Joshua Butler
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
New York, NY, United States
Toptal member since April 21, 2016
Joshua is a design lead who's been involved in the full life-cycle of digital product—discovery, ideation, detailed design, and delivery. His attention to detail and critical thinking has led him to own large-scale efforts that involve transforming client work into strategic product experiences.
Portfolio
Work Experience
Freelance Design Consultant
FS Investments
- Designed the visual look and feel for a marketing site for a financial company.
- Created responsive variations of the site.
- Built a pattern library.
- Created design specs.
- Consulted with client contacts for the best design practices.
Senior Designer
Idean
- Acted as the lead designer for both the interaction and visual design for an enterprise billing platform.
- Did user and stakeholder interviews.
- Independently wrote several new business proposals.
- Participated in workshops.
- Secured business with the company Moleskine.
Senior UX Consultant
Lab 49
- Worked as the sole visual designer for trading software for a variety of companies.
- Pitched a project for an energy company that ultimately won us their business.
Senior Product Designer
ustwo™
- Worked as the visual lead on a 10-month smartphone project.
- Designed several apps for both iOS and Android.
- Worked as the initial designer on ustwo's Android Wear watch faces.
- Created the best practices guidelines for building ustwo's Android Wear watch faces.
Senior Visual Designer
Fjord
- Acted as the lead visual designer on Fjord's Citibank Account for a two year period. Multiple projects including their first iPad app, smartphone apps, and responsive websites.
- Worked as the first visual designer to work in the NYC office.
- Created soley a pitch that won Fjord an account with the NFL.
- Acted as the sole consultant working with Audible to deliver a new Android app.
- Worked on the website and branding of a calling card service.
- Created prototypes in After Effects and Keynote.
Education
Master of Fine Arts Degree in Graphic Design
Georgia State University - Atlanta, GA, USA
Skills
Tools
Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Affinity Photo, Adobe CC, Sketch 3, Sketch, Adobe, Apple Keynote, Microsoft PowerPoint, InVision, Affinity Designer, Adobe After Effects
Platforms
Web, Android, Mobile, iOS, MacOS
Languages
CSS, HTML
Other
User Interface (UI), PowerPoint Design, Responsive, Whiteboarding, Websites, Visual Design, Art Direction, Interaction Design (IxD), Content Management Systems (CMS), User Testing, Design Research, Prototyping, 3D Modeling, Wireframing, 3D Animation
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