Ben Hernández

Product Designer & Entrepreneur

Dallas, TX, USA
Designer of pixeled experiences large and small. I have an affinity for simple, clean interfaces and get there by way of sketching, pixel-pushing and plenty of coffee.

As mobile/web designer, user experience expert, aspiring product strategist, and a "know enough to be dangerous" front-end developer I'm inspired by technology and where it's going.

Work Experience

Bestow, Inc.

Head of Product

March 2017 - Dallas, Texas, United States

Dialexa

Design Director

I help lead Dialexa’s Experience Design practice, whose work has been featured in TechCrunch, Fortune, BBC, Forbes, and CNET. Dialexa is a Technology RD&C (Research, Design, & Creation) firm who's brilliant team of researchers, designers, and engineers, builds products that disrupt industries of all types.
March 2016 - March 2017 Texas, United States

Dialexa

Senior Experience Designer

Working closely with engineering staff, Ben helps lead UX and visual design efforts on projects that include: native mobile, web app, and hardware/industrial design.
May 2013 - May 2016 Texas, United States

Credera

Sr. UX Designer

August 2012 - May 2013 Dallas, Texas, United States

ShopSavvy

Creative Director

April 2012 - August 2012 Texas, United States

Gamestop

Sr. UX Designer

June 2011 - March 2012 Irving, Texas, United States

NBC Universal (NBC ArtWorks)

Sr. Interactive Designer

Design lead on interactive design initiatives including rich media advertising and web/interaction design.
April 2010 - Fort Worth, Texas, United States

Telligent Systems

Interactive Designer

Provide user experience design, usability testing and front-end development (css & html) of web sites built on Telligent’s Community and Enterprise platforms in the professional services area of Telligent (makers of enterprise-quality collaboration and analytics software). Clients include Microsoft, Dell and Electronic Arts.
October 2008 - April 2010 Dallas, Texas, United States

Abilene Christian University (Creative Services)

Graphic Designer

Developed print, web and new media for the Creative Services department. Collaborated with ACU’s enrollment marketing, alumni office, web management and athletics.
November 2006 - September 2008 Abilene, Texas, United States

Ivebenthinking

Designer/Consultant

My multidisciplinary design practice. It’s focus being is functional, relevant and accessible solutions for web, print and media.
May 2005 - Dallas, Texas, United States

Zachry Associates

Creative Intern

June 2005 - August 2005 Abilene, Texas, United States

Education

Abilene Christian University

BFA- Art (Graphic Design)

BFA in Graphic Design with a 3.1 GPA
August 2002 - August 2006 Abilene, Texas, United States

Awards

American Advertising Federation (AAF) - ADDY Awards

Gold Addy

2002

Webby Awards

People's Choice

2010

Skills

CSS, CSS3, Design Research, HTML, HTML5, Project Managment, User Experience Design, Video Porduction, WordPress,