Justin Vachon
Product Designer
San Francisco, CA, USA
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be.net/jvachon
Work Experience
Freelance Designer
Proprietary assignment. Designed an internal award to recognize impact of a team member at Google. Information provided based on Non Disclosure Agreement.
December 2012
- December 2012
Mountain View, California, United States
Brooklyn United
Design Intern
Led an internal re-branding project for upcoming olympic logos including London, Sochi, Pyeongyang and Rio. Completed web design projects for the Associated Press and Alterstudio (architecture firm). Wire-framed, concepted and designed layouts for both projects. Worked cloesely with developers to ensure efficient UX.
June 2012
- August 2012
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Ringling College Design Center
Design Intern
Through a competitive portfolio review I was chosen to work as an intern for the Ringling College Design Center, the in-house design agency for the school. Redesigned and rebranded the current Alumni print publication Perspectives, renamed the magazine, came up with new features & titles as well as a new internal grid system. Used the digital publishing service Mag+ to create a fully interactive version of the magazine available on the app store.
August 2012
- May 2013
Sarasota, Florida, United States
The Honour Society
Freelance Designer
Developed brand identity variations for The Honour Society, an upscale collegiate clothing company. Took the lead in discussions of brand identity with the company’s two partners.
October 2010
- November 2010
Sarasota, Florida, United States
Cirque Du Soleil
UI/UX Designer
Worked on redesigning and improving Cirque Du Soleil's existing iphone application to create a more enriching experience more tailored to Cirque. Worked as a group of 4, designed the UI/UX of our product called Cirque Universe, a community gaming experience. This was a project done in collaboration with The Cirque and Ringling College of Art + Design
January 2012
- May 2012
Sarasota, Florida, United States
AIGA Ringling Student Chapter
Art Director
As Art Director I oversaw all promotional material for AIGA Ringling’s events and presentations. I designed and assisted in the creation of posters, buttons, presentations and branding for shows/events. Co-planned a student trip to San Francisco to visit design studios (R/GA, Linkedin, Interbrand, Landor to name a few) over a week long period.
August 2012
- May 2013
Sarasota, Florida, United States
Ringling College Of Art + Design
Design Assistant to Department Head
I work closely under the direction of the head of Graphic Design and the other professors. I designed posters, promotional material and helped with other design related tasks.
June 2011
- May 2013
Sarasota, Florida, United States
Ringling College TypeClub
Art Director
In my role as Art Director I designed posters, buttons and other promotional material for Type Club events/presentations. This was a collaborative process with the other Type Club officers on designs, typography, layout and color for promotional use.
August 2011
- August 2012
Sarasota, Florida, United States
Press Start To Begin
Founder, Editor In Chief, Designer
Through my passion for video games I created a blog where I could combine my love of gaming and journalism. As the founder and designer for PSTB (a gaming/entertainment blog) I created the brand and helped craft the editorial style of the reviews, features and news. I Managed a team of writers who contributed reviews & feature articles.
July 2010
- Present
Venice, Florida, United States
Associate User Experience Designer
July 2013
- December 2013
Mountain View, California, United States
Education
Ringling College Of Art And Design
Undergraduate
August 2009
- Present
Sarasota, Florida, United States
Languages
English (Native),
Awards
American Advertising Federation (AAF) - ADDY Awards
4th District Silver ADDY for Social Media - Brink
2013
American Advertising Federation (AAF) - ADDY Awards
Silver Addy for Non Traditional Advertising - LEECH
2013
American Advertising Federation (AAF) - ADDY Awards
Silvery Addy For Interactive Mobile Design - SRQ Food Summit
2012
Skills
Adobe Illustrator,
Adobe InDesign,
Adobe Photoshop,
Adobe Lightroom,
Apple Keynote ,
Branding,
Editorial Design,
Icon Design,
Microsoft Powerpoint,
Microsoft Word,
UI/UX,