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Hire JasonJason Gaylor
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Location
Springfield, MO, United States
Toptal Member Since
March 27, 2017
Jason is a self-employed designer with experience designing end-to-end digital products for mobile and web platforms. He has worked with venture-backed startups such as GetGlue, Aviary, and Planted as well as co-founded Departika, an interactive agency. Jason created a digital brand for Designfruit that has led to his illustrations appearing on brands that include H&M, Focus Features, 7UP, Sunkist, Computer Arts, and more.
Portfolio
Work Experience
Design Consultant
2015 - PRESENT
Planted
- Designed an iOS app for job seekers.
- Rebranded the company and created a brand platform to guide future design.
- Designed and iterated with the team on responsive web apps for job seekers and employers.
- Developed illustrations, icons, and info-graphics for use in marketing and products. Also drafted layouts for investor decks, flyers, sales sheets, and other marketing collateral.
- Designed UI/UX for the internal admin system.
Technologies: Google Drive, InVision, Adobe CC, Sketch
UX/UI Designer
2013 - 2014
Aviary (Part of the Adobe Family)
- Designed new features for an iOS B2C app of fifty million users.
- Improved photo editing tools in the SDK (iPhone, iPad).
- Improved retention through improvements to UX in the apps (iPhone, iPad).
- Improved usability of the tools through improvements to UX in the apps (iPhone, iPad).
- Redesigned the Aviary showcase app on the Facebook platform.
- Explored additional consumer apps to repurpose and re-market tools in new ways.
Technologies: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop
VP of Design
2009 - 2013
GetGlue (now Telfie)— acquired by i.TV in 2013
- Led an amazing team working through multiple iterations of iPhone, Android, iPad, and desktop apps for GetGlue—an award-winning leader in social television.
- Designed the consumer-facing iPhone, iPad, and Web apps.
- Led a team of sticker designers working on hundreds of partnership stickers for top media partners such as FOX, ESPN, HBO, and many others.
Technologies: Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
Owner
2003 - 2012
Designfruit
- Created a site that provides resources to designers in the form of premium Photoshop brushes and vectors.
- Designed the brand, the website, and a majority of the illustrations that are sold on the website.
- Led a revamp of the website with the goal of introducing and sharing more premium design resources from an additional designer and generating profit.
- Planned and executed improvements to the experience, increasing retention, urgency, and offering more flexible payment options.
- Created wireframes and designs, and hired a developer to engineer and iterate these drafts in order to release to the new site.
Technologies: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
Co-founder
2006 - 2009
Departika
- Undertook many responsibilities as a co-founder; these included client relations, recruiting, sales, brand development, project management, strategy, and web site UI/UX.
- Developed and gave proposals and pitches to potential clients.
- Led strategy and planning with clients and the team.
- Designed wireframes and sitemaps, and final design specs.
- Managed the team and contractors.
Technologies: Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
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