Aaron Payne
UX Design & Research
New York, NY, USAUX Design & Research, Product Design
Work Experience
GameChanger Media
Product Design, UX/UI Design, UX Research
Lead designer of the new GameChanger Android app which launched as a top grossing app on the Google Play store.
Lead designer of the GameChanger admin team, designing core experiences including scorekeeping, team management, and stat consumption tools and visualizations.
Lead designer of the GameChanger admin team, designing core experiences including scorekeeping, team management, and stat consumption tools and visualizations.
November 2015
- October 2017
New York, New York, United States
Music Headz
Product Design, Game Design, UX/UI Design
UX/UI work included product, market, and user research, sketches, wireframes, user flows, information architecture, prototyping, and user testing.
Game design included game mechanics, question design, player rewards, in-game economy, sound effects, and music.
Game design included game mechanics, question design, player rewards, in-game economy, sound effects, and music.
February 2015
- September 2015
New York, New York, United States
Quantcast
User Research
Research included stakeholder interviews, focus groups, surveys, ethnographic studies, and user testing.
January 2014
- February 2015
New York, New York, United States
Federated Media Publishing
Product Design
Responsible for usability improvements and the streamlining of Federated Media’s internal advertising and publisher management platform which ultimately led to lower error rates and improved task completion speeds. Efforts included user research, task analysis, and an in-depth content and IA overhaul, increasing content retrieval speed by over 50%.
January 2011
- December 2013
New York, United States
Discover Magazine
Web & Print Design, Research
Responsible for all advertising and marketing design for print and web products including national advertisements, ad layouts, marketing and sales materials, and event collateral.
Responsible for all advertiser, market, and competitive research, research briefs, and the evaluation and selection of new research partners for both print and web products.
Responsible for all advertiser, market, and competitive research, research briefs, and the evaluation and selection of new research partners for both print and web products.
March 2010
- January 2011
New York, United States
Education
General Assembly
User Expereince Design 8-Week Intensive Course
Professional design course improving UX skills and understanding through hands on experience within a team oriented environment.
March 2015
- June 2015
New York, New York, United States
Boston College
Psychology / Communication (Advertising)
Psychology and Communication double major with concentrations in the human decision making process, advertising, and academic and media research.
September 2005
- May 2009
Massachusetts, United States
Skills
Advertising,
Branding,
Copywriting,
Creativity,
CSS,
CSS3,
Dreamweaver,
Final Cut Pro,
Fireworks,
Google Analytics,
HTML,
HTML5,
Illustrator,
Indesign,
Information Architecture,
IOS,
JavaScript,
Photography,
Photoshop,
Print Design,
Product Design,
Research,
UI/UX,
User Experience,
User Flow,
User Interface,
UX Design,
UX Research,
Web Design,
Windows,
Wireframes,
Wireframing,
WordPress,
Writing,
Knicknacker
Creator | Designer | Coder | Writer
Concept, design, coding, and writing for design & lifestyle website Knicknacker.com
Concept, design, coding, and writing for design & lifestyle website Knicknacker.com
InStyle Fashion Boutique
Designer | Brand Identity
Fashion boutique brand identity including logos, typography, colors scheme, and in store styling and furnishings.
Fashion boutique brand identity including logos, typography, colors scheme, and in store styling and furnishings.
AAF National Student Advertising Competition
Designer | Researcher
Design and research lead for Boston College AAF competition team including ad campaign branding, print, web, movie, television, and guerrilla advertisements, logo design, and research studies and surveys.
Design and research lead for Boston College AAF competition team including ad campaign branding, print, web, movie, television, and guerrilla advertisements, logo design, and research studies and surveys.