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Mark Brockman

Redondo Beach,CA

Summary

Creative, disciplined, and methodical Director / Designer with over two decades of extensive experience in Interactive, print, and video creative for startups, Fortune 500 companies, and major film studios. Passionate about intelligent design, strong leadership and managerial experience, adept at fostering strong team environments, mentoring staff, and elevating work to award-winning levels. Specialties include Responsive Interactive Design, Graphic Design, Logo development, Illustration, Digital Photography, User Interface/Experience Design, Wireframes, and Information Architecture.

Overview

26
26
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

UX Visual Designer

IBM Cloud Object Storage
03.2017 - 04.2023
  • Leadership Excellence: Led and guided a multi-disciplined team of designers and developers, overseeing various proposed solutions.
  • Project Management: Collaborated cross-functionally on projects and advocated for specific requirements of designs with production teams.
  • Visionary Leadership: Responsible for conveying the overall vision supporting brand initiatives via email, verbal communication in meetings, and visually through wireframe prototypes to the manager and Cloud Object Storage development teams. Distilled complex features and content into simple visual elements.
  • Accountability: Took ownership of decisions at the project level, ensuring team contributions and overall project success.

Creative Director / UI/Senior UX Designer

Brockman Creative
06.1997 - 03.2017
  • Holistic Creative Direction: Provided creative direction and design for a diverse range of projects spanning print, web, multimedia, and video production.
  • Client Engagement: Maintained a freelance client base, contributing to various marketing areas for clients such as AIGA Arizona, AVP Pro Beach Volleyball, and others.
  • Affiliate Clients: Collaborated with renowned brands including Coke, FIFA World Cup, McDonald's, including multiple others.
  • Contract Work: Worked with DraftFCB on the Taco Bell project, showcasing versatile design capabilities.
  • Continued Learning: Monitored emerging UX design trends and practices for useful techniques and cutting-edge developments suitable for integration into future projects.

Director UI/UX Designer

Deluxe
06.2013 - 08.2016
  • Leadership Role: Directed and led User Interface / User Experience design for Deluxe Media web applications and production tools.
  • Innovative Design: Developed an extensive array of high-fidelity wireframes and user interfaces for internal web applications and client-facing dashboards.
  • Standardization: Established a visual standard using user-centric design principles, enhancing user experiences.
  • Client Portfolio: Worked with high-profile clients like BBC, Disney, HBO, Netflix, and more

Senior UI/UX Designer

NBC Universal Studios / E Online
10.2012 - 06.2013
  • Enhanced User Experience: Played a pivotal role in the development of Phase 2 on E! online presence and mobile platforms. Used wireframes, mock-ups and prototypes to establish user interface design and architecture.
  • Redesign Expertise: Revamped various elements including Widgets, Photo Gallery experience, Article Detail page, and Main Navigation, contributing to a more user-friendly interface. Conducted live user testing of components and functionality to evaluate effectiveness of designs and enhancements.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Design

University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS

Skills

  • Best Practices
  • Layout Markup and Assembly
  • Spreadsheet Tracking
  • Search Engine Optimization Practices
  • Process Design
  • Interface Design and Implementation

Certification

  • Enterprise IBM Design Thinking Practitioner, IBM -2018
  • Enterprise IBM Design Thinking Co-Creator, IBM -2020


Timeline

UX Visual Designer

IBM Cloud Object Storage
03.2017 - 04.2023

Director UI/UX Designer

Deluxe
06.2013 - 08.2016

Senior UI/UX Designer

NBC Universal Studios / E Online
10.2012 - 06.2013

Creative Director / UI/Senior UX Designer

Brockman Creative
06.1997 - 03.2017

Bachelor of Arts - Design

University of Kansas

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