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I am Sean Johnson
I strive to make interactive experiences that people find useful, beautiful, intuitive, and compelling. My creative process involves melding my dominant intuitive side with a more formalized and researched approach, relying on as much data and background work as possible.
I’ve prototyped software features, wireframed websites, designed videogame interfaces, architected mobile apps, animated TV spots, and scripted client pitches. I’m full of great ideas and I work tirelessly to strengthen brand and create user-centered experiences.
I’ve managed and mentored my fellow artists, and I’ve worked closely with blue-chip clients like Ford, Burger King, United Airlines, USPS, and Frito-Lay.
My experience is uniquely broad, which makes my ability to translate experiences across mediums and form factors uncommon.
My skillset includes:
– Managing, mentoring and supporting creative teams
– Working with, shepherding, and managing clients and their expectations
– Expert in Adobe Creative Suite
– Varying knowledge in a number of wire framing/prototyping solutions such as Axure RP, Invision, Moqups, Balsamic Mockups, and Adobe XD
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EXPERIENCE
- Suitable Technologies – UX Lead
July 2013 to Present
Make strategic design and user experience considerations geared toward improving our software products. - Brainstorm, collect, triage and iterate new software features and functions as part of a development team.
- Translate indistinct concepts into intuitive experiences.Revise software feature set based on discussion, conception, sketching, wireframing and prototyping
- Melding stakeholder desires into user-focused design considerations.
Imagination Detroit – Art Director, HMI/Digital
July 2013 to December 2013
Concepted screens for HMI/Digital Dashboard initiative for Ford Motor Company/Lincoln.
UI/UX/Design work on various digital experiences for 2014 Ford auto show.
Concepted and designed mobile apps including augmented reality tie-ins.
UBM Studios – Senior Art Director
June 2011 to Present
Wireframe and design b2b web sites for both browser and mobile spaces.
Edit video and create motion graphics for client and in-house projects.
Adelstein/Liston – Broadcast Graphics Artist
May 2010 to November 2010
Created motion graphics for broadcast television commercials.
Worked with political consultants and editors to create emotive spots for political candidates.
Midway Games – User Interface Designer
June 2007 to February 2009
Wireframed and designed game interfaces. Created illustrations and icons. Animated screens and cinematic sequences. Created moodboards for forthcoming titles. Built working interfaces in Flash or within our proprietary game-framework application.
Mentored newer artists.
Games I worked on included Mortal Kombat, NBA Ballers, Blitz the League, and Wii Game Party.
MotionPOP.com – Co-Founder/Creative Director
February 2005 to December 2007
Co-founded a digital signage implementation company. Wireframed and designed an enterprise-level animation-distribution application. Managed the outside development team that built the application and client software.
Created a library of 50 promotional animations for use within the software.
Managed the client expectations and creative needs of our primary client, Burger King.
Allure Fusion Media – Creative Lead
June 2000 to November 2004
Designed and animated LCD menuboards and promotional screens for QSR and retail clients. Created libraries of motion graphic animations. Managed clients creative needs.
Clients I personally managed included United States Postal Service and Blockbuster.
Clients I worked with but did not manage included McDonald’s, Coca-Cola, Popeye’s Chicken, Borders, and AMC Theaters.
Frankel – Senior Interactive Designer
January 1998 to June 2000
Designed promotional websites. Created an entire holiday promotional mini-site for a Target. Animated digital signage screens for United States Postal Service.
Clients included Target, Frito-Lay, United Airlines, Nestle and USPS.
CompuServe – Interactive Designer
January 1997 to January 1998
Designed web pages porting online service to the web. Created a library of GIF animations.
Metetac – Interactive Designer
June 1994 to January 1997
Designed and illustrated screens and animations for various multimedia CD-ROM products.
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