Scott Anderson
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Calgary, AB, Canada
Toptal member since October 5, 2017
Scott is a user experience architect, information architect, and interaction designer with over a decade of experience working on software, web, tablet, and mobile device sites and applications. He works most frequently in Axure, creating wireframe prototypes that incorporate dynamic interface behavior in the design process to illustrate both user interaction models and the underlying logic and flow of complex business applications.
Portfolio
Production Management Application
Airline Check-in Kiosk
Agency Site Redesign
Restaurant App
Experience
- Wireframing - 10 years
- User Flows - 10 years
- UI Design - 10 years
- Information Architecture (IA) - 10 years
- UX Design - 10 years
- UX Prototyping - 8 years
- Axure RP Pro - 8 years
- Mobile UX - 5 years
Tools
- Axure RP Pro
Work Experience
Freelance User Experience Consultant
Freelance Work
- Worked as a freelance user experience architect based in Calgary, Canada; engaged by both local and remote clients.
- Developed wireframes and user flows.
- Produced and tested prototypes.
- Gathered business requirements and assessed user needs.
- Conducted heuristic and usability analyses.
- Created content and user experience strategies.
- Worked almost exclusively in Axure which allows the incorporation of dynamic interface behavior throughout the design process. Wireframes then are no longer static documents, but functional prototypes that illustrate both user interaction models and the underlying logic and flow of complex business applications.
- Worked for a variety of clients including startups in the oil and gas sector, financial services, and a major US telecommunications company.
User Experience Architect
UX Guys
- Worked for UX Guys (a small UX consulting firm with both local and remote clients that often worked with leading digital agencies in the US and Canada).
- Engaged as a UX lead on a wide range of projects, typically responsible for the user experience strategy, information architecture, and interaction design.
- Developed mobile and tablet apps.
- Crafted eCommerce redesigns.
- Developed complex browser-based software applications.
- Implemented public website or intranet redesigns.
- Designed for clients including major oil and gas companies, telecommunications, software firms, and airlines.
Consultant | User Experience Architect
MetaDesign
- Worked, during a 2009 sabbatical in Berlin, with MetaDesign on interactive projects for Volkswagen and iGuzzini (an architectural lighting company based in Italy).
- Returned to MetaDesign during a 2013 sabbatical in Berlin and worked on a major site and eCommerce redesign project for Kärcher, a market leader in commercial and consumer cleaning equipment.
- Worked in an environment where the working languages were a mix of English and German, depending on the project.
Information Architect
Critical Mass
- Worked as an information architect in the insight-and-planning group at Critical Mass (a leading creative/interactive agency).
- Managed and was responsible for the user interface development (deliverables included wireframes, site maps, task flows, and user personas) along with qualitative research and business analysis.
- Started as a content analyst at Critical Mass and was responsible for the audits, strategy documents, and copywriting.
Education
PhD (Not Completed) Degree in History
University of Chicago - Chicago, IL, USA
Master of Arts Degree in International Relations
Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies - Washington, D.C. and Bologna, Italy
Bachelor of Arts Degree with Honors in History
University of British Columbia - Vancouver, BC, Canada
Skills
Tools
Axure RP Pro, OmniGraffle, Sketch, Manufacturing, Visio
Platforms
iOS, Windows, Apple, Axure
Industry Expertise
Oil & Gas, Telecommunications
Other
Wireframing, User Flows, UI Prototyping, UX Flows, Task Flows, UI Design, UX Prototyping, Mobile UX, eCommerce UX, App UX, UX Analysis, Information Architecture (IA), Web UX, Web App UX, Web App UI, UX Design, UX Research, Mobile Prototypes, Adaptive Design, Responsive UX Design, eCommerce, Usability Testing, Data Visualization, Task Analysis, Agile UX, User Experience (UX), Taxonomy, Responsive UI, Sitemaps, Apps, Prototyping, Tablet UX, Digital Kiosks, Template Design
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