Jean-Francois B.G.

Designer in Québec City, QC, Canada

Member since April 23, 2019

During the last 15 years, Jean-Francois has helped top entertainment brands like Disney, Marvel, and Warner Bros generate engagement and love around their brands as well as profits through 4.5+ star apps, games, and websites. Unlike most UXers who focus on usability, his experience in the toys and games industry made him see products from a new angle, allowing him to work at the emotional level and create delightful and fun experiences.

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Digital Design

UX Design: Justice League Action Run Hub & Game App
- Mobile UX
- Mobile Game UX
- Wireframing
- Flowcharts
- Usability Testing
- User Testing
- Information Architecture (IA)
- Unity3D
- Axure RP Pro
- Photoshop CC
- Toys & Children's Products
- TV Shows
- UX Design
UX Design: Wizards of the Coast's Corporate Website Redesign
- Web UX Design
- Personas
- UX Strategy
- Sitemaps
- Information Architecture (IA)
- Wireframing
- Usability Testing
- User Testing
- Responsive UX Design
- UX Design
- Axure RP Pro
- Photoshop CC
- Corporate Design
- Tabletop Games
UX Design: Bakugan Hub & Game App
- UX Design
- Mobile UX
- Mobile Game UX
- Flowcharts
- Usability Testing
- User Testing
- Information Architecture (IA)
- Wireframing
- Axure RP Pro
- Unity3D
- Photoshop CC
- Toys & Children's Products
- TV Shows
UX Design: Marvel Avengers Infinity War Hero Vision AR Mobile Game
- UX Design
- Mobile UX
- Mobile Game UX
- Wireframing
- Flowcharts
- Usability Testing
- User Testing
- Information Architecture (IA)
- Unity3D
- Axure RP Pro
- Photoshop CC
- Toys & Children's Products
UX Design: Bombardier Commercial Aircraft Website Redesign
- Web UX Design
- Personas
- UX Strategy
- Sitemaps
- Information Architecture (IA)
- Wireframing
- Usability Testing
- User Testing
- Responsive UX Design
- UX Design
- Aviation
- Axure RP Pro
- Airport Transportation
- Corporate Design
UX Design: Meccano Builder/Controller Hub App
- UX Design
- Mobile UX
- Connected Device Design
- Flowcharts
- Usability Testing
- User Testing
- Information Architecture (IA)
- Wireframing
- Unity3D
- Axure RP Pro
- Photoshop CC
- Toys & Children's Products

Employment

Lead UX Designer
2013 - 2019
Bkom Studios
- Designed the UX for many high-tech 4+ star app and games for top entertainment, toys, and games brands like Disney, Spin Master, Marvel, and Warner Bros on products including Justice League Action Run mobile game and Bakugan Fan Hub app.
- Designed UX for two major user-generated content web tools for a Ubisoft game with a million-user audience.
- Designed UX for the official Magic the Gathering Companion app, soon to be the main go-to hub for 20 million players in the world.
- Spearheaded the development of a unified internal specification and production follow-up tool that saved an average of 300 hours per project to the teams.
Technologies: UX Design, Google Sheets, Adobe Photoshop, Axure RP Pro
Designer-Screenwriter/UX Head
2010 - 2013
Graffartis
- Designed the UX and managed the production of an e-learning course and digital simulation on an innovative intervention protocol and tool in the firefighting field now used by the European Union governments.
- Designed UX for e-learning courses and an interactive instruction experience to be provided with an innovative tech in the medical industry (Injex) for a client in the United Kingdom.
- Spearheaded the UX design and tested a tool unifying and simplifying the production process of the e-learning courses, leading to an average of $2,000 on every medium-sized project while improving the quality of the product by reducing human error rate.
- Developed a client satisfaction tracking methodology through surveys and then increased customer satisfaction by 11% in 6 months thanks to the gathered user feedback.
- Defined and documented the UX guidelines that were later used to unify all the companies products.
Technologies: UX Design, Tools, AtTask, Microsoft Excel, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Flash
Research and Teaching Assistant
2006 - 2010
Laval University
- Designed and prototyped a playful IR interaction experience for kids hospitalized for cerebral palsy testing for a research project lead by Geoffrey Edwards in collaboration with the IRDPQ center in Québec City (QC) Canada.
- Created and dispensed an interactive screenwriting course to a university group of 20 students for one semester. Followed up and helped teams in developing their team project scenarios.
- Defined the pipeline and assisted researcher Renée Bourassa in the production of 3D animations for an artistic project.
- Defined the research methodology to apply according to research needs and carry on the research process (with tens of users) and gather, analyze, draw conclusions, and summarize the results for various projects.
Technologies: Adobe Photoshop, 3ds Max, Autodesk

Education

Master's Degree in Art, Animation, and Cyberculture (Interaction Design)
2008 - 2010
Laval University - Québec
Bachelor's Degree in Multidisciplinary (Interactive Media)
2007 - 2008
Laval University - Québec
Certificate in Art and Science of Animation
2007 - 2008
Laval University - Québec
Certificate in Plastic Arts
2006 - 2007
Laval University - Québec
Certificate in Computer Science
2004 - 2005
Laval University - Québec

Experience

Wireframing12 years
Flowcharts10 years
Information Architecture (IA)10 years
Responsive UX Design7 years
Axure RP Pro6 years
Functional Specifications6 years
App UX6 years
UX Strategy4 years

Tools

Axure RP Pro

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