Gordon Patterson's Email Addresses & Phone Numbers

📖 Summary

UX Designer II - AI Design & Research @ Microsoft • Working on a team of designers, content writers, researchers, program managers, and front-end developers to improve the Microsoft Advertising platform for our advertisers worldwide; retaining 31.3% ad search market share next to Google Ads.• Responsible for all UI under accounts & billing for Microsoft Advertising, including but not limited to account creation (onboarding), account management, payment methods, tax management, etc.• Has shipped over 15 major features including a new log-in screen, performance based coupons tracker, and various internal tools for our Microsoft Advertising account managers.• Involved with diversity & inclusion efforts at Microsoft, seeking to increase attraction, retainment, and engagement with diverse hires ranging from women in engineering to Historically Black Colleges & Universities. Greater Seattle AreaUX Design Intern @ Apptio • Worked directly on a design team of nine to create user-focused solutions for technology business management (TBM) and IT cost transparency reporting in Apptio's big data analytics platform that is used by over 250 companies.• Collaborated on the report creation and editing process as the data visualization expert while emphasizing tenants and traps within the interface.• Assisted in facilitating the instructional design of an Apptio University course that is used by over 2,000 of Apptio's users. From January 2016 to March 2016 (3 months) Greater Seattle AreaUX/UI Designer @ ampX2, Inc. • Contract-to-hire role working with AmpX2's white-label cloud software; reporting to a product manager to provide creative user-focused solutions for their web, desktop, & mobile platforms.• Introduced user experience and user-centered design to the team's development process through research methods, use cases, low-high fidelity prototyping, & interaction design.• Reviewed designs with team through iterative brainstorming and critiques. From June 2015 to September 2015 (4 months) Greater Seattle AreaUX Designer @ Essay Mentors • Freelance contract work with essaymentors.com designing solutions for new online dashboard and activity portal serving the Issaquah Schools Foundation.• Analyzed data gathered and segmented around user demographics and usability; implemented interactions based on user scenarios & research findings.• Produced high-fidelity prototypes for client's use in crowd-funding campaign that accrued over $11,000 within the first 3 months of launch. From May 2015 to June 2015 (2 months) Greater Seattle AreaDesign & Usability Lead @ AppEpic • Led in testing the usability and design of apps• Worked intimately with a usability team of five to help developers better market and test their apps before going mainstream in order to boost their user experience.• Reported to the CEO user flows and prototypes for online dashboard• Manage AppEpic's four social media accounts with updates about app development, usability, and reviews. From June 2014 to June 2015 (1 year 1 month) Greater Seattle AreaVisual Designer @ University of Washington • Designed and produced print and online graphics for the University of Washington’s Alumni Advancement campaigns• Contributed to a 50-page e-book for the DRIVE/2015 Data Conference.• Produced marketing material such as logos, badges, & iconography. From January 2015 to March 2015 (3 months) Greater Seattle AreaAthletic Marketing Graphic Designer @ Hampton University Athletics • Worked intimately with Hampton University's Athletic Marketing Director in an office setting to brainstorm, organize, sketch, and design flyers, posters, tshirts, and other paraphernalia for Hampton University's Athletic events• Completed up to 4 projects a week• Designs were recognized campus-wide From September 2012 to December 2013 (1 year 4 months) BOLD Intern @ Google • The Building Opportunities for Leadership & Development (BOLD) Diversity Internship Program is designed to provide exposure into the technology industry for students who are historically under-represented in technology.• Chosen for Google's only non-technical undergraduate internship with 144 other students out of an application pool of over 5200.• Pitched optimization tips for new customers' Google AdWords campaigns to improve their ROI• Provided sales, services, and solutions for AdWords, Analytics, Mobile, Search, Display and YouTube.• Certified in AdWords and Analytics.• Participated in Friday Series of skill-building workshops, executive speaker talks and TGIF's. From June 2013 to September 2013 (4 months) Mountain View, CaliforniaIntern @ Morehouse College • Counseled high school youth on the logistics of business planning and marketing.• Took campers on trips to explore the executive sides of Lockheed Martin, Georgia Pacific, and various other high-profile companies in the city of Atlanta.• Worked closely with Morehouse College's Entrepreneurship business managers to plan for the fall business expo.• Designed flyers/posters for events on Morehouse College's campus. From May 2012 to August 2012 (4 months) Entrepreneurship Center - Atlanta, GA