Rafael Figueroa

Co-Founder and Visual UI Designer

san diego | United States

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In my own words

— Rafael

Designer with over 15 years of experience in interface design, ux, web, branding, print, advertising, and marketing.

Proficient in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Muse, Sketch3, Omnigraffle, Balsamiq, Invision, Keynote, Ibooks authors, Familiarity with HTML, CSS (haml/sass), JavaScript, Bootstrap and responsive layouts.

Specialties Web-based applications and native mobile applications, Interfaces and Prototypes, Cross-Platform Design, High/Low Fidelity Mockups, Print Design, Editorial Design, Typography, Branding (Logo and Icon Design), Design Production Skills, Digital Retouch, Photo-montage, Color Correction, Vector Trace, E-mail and Newsletter Campaigns, Interactive Presentations, and others.

Trajectory

Dec 2001 — Now

Co-Founder and Visual UI Designer · Figher creative studio

Design user interfaces for websites, e-commerce, web and mobile apps. Deliver workflows, storyboards, wireframes, sitemaps, UI specifications, style guides and final assets to the dev. team. Update UI based on AB testing results. Creation of clickable prototypes as well as low and high fidelity mockups. Define the visual language to create UI kits and style guides for mobile and web applications using expertise in layout, hierarchy, color, typography, etc.

Feb 2006 — May 2015

UI/UX Designer · International Education Services

IN THE UI/UX DEPARTMENT - Creation of visual designs, flows, wireframes and mockups for different interfaces. - Prototypes for IOS and web - HTML5 and CSS3 (haml/sass/rails) maintenance for our websites. - Contributed to the Front-End Development Team. - Create final and polish assets. Use of Agile project management tools such as Pivotal, Zenhub to communicate my work with team members and used GitHub as a revision control tool. IN THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT - Create ads, banners, and e-newsletters. - Design print material IN THE EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT. - Create layouts and master guidelines for book and magazines.

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Education history

UAM

Bachelor's degree | 1996 - 2001

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