Scott Anderson, Designer in Calgary, AB, Canada
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Scott Anderson

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Designer

Location
Calgary, AB, Canada
Toptal Member Since
August 1, 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

Work Experience

Freelance User Experience Consultant

2014 - PRESENT
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.
Technologies: OmniGraffle, Axure

User Experience Architect

2008 - 2014
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.
Technologies: Visio, OmniGraffle, Axure

Consultant | User Experience Architect

2009 - 2013
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.
Technologies: Visio, OmniGraffle, Axure

Information Architect

2003 - 2008
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.
Technologies: Visio
1993 - 1995

PhD (Not Completed) Degree in History

University of Chicago - Chicago, IL, USA

1990 - 1992

Master of Arts Degree in International Relations

Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies - Washington, D.C. and Bologna, Italy

1987 - 1990

Bachelor of Arts Degree with Honors in History

University of British Columbia - Vancouver, BC, Canada

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