portfolio and resume | aaron palmer

Aaron Palmer

1172 San Bernard St.Unit AAustin, TX 78702512-879-8901

Portfolio 2014

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For almost a decade I’ve been dreaming up big digital dreams and seeing them to completion, designing dozens of mobile app experiences and scores of websites. It’s my driving goal to break down the barriers between digital interfaces and human interactions in order to create more meaningful experiences.

Invention, Marketing, and Design have traditionally been siloed into separate departments. It’s my passion to break down barriers through radical collaboration and see them fused together creating increasingly remarkable product experiences.

It’s my desire to go beyond the mere “what” and “how” of design, and connect with others at the heart of human motivations - the “why.”

About Me

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Visual Design

Creative Direction

User Experience

Web Development


Beautiful and simple user experiences require an in-depth discovery phase to ensure I have a high level plan and detailed blueprint for a successful project. This phase mitigates risk and speeds up delivery. Wireframes, user stories, technical requirements, prototyping, and user testing are just a few elements of the involved processes needed to create a remarkable product.

User Experience Design

Information Arch


CanWeNetwork is a mobile app for iOS and Android for business networking. It uses geo-spatial technology and a powerful matching engine to recommend people nearby who you should meet for professional networking and business opportunities. In an Agile sprint environment I worked closely with iOS and Android developers to rapid prototype, conduct field tests, and develop a strong information architecture.

User Experience Design


The Texas Historical Landmarks app provides access to detailed historical information from over 14,000 state monuments and attractions. It’s a beautiful and simple-to-use guide to the state’s famous attractions and an educational journey through Texas. This is an example of iOS 7 UI featuring an interactive geolocation map. It is representative of several apps I’ve worked on keeping strong adherence to Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines.

Interactive Design


This fully responsive, parallax, single page scrolling site is the public face of a mobile design startup venture I founded called retr.io. The website was a recipient of Awwwards.com honorable mention. As creative director and founder or retr.io I oversaw business development, helped to implement an Agile process, managed a team of designers, and spearheaded creative innovation.

Creative Direction


Power2Talk.org is an example of my mobile web app development chops. It was built for the Texas Department of State Health Services to provide on-the-go assistance to parents, arming them with the tools to start conversations with their children about some of life’s most difficult subjects. It’s optimized for iOS 5 and Android 3.0 based devices and coded in clean standard-compliant HTML5, CSS3, and JQuery. This project also included a child facing web app called Power2Wait.

Web App Development


UltraCraft is a fully responsive website with big full-screen background images and interactive galleries for a premier cabinet maker.

Visual Design

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Logos and app launch icons I’ve designed representing a sample of products and brands I’ve helped to build.Visual Design

1172 San Bernard St. Unit A • Austin, TX 78702 • (512) 879-8901 • [email protected]: @ajpalms | Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/aaronpalmer

User Experience (Mobile and Web)• Information Architecture

• Persona Analysis

• Wireframing

• Prototyping

• User Testing

Visual Design (Mobile and Web)• User Interface Graphics

• Style and Branding Guide Creation

Web Development• XHTML/HTML5

• CSS2/CSS3

• Javascript/Jquery

Texas State Community College, Waco TX | Web Dev (PHP/MySQL) 2009

McLennon Community College, Waco TX | Animation 2007

Tulsa Community College, Tulsa, OK | Web Design 2005

Oral Roberts University, Tulsa OK | BA in Music (GPA 3.9) 2004

AARON PALMERUser Experience Designer + Digital DesignerCurrently responsible for directing creative innovation at retr.io and leading a team of interstellar design rockstars, I’m am proud to say I’ve helped to take 50+ mobile apps to the iOS and Android market. With each new project, I’ve gained a deeper grasp of mobile strategies and an ever-growing passion for remarkable user experiences.

It’s my goal to break down the barriers between digital interfaces and human interactions in order to create more meaningful experiences; to go beyond the mere “what” and “how” of design, and connect with others at the heart of human motivations - the “why.”

“Uniting invention, marketing, and design to create

meaningful experiences”

Skills

Education

Experience

retr.io Founder / Creative Director | Feb 2013 – Present• Business Development

• Process Development in Agile Environment

• Mobile strategy and Project Oversight

• Art Direction and User Experience Design

CanWe StudiosDirector of Mobile UX | July 2012 – Jan 2013• Mobile UX and Visual Design for CanWeNetwork App for iOS and Android

• Web Development and Graphic Design

Appiction.comMobile Marketing and App Production Artist | Nov 2010 – Oct 2011• Liaison for design and development teams in the development of over 40 mobile applications for iPhone,

iPad, and Android

• Mobile web app development

• Art optimization and prototyping

• Mobile app sound and animation design

Contract and FreelanceContract UX and Digital Designer | 2005 - 2012• Design for BestFit Mobile, Charfen Institute, AustinTexas.net, and more

1172 San Bernard St. Unit A • Austin, TX 78702 • (512) 879-8901 • [email protected]

“Not only is Aaron a dynamic artist, but his passion for excellence and thoroughness is unparalleled. He approaches every project with a sound creative perspective coupled with the prowess of a marketer. Aaron has demonstrated on numerous occasions that he can take a complex idea and develop a solution that went beyond a client’s expectations, including my own. His vigor and collaboration will be missed.”

Etienne HouseknechtDirector, International Marketing at Monster Energy

“Aaron was the most valuable asset on my team while employed at Appiction. He is the jack of all trades! He has so much knowledge about the mobile world, marketing, social media, and web development, that he greatly influenced me to learn more. Aaron would be very valuable to anyone that employs him. He works very well within a team and is great to collaborate with. Aaron’s vast background knowledge helped many of the designers at Appiction solve problems and make the user experience the best that it could be. He is also very personable, dependable, and enthusiastic. I have never seen someone get so excited about their work and be so imaginative & insightful.”

Giselle ParisVisual UI Designer at RetailMeNot, Inc.

“I can’t say enough good things about Aaron. He is far more than a production artist. He is able to accommodate any role. He coded websites when needed, was involved in Marketing, managed projects, and is a supreme social networker. Aaron was always striving to improve communications and had a real vision for our company and our employees.”

Cary BrizendinePartner Program Coordinator at Mutual Mobile

“Aaron is a talented graphic designer and web developer. He is also very reliable -- someone you can count on to step up and do whatever is needed to get the job done. He saved us on more than one occasion by giving up countless night and weekend hours to ensure projects were completed on-time and exceeded customer expectations. I highly recommend Aaron to anyone looking for someone that gets the job done, and done right.”

Jeff SunshineVersatile Corporate Development & Operations Executive

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portfolio and resume | aaron palmer

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simple user experiences

user stories

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remarkable product experiences

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meaningful experiences

business networking