Aristotle Miller Ramos hireme@colosso.ink https://www.colosso.ink SKILLS: Operating Systems - Mac OS - Android OS - MS Windows - MS DOS - UNIX environments Markup Languages - HTML + CSS - JavaScript Marketing Automation - Hubspot CRM - Marketo Engage Design, Illustration & Layout - Adobe Illustrator - Adobe Acrobat - Adobe Fireworks - Adobe Photoshop - Adobe DreamWeaver - Adobe InDesign - Affinity Designer - Affinity Photo - Mischief Wireframing & Prototyping - Sketch + Zeplin - proto.io - playingcards.io Multimedia Production - Adobe AfterEffects - Adobe Premiere - Adobe Flash - Apple Final Cut Pro - Apple iMovie - Apple GarageBand - Audacity - Digidesign Pro Tools CMS, Blogging & Wikis - WordPress - Tumblr - Wikia/Fandom - PBWorks Productivity - Google Apps - MS Office WORK EXPERIENCE: Graphic Designer & Illustrator // Freelance Arlington, Massachusetts (Mar 2021 – Present) - Generate artwork and layouts as per client specifications/project requirements. - Provide visual design and digital marketing consulting and instruction. Senior Design Manager - Marketing, One Door Boston, Massachusetts (Jan 2020 - Jan 2021) - Devise and uphold marketing communications brand standards, retrofitting existing content library to unify messaging voice and content. - Layout and produce both web, presentation/demo and print collateral in support of OD's larger pre-sales, promotional and brand awareness aims. - Collaborate with team, senior management and outsourced talent to strategize, optimize and execute SEO and content marketing efforts. - Act as in-house expert and liaison with regard to WordPress, internet technologies, digital asset production and print vendors. Senior Design Manager - User Experience, One Door Boston, Massachusetts (Jun 2016 - Dec 2019) - Create and document OD's inaugural product style guide and design system. - Lead and coordinate weekly cross-functional UX/UI team summits to address and identify front-end and workflow issues experienced across disparate scrum teams. - Design reusable UI components, user task workflows, page-level and site-level user experience in collaboration with front-end development team, socializing visual vocabulary among UX, Product and Engineering teams. - Produce high- & low-resolution UI wireframe screens, rapidly iterating on designs based on user feedback, product requirements and development limitations. - Liaise and facilitate communication between Product, Engineering and QA teams via project scrum teams and impromptu one-on-one meetings. - Leverage QA input and involvement in the UX process to enforce design conventions, increase user delight and cultivate interdepartmental teamwork. - Lead workshops in Design Thinking, style guide overviews as well as identifying parallels between UX Design and tabletop board game design. - Conduct UX design fidelity audits, roundtable UI reviews and user interviews. - Illustrate brand-consistent vector and raster iconography. Senior Web & Media Designer, Net Atlantic, Inc. Salem, Massachusetts (May 2009 - July 2015) - Provide web, email and graphic design in primary support of Marketing. - Execute high-level art direction, consultation and project management. - Design custom email templates and oversee outsourced HTML build efforts. - Collaborate on inbound marketing strategies as part of Marketing Team. - Generate documentation and establish methodologies and best practices. - Compose content for company blog and marketing communications. - Perform comprehensive marcom proofreading and editorial review. - Leverage technical and creative abilities in cross-department efforts. - Consult on UX/UI and application flow design in support of Development. - Contribute exhaustive QA testing and review for Development projects. - Assist Customer Support Team with escalated HTML/CSS client issues. - Manage and maintain website hierarchy, files and content. - Supervise and mentor part-time creative staff and marketing interns. - Keep abreast of Internet culture and emerging web technology trends. Event Coordinator/Content Creator, gruntwerk services Arlington, Massachusetts (Sept 2003 - May 2012) - Organize, design and run team-based interactive puzzle competitions. - Establish overall game event structure, solution paradigm and rules. - Author complete sets of inter-related puzzles and challenges per event. - Promote event via Social Media, traditional advertising and word-of-mouth. - Produce theme-branded event materials and peripherals. - Manage volunteer administrative support and event staff. Front End Web Developer/Production Designer, MNET Boston, Massachusetts (Sept 2007 - Dec 2008) - Design wireframes and flat comps per project requirements. - Develop visual designs/wireframes into HTML/CSS media. - Create original artwork for use in ads and intro animation sequences. - Support Development and Account Management Teams. Multimedia Services Manager, IDL Systems Boston, Massachusetts (Feb 2006 - Jul 2007) - Manage Multimedia/Production Team, both locally and abroad. - Establish, document and oversee project methodology. - Conceptualize application flow and identify project requirements. - Develop creative/multimedia solutions for web application offerings. - Perform user interface, web, graphic and multimedia design. Graphic Design Coordinator, LP Innovations Needham, Massachusetts (Oct 2003 - Sept 2005) - Design monthly shrink awareness posters & newsletters for retail clientbase. - Create customized brochures, business cards and flyers as needed. - Generate print ads and marketing/promotional materials. - Handle desktop publishing and 3rd-party prepress needs. Program Coordinator/Head Instructor, Boston Neighborhood Network Roxbury, Massachusetts (Jun 2002 - Oct 2003) - Strategize/implement Workforce Development Program. - Develop 20-week curriculum, resource guides and website. - Lead web design, internet and project methodology classes. - Collaborate with program/community partners and BNN staff. - Supervise & recruit part-time instructor team. EDUCATION: Multimedia & Web Design, Associates of Science New England Institute of Art Brookline, Massachusetts English Literature, Concentration College of Arts & Sciences, Boston University Boston, Massachusetts