JD Hawkins
Graphic Designer, UI/UX Designer
Salt Lake City, UT, USADesigning the New World
Work Experience
Super Top Secret
Graphic Artist, Graphic Designer
Developed brand identities, package designs, video compilations, social media and web graphics. Snowboard, Skateboard and ski graphics. Style guides for multiple brands. Was illustrator and designer for many campaigns and products. Heavy use of typography and layout. User research and target marketing. Able to manage multiple projects at one time. Worked with big name brands and extremely talented people.
2009
- 2011
Utah, United States
Wicked Audio
Senior Designer, Motion Design, Photographer, Art Direction, Illustrator, Package Designer, Typographer
Developed package design, video compilations, social media and web graphics. Headphone product design. Illustrated my own graphics and iconography. Heavy use of typography and layout. Assisted at photoshoots and with product shots. Heavy use of style boards and competitor research. Usability research and product testing.
2015
- 2015
Utah, United States
GameGear
Lead Designer, Art Direction, Illustrator, Fashion Design, Color and Print management, Typography, Logo Designer
Lead designer for the Re-brand of the company. Created the mark for the new Brand Identity. Conducted research while developing the new identity with both Survey Monkey tand in-person survey forms. Gave presentations to different highschool classes, co-workers and different groups. Gathered and analyzed data research. Began the in-house sublimation program. Color management and pre-press. Worked with the art director and hired a team of designers whom I managed and mentored. Illustrated team logos, mascots and team uniform designs. Photographed and edited uniform and sports apparel images for catalog and website. Created assets and many layouts for catalog and website. Heavy use of style boards and user research.
2012
- 2015
Utah, United States
Radian
UX Art Director
Developed Brand Identities for 2 applications. Created UI assets and elements for multiple applications. Worked with multiple development teams and contractors. Collaborated in a very avgile environment helping to create specs & content strategy for page flow architecture, wireframes & prototypes. Gave valued insight on usability & user experience continuity. Designed in both responsive and strictly mobile. Managed Brand assets. Created logo introductions to training videos. Animated help video tutorials. Simplified many of the heavy data driven forms.
October 2015
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Midvale, Utah, United States
Education
UVU
Bachelor of FIne Art
Orem, Utah, United States
Awards
Skills
Adobe,
Agile,
Branding,
CSS,
HTML,
Identity,
Illustration,
Illustrator,
Indesign,
Information Architecture,
Layout,
Logo Design,
Mobile,
Motion,
Personas,
Photo Manipulation,
Photoshop,
Project Management,
Responsive,
Typography,
UI,
User Research ,
Ux,