MATT BUCKMASTER
salamander@mac.com
1812 19TH AVE. #116 SEATTLE, WA 98122
206-227-6646
Summary of Qualifications
Strong UX/UI skills + visual design background combine to deliver cohesive results that are a cut above. This includes native iOS and Android mobile, adaptive web, branding, motion graphics/video, info-design, print, environmental/trade show design- just to name a few.
Over 8 years UX design experience, including wireframes, prototypes, redlines, and asset creation. Forging deep collaborative relationships with devs and product managers often in Agile environments.
Clients include Copacino+Fujikado (Children’s Hospital), Susan G. Komen, Boeing, Space Needle, Microsoft (Xbox, Bing, Windows Media Center, more), Gates Foundation, Seattle Arts Commission.
Accomplishments
Art direction and design: Space Needle rebrand, interactive kiosks, welcome video, and Addy Award-winning website.
UX design: “Aro”, Kiha’s intelligent mobile assistant platform (Android). Campaigned for, and lead a complete interface overhaul to keep pace with quickly evolving mobile UX expectations.
UX and UI design: “Saga”, ARO’s intelligent assistant + social networking app. Deeply involved in the conception and design of the app itself (on both iOS and Android native platforms), subsequent marketing, and social media campaigns.
Comprehensive branding + logo design and style guide documentation for dozens of clients.
Lead UX/UI designer: “Crossfader”, a social network for digital creatives. Cutting edge interaction design was chosen by Microsoft to showcase their emergent Silverlight platform.
Concept and RFP presentation for Microsoft’s MGX conference helped win contract to create major components this massive annual global marketing event—the success of which secured future MGX events.
Strong spacial skills. Interest in AR/VR and experiential design and media: immersive sound technologies, film/video, architecture, lighting, and installation art.
Full redesign/remodel of two architecturally unique homes (a small 1947 house and a modern urban loft).
Experience and Expertise
Design tools: Adobe Creative Suite, including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, and Premiere.
Prototyping tools: Axure, Proto.io. Precise motion studies and animated UI simulations with After Effects.
Tech-minded and innovative, adapting quickly to new tools and technologies. Keen on developing efficient workflows and processes within design team and developers.
Studied Visual Communications at the University of Washington.
Employment History
EDULAB, INC 3/2017 - 10/2017, UX Designer, Branding, Motion Graphics (freelance)
”DeepRead” advances the state of the art in handwriting recognition with machine learning and AI. Responsible for all facets of design: primarily UX/UI (web/mobile-ready UX to facilitate large scale form processing and management, with streamlined human verification and intuitive editing), but also branding (logo), and product launch marketing (mobile/responsive website and motion graphics). Helped guide product design, and implemented desired product capabilities via collaboration with tech and dev teams.
AGILYSYS 9/2015 - 3/2016, UX Designer (contract)
Principle designer of “RGuest Seat”, a restaurant reservation system with a native iOS and desktop web client interface. Overhauled existing UI for consistency and improved usability. Redesigned the entire complex booking process with a new, more “human” interaction paradigm—which lead to development of a new product for a different market in the process. Designed UX and UI for this new product, seeing it through iterative design, wireframes, user testing, redlines, and asset creation. Worked directly with Product Manager, Test Lead, and off-site developers.
MICROSOFT (TWC) 2/2015 - 6/2015, UX Designer (contract)
Trustworthy Computing (TWC) aggregates threat intel from Homeland Security, NSA, FBI, and other Microsoft groups and partners. Brought in to analyze and assess existing interfaces. Redesigned UX/UI to improve usability for existing [highly technical] users, and “productize” the interface for a much wider user base. Designed inventive new predictive code entry scheme, substantially increasing accuracy and user efficiency.
ARO INC (originally KIHA SOFTWARE) 2/2010 - 7/2014, Lead UX/UI Designer/Art Director
The “Aro" suite of productivity apps and “Saga” brought machine intelligence to mobile devices a half-decade before it became commonplace. Initially hired to assist lead UX designer, and quickly moved to lead UX design duties. Became deeply embedded in a small team of visionary data scientists, linguists and developers to design Aro, an Android-based “Intelligent Assistant” system, and Saga, a unique personal tracking and recommendation app for iOS and Android. Streamlined production process with team of designers, enabling a massive UI change in record time. Cultivated strong working relationships with PMs and developers.
RADARWORKS 2006 - 2009, Senior Designer
Performed wide range of design duties: UI/UX, branding, print, web, trade-show/event planning, video and motion graphics. Significant clients include the Space Needle (rebranding, interaction design, Addy award-winning website), Boeing (event design), Microsoft Windows, Bing, Xbox, Server, UC, MGX (event design, collateral, web, video, UX/UI).
TEAGUE 2006, UX/Interactive Designer (contract)
UI/UX and info design of complex internal application for Boeing. Worked directly with client to assess functional needs, presented multiple concepts, refined visual and functional design through several iterations. Brought a fresh eye and new approach to several facets of immensely involved project, often reaching beyond the visual/information design role. Prepared extensive graphics standards guide. Created detailed sets of icon designs for mobile devices. Offered full time position with Teague at the end of contract.
OTHER COMPANIES & CLIENTS
Copacino+Fujikado, Tattoomedia, Ascentium, Sharebuilder, Network_9, Cole & Weber, Seattle Arts Commission, Cutter & Buck, Elliot Bay Marina
NOTABLE MICROSOFT PROJECTS
Windows Media Center: UI design for next-generation TV interface
MBA Recruiting campaign: Concept, branding, and collateral design
MS Games: Interface design and motion-UI studies for Microsoft Baseball and Basketball
PictureIt!: Designed 10 award-winning animated tutorials (National STC “Best-in-Show”)
MSN Underwire: Art direction of trendy biweekly online magazine.