Blake Howard
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EXPERIENCE
Freelance Contractor: Aug 2012 - Present
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I partner with companies to build amazing cross-platform experiences for Product Design
(UI/UX), Mobile & Web Development
Notable Clients Include Aramark, Ardent Records, Ashley Furniture Homestore, BET,
Courtyard Marriott, Hilton Hotel, FedEx, Smith & Nephew, Subway, St. Jude, Time Warner
Cable, TCBY, Tri-Star Hospital Systems, & World Gym.
Takl: Jul 2018 - Oct 2019 | 1.3M Users YTD Q3 2019
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Built the company’s first unified design system
Completely redesigned our application from the ground up for Web & Mobile
Helped the platform’s finalized daily transactions average grow over 300%
○ Designed & implemented B2B & B2C functionality
○ Designed Delivery services
○ Designed White Label models for three Fortune 500 companies
Designed new dashboards & metrics for C-Suite to track ROI more effectively
Partnered with our React developer to redesign the Front End and build out our
component library
VaranIdea: M
ar 2016 - Jul 2018
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Was hired full time after a 3-month contract, and promoted to leadership two months later
Successfully managed our in-house team of 10
Helped lead external, offshore team of 30 in product design & development
Rebuilt four of our web properties from scratch
○ Two in Wordpress and two in HTML/CSS
Personally redesigned our Flagship mobile application for desktop & smartwatches.
Identified two new markets and created industry-specific UI to launch them as separate
applications.
Designed & launched six new products
Previous:
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Cox Media:-
NCR:-
Apple: 2008 - 2009
Video Production & Web Design:-
AWARDS
#MadeWithAdobeXD - N
ovember 2018
I was selected as the sole winner of Adobe’s international design contest for UI/UX.
SKILLS
A/B Testing, Adobe XD, Analytics & Reporting, CSS, Flow Diagrams, Google Adwords,
Google Analytics, HTML, Invision, JAM Stack, Jira, LAMP Stack, Photoshop, Prototyping,
SCRUM, Storyboarding, Team Leadership, User Acceptance Testing, User Empathy, User
Experience Design, User Interface Design, User Personas, UX Research, User Stories,
Vector Graphics, Visual Communication, Wireframes, Zeplin.
