Renato Dubbs

Interactive Designer

London, Ontario, Canada
I aspire to work with great people who have a passion and love for each and every one of their professions. I adore intelligent interactive design.

Work Experience

Infotech Research Group

Intermediate Product Designer

- Designing various custom mobile/desktop software components using SaSS/JS/Ruby/Handlebars.io/D3 Graph/HighCharts
- Building complex dynamic visual report systems (PDF export) that filter thousands of users survey data.
- Designing UI and focusing on evolving corporate guidelines.
- Participating in Scrum and Design Roundups.
- Pardot - Design and coding Ruby/MJML - modernizing mailing technology, focus on building marketing components/mailers that translate efficiently to mobile platforms.
- User research with focus on psychological personas, and user design for internal software requirements.
- Designing Marketing Slide decks, .id - pptx conversion
- Keeping Stakeholders happy.
November 2016 - Present Ontario, Canada

Western I.T Group

Interactive Designer

- Building Custom UI/UX Components
- Interactive Design component research and development.
- Information and User Flow systems design, HCI, Pattern displays.
- Front End Development - Jquery, HTML5, CSS3, PHP, ASP.NET,
- Mobile Responsive architecture and A/B research based on various analytic technologies.
- Graphics Design - Print Design, Motion Graphics
June 2014 - November 2016 Ontario, Canada

Municipolitics

Web Site Coordinator

- Assisting with helping manage digital content with Community Partners.
- Teaching technology use and implementation.
- Graphics Design (only if graphics partner wasn't already working on building components for us).
- Assisting with building curriculum with all parties involved.
April 2013 - May 2014 London, Ontario, Canada

Contractor

UI Designer

- UI Designer for various gaming platforms.
- LUA scripting for gaming add-ons.
- Basic QA testing.
- High Definition Digital Matte Paintings - Environments (16:9)
- See California for another 6 month.
April 2009 - September 2009 Redwood City, California, United States

Juggernaut Group

Senior Creative Manager - Freelancer

- Senior Creative Manager, responsible for Art Direction, Project Management, Seminars, Graphics and Website Design
- Interactive Design, Client Interviews, building designs based on user psychology.
- Client Panel Discussions, Collateral, Visual Perception, Story-boarding, Team Management
July 2008 - March 2009 Ontario, Canada

Contractor

Digital Artist

- Contracted out work for a 6 and a half month period with various digital and production firms situated in Tokyo.
- Was also an excuse to travel around a little bit, but still keeping myself involved in design.
January 2008 - June 2008 Japan

Ultrashock

Quality Assurance and Texture Artistry

- Content Validation, Texture Creation/Artist, Forum Contribution/Moderator of Digital Media Forum, Working with great people that share and contribute to the digital community.
- Organizing database of data submissions.
August 2007 - January 2008 California, United States

Penta Brand Media

Multimedia Designer

- Multimedia Designer, responsible for Art Direction, Project Management, Seminars
- Photography, Interactive Design, Flash Websites, Digital Matte Painting
- Continued HCI work, and beginning to embrace Wireframe system based on User Experinence.
- Learning LEAN and Agile Design and Development practice.
- XHTML/CSS Web Sites, E-commerce Visual Design, Online Print Conversion
- Network Management, Operating Systems Support (Linux, Windows, File/Print Server)
- Selected Technologies included: ASP, PHP, Actionscript, Java Script, XHTML/CSS, MySqL
- Quality Assurance on Software Development and All Web Media.
May 2005 - June 2007 Ontario, Canada

Smart Print

Web Designer (Intern)

- Web Designer - Using Flash Technology to create high impact interactive experiences.
- Web Interface Development.
- QoS/QA - For Traditional and Digital Media
- Began using Wireframes and HCI research to build better designs
January 2003 - May 2005 Ontario, Canada

Education

Fanshawe College

Advanced Diploma - C.S.T

C.S.T - Computer Systems Technologist - Computer Science, Cisco Academy Cirruculum.
September 2003 - August 2006 London, Ontario, Canada

Kings College

Bachelors of Arts - Sociology and Social Psychology - Part Time

Specialization in Sociology - Focus on Deviance and Psychology
September 2010 - Ontario, Canada

Languages

English (Fluent),
Croatian (Native),
Slovenian (Fluent),
German (Conversational),

Skills

.NET, A/B Testing, Adobe CC Platform, Adobe CS6 Platform, Bootstrap, Cinema 4D, Composite, CSS, Encore, GitHub, Hci, HTML5, Jquery, Metrics Research, MySQL, Perch UI, PHP, Sketch, Storyboarding, Umbraco, Unix Platforms, User Flow Systems, Vector Art, Visual Studio, Vue Infinite,

Additional Information

Highly motivated, dedicated to perfection, Inside-Outside box philosopher, highly capable team member and compassionate mentor. I work extremely well independently, but I also love a team atmosphere.