile Design
- Web Design
- UX Process
- UX Prototyping
- UI Prototyping
- Framer
- Framer X
- Prototyping
- Framer Prototyping
- UI Design
- UX Flows
- Adobe
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe After Effects
- Style Guides
- Design Systems
Yahoo
- Information Architecture (IA)
- UX Flows
- UI Design
- UX Design
- Presentations
- HTML/CSS
- HTML UI
- Protoyping
- JavaScript
- Web Design
- Responsive Web Apps
- Responsive Web Design (RWD)
Disney
- Adobe
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
- UX Design
- UI Design
- Prototyping
- Wireframes
- UX Flows
- Visual Design
- Graphic Design
Victorious
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe After Effects
- Wireframes
- UX Flows
- Information Architecture (IA)
- Prototyping
- Sketch
- UI Design
- Visual Design
- Mobile UI Design
Baidu Digital Content Design
- Creative Direction
- Visual Design
- Graphic Design
- Typography
- Adobe
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator

Employment

Product and Digital Design Freelancer
2019 - PRESENT
Illuminate Health
- Designed mobile products for health care services and addiction recovery.
Technologies: Sketch, InVision, After Effects
Freelance Visual and UX Designer
2017 - PRESENT
Freelance Work
- Worked with enterprise and startup clients to improve their products, brand alignment, and value proposition.
Technologies: Sketch, Photoshop, Illustrator, Copywriting, After Effects, Framer, Development, Research
Design Lead (Contractor)
2018 - 2019
Givelify
- Worked for Givelify, a company that aims to simplify online giving. Soon to hit a billion dollars in donations, Givelify aims to rethink their platform's brand and user experience.
- Oversaw and managed remote design work and processes.
- Drove research to obtain product-market fit insights and best possible form.
- Redesigned their B2C and B2B platforms to adhere to modern standards.
- Managed a junior designer.
Technologies: Sketch, Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Development, Framer, InVision, User Research
Web Designer and Digital Designer Freelancer
2017 - 2018
The Career Report
- Worked on web design, branding, illustration, and layout design.
Technologies: Sketch, Photoshop, Illustrator, Copywriting
Interaction Designer
2016 - 2017
Sony PlayStation
- Designed a console and ten-feet interactions for gamers.
- Created the design strategy for PlayStation 4 and future console concepts.
- Prototyped the early design phase user interfaces.
- Crafted creative brainstorming tools to help facilitate collaboration.
- Designed web and mobile experiences.
Technologies: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe After Effects, InVision, Framer, Sketch, JavaScript
Interaction Designer
2016 - 2016
Yahoo
- Managed and was in charge of the user experience related to customer experience.
- Conducted researching and testing.
- Created the information architecture.
- Designed user interfaces.
- Created the project development process.
Technologies: Sketch, InVision, Framer, HTML, CSS, JavaScript
UI and UX Designer
2014 - 2015
Victorious, Inc.
- Designed the main mobile product (iOS and Android).
- Led the design for the front-end web experience and content management system.
- Researched and designed R&D projects.
- Initiated the user testing routines and surveys.
Technologies: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe After Effects, InVision, Framer, Sketch, JavaScript
Digital Designer | UX Contractor
2014 - 2014
The Walt Disney Company
- Architected user flows for game experiences.
- Wireframed iterations of the game design concepts.
- Prototyped interactions.
- Rendered the final visual designs for the UI.
Technologies: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, JavaScript
Design Intern
2013 - 2013
Essential Design Consultancy
- Helped with the creation of materials and tools for UX research.
- Crafted UI designs for various clients.
- Communicated with clients concerning their expectations and deliverables.
Technologies: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe After Effects, InVision, Framer, Sketch, JavaScript, HTML, CSS
UX Designer | HCI Researcher
2013 - 2013
CMU Human-Computer Interaction Proto Lab
- Developed and designed a platform for creatives to crowdsource feedback from online participants.
- Created designs for an augmented whiteboard and a web application.
Technologies: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe After Effects, HTML, CSS, Research

Other Experience

Jobs to Be Done: Turn Customer Needs Into Product Solutions (Publication)
https://www.toptal.com/designers/product-design/jobs-to-be-done
In product design, the jobs-to-be-done framework is a well-known approach that is designed to deconstruct the "job" a customer is trying to get done.

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Media Art, Human-computer Interaction, Communication Design
2009 - 2013
Carnegie Mellon University - Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Certifications

Building a Culture of Excellence
JANUARY 2019 - PRESENT
Disney Institute
Leading for Creativity
SEPTEMBER 2017 - PRESENT
IDEO U

Experience

Interaction Design (IxD)6 years
Design6 years
UX Design6 years
Desktop4 years
iOS4 years
Web4 years
JavaScript2 years
Android2 years