JD Hawkins

Graphic Designer, UI/UX Designer

Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Designing 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 - Midvale, Utah, United States

Education

UVU

Bachelor of FIne Art

Orem, Utah, United States

Awards

Adobe - Design Achievement & MAX Awards

Winners of Motion Design - JUDGE'S GRAND PRIZE

2015

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,