Paul Shellooe
Designer
Location
Denver, CO, United States
Toptal Member Since
February 22, 2019
Paul Shellooe (pronounced "SHELL-ew") is a senior UX designer specializing in designing complex software systems using a streamlined user-centered design process in Agile development environments. 15+ years of real-world experience designing and delivering software applications at startups to Fortune 500-level companies. Excels at working directly with developers to create award-winning software solutions on-time and under budget.
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Work Experience
2020 - 2021
Senior User Experience Design Consultant
Infosys
- Led the end-to-end experience design for the digital marketplace (eCommerce) platform for a Fortune 150 telecom client.
- Redesigned the end-to-end marketplace purchase flow for major product offerings resulting in a 60% time-to-task improvement, drastically reduced cart abandonment, and large revenue gains for the client.
- Designed and worked with development on multiple major enterprise solutions, both customer-facing and for internal sales.
- Successfully guided projects from initial concept through successful development and deployment.
Technologies: Figma, Adobe Experience Design (XD), Adobe Creative Suite, UXPin, Axure RP Pro, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Adobe CC, UX Design, User Flows, Wireframing, UI Design, High-fidelity Prototypes, Enterprise SaaS, Web Applications, iPad, Web App UX, Web App UI, B2B, Product Design, Web App Design, User Testing, User Validation, Web Design, Logo Design, Visual Design, Landing Pages, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Landing Page Design
2013 - 2018
Senior User Experience Design Consultant
CGI
- Designed a cross-platform mobile app for a major telecom company. The app was created to leverage existing dynamic network functionality, allowing users to view and control more of their network than ever before.
- Brought in to take a "labs" app design and merge it with features from another app that allowed users to view service tickets and create a single, cohesive, cross-platform experience unlike anything released by the company.
- Designed a web application that provided full visibility into customers and their data at various levels. Users could look across a group or hierarchy of customers, at a specific customer, or a specific piece of customer information.
- Designed the web app as a "single pane of glass" to view information from source systems. It presented snapshots of key information from multiple systems, and for many users, it eliminated the need to access the actual source application.
- Performed all UX design tasks, including UX strategy, research, interaction design, low and high fidelity prototyping, usability testing, user interface specifications, and visual design. Worked closely with development in an Agile environment.
Technologies: Telecommunications, Ionic, Semantic UI, Adobe CC, iRise, Sketch, Axure RP Pro, Web, Mobile, Dashboards, Portfolios, Investments, Finance, Adobe Illustrator, Presentations, Pitch Decks, Presentation Design, Responsive UI, Figma, Adobe Experience Design (XD), UI Design, Visual Design, Video Production, Videos, Dashboard Design, Email Template Design, Design Systems, UX Design, User Flows, Wireframing, High-fidelity Prototypes, Enterprise SaaS, Web Applications, iPad, Web App UX, Web App UI, B2B, Product Design, Web App Design, User Testing, User Validation, Web Design, Logo Design, Landing Pages, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Landing Page Design
2010 - 2013
Senior User Experience Design Consultant
Acclaro Design
- Partnered with a user experience research expert to complete a wide range of user interface design projects and usability testing for many major software companies.
- Oversaw the design team and managed projects from initial design through implementation. Projects ranged from mobile UX and web app design. Clients included EMN8, Fluke Networks, Laurel Hill G.I.S., I.H.S., and AdPay.
- Leveraged graphic design skill sets extensively, creating corporate brand assets, web design elements, and detailed icons for branded desktop software.
- Contributed to the visual and UX design for software running on dedicated hardware devices used in the field by skilled technicians.
- Created working prototypes in Axure RP Pro for use in professional usability testing environments.
Technologies: Testing, Education, Hardware, Pencil Project, Balsamiq, Adobe CC, Inkscape, Axure RP Pro, Responsive UI, UI Design, Visual Design, UX Design, User Flows, Wireframing, High-fidelity Prototypes, Enterprise SaaS, Web Applications, Web App UX, Web App UI, B2B, Product Design, Web App Design, User Testing, User Validation, Web Design, Logo Design, Landing Pages, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Landing Page Design
2005 - 2010
User Experience Principal and Lead
Quark
- Returned to Quark to help lead the QuarkXPress 8.0 UI redesign, which resulted in the most critically acclaimed version in the history of QuarkXPress.
- Promoted to UX team lead and drove the user experience for all Quark products from 2007 through 2010.
- Provided leadership and mentoring to the UX team and helped facilitate interaction with other teams within the company.
- Created a strategy for successfully incorporating user-centered design into the Agile development process.
- Excelled at maximizing team efficiency in difficult economic conditions, leveraging product management skills to streamline the software product definition lifecycle.
- Successfully managed remote teams/projects between India and the U.S.
- Led user-centered design process and UX design for Quark Promote, Quark's SMB online marketing software offering.
Technologies: Enterprise, Publishing, Desktop, Team Leadership, Product Management, Agile, Adobe Illustrator, Presentations, Pitch Decks, Presentation Design, UI Design, Visual Design, Axure RP Pro, QuarkXpress, Microsoft, UX Design, User Flows, Wireframing, High-fidelity Prototypes, Enterprise SaaS, Web Applications, Web App UX, Web App UI, B2B, Product Design, Web App Design, User Testing, User Validation, Web Design
Education
1990 - 1994
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science and Creative Writing
University of Colorado at Boulder - Boulder, Colorado
