Design Director
Oracle Corporation
- Successfully managed the interaction design, product direction, visual design, and branding for the following web applications:
- ThinkQuest: A global student website competition and a library. The site has 4 million visits a month.
- Think.com: An educational social environment that encourages kids to create, communicate and collaborate. The site has 1 million visits a month.
- Interaction Design: Created intuitive applications to meet users’ needs and achieve application goals. Authored design specifications, including interaction models, work flows, wireframes, information architectures, and user interfaces. Incorporated direct user feedback and testing into the design cycle.
- Product Management: Defined a strategy to consolidate think.com and thinkquest into one platform. Sold the plan to our board of directors, team and partners. Segmented the strategy into a quarterly release cycle and managed delivery. Partnered with engineering to implement product direction, interactive techniques and technologies.
- Visual Design: Created imagery appealing to a global audience. Managed and mentored visual designers to enhance the experience of the applications.
- Brand Management: Developed promotion collateral to market the programs via print and online advertisements.
