CHRIS HANNON

DIGITAL PRODUCT CREATIVE DIRECTOR

CONTACT SUMMARY

[email protected] Collaborative and innovative UX creative director with a passion for

Seattle, WA, user-centered digital product design. Specialized in leading product strategy, research, and UX design for a wide range of digital products chrislhannon that enable strategic advantage for fortune 500 companies and lasting blog value for end users.

SKILLS

• Lead Design Thinking workshops with staff and client stakeholders to develop design concepts • Lead ideation, presentation and execution of design concepts internally and with client stakeholders • Lead design teams, product management, and developers for product design and implementation • Understand technical complexity of digital platforms/software/app/website development • Specialized in early product definition processes • 15+ years in the industry • 4+ years leading client engagements with creative teams • Experience managing direct reports for career growth

SOFTWARE OUTPUTS

Adobe CS Creative direction, Visual Design, Design workshop facilitation, User Sketch flows, Site Maps, Wireframes, User Research, Usability Testing, Figma Personas, Use Cases, User Stories, Competitive Analysis, Comparative InVision Analysis, Interaction Design, Prototypes, Creative Briefs, Mobile User Jira Experience, Atomic Design Confluence

WORK EXPERIENCE ROLES

Smashing Ideas Creative Director - June 2015 to Present Smashing Ideas is a product Associate Design Director - June 2013 to June 2015 development agency specializing Senior Product Designer - June 2008 to June 2013 in helping Global 500 companies Designer - June 2005 to June 2008 create innovative, user-centered Junior Designer - June 2003 to June 2005 digital products. CLIENTS

Local Aerospace Manufacturer Worked closely with client stakeholders and cross-functional team to prototype, test, design, build, launch, and iterate upon critical software product as part of client's physical product delivery. Led creative direction and partnered with UX practitioner to lead product experience design. Ongoing project of 5+ years.

Local fortune 100 software company UX redesign of rewards program for major operating system software company. Combined to separate rewards programs into one user experience. Worked with small design team to create core feature experiences that appealed to both user bases, increase rewards redemption within rewards economy, and improve overall engagement frequency.

Penguin Random House UX Lead and creative oversight on the Haylie Pomroy Fast Metabolism Diet mobile application for New York Times best seller. App was in the top 10 in iTunes App Store, #1 app in Health & Fitness category, one of PRH's most successful paid apps.

Panasonic Lead Designer on white-label inflight entertainment iPad app. Lead creative direction and user experience efforts on white-label in-flight entertainment app. Experience included pre and post flight user engagement concepts.

Philips Designed and co-facilitated health product definition workshops. Interviewed medical professionals and tested lo-fi prototypes for concept validity. Resulted in refinement of clients of go-to-market strategy.

Amazon Led design and creative oversight for original Amazon Lightsail marketing site.

Mattel Created and led design on multiple online games, content websites, and interactive marketing content for Marvel, Hot Wheels, Polly Pocket, Dora the explorer, and Monster High brands.

Hasbro Created and led design on interactive marketing content for the Incredible Hulk movie line of toys.

Disney Created and led design on multiple online games, content websites, and interactive marketing content for , including: Hannah Montana, , Johnny Kapahala, Cow Belles, , Twitches, Sonny with a chance, The suite life of Zack and Cody, and many more. Nintendo Created and led design on interactive marketing content for Metroid Prime 3 (Wii), Meteos (DS). Assisted design on interactive marketing content for Animal Crossing (DS).

Nickelodeon TV and Movies Created and led design on multiple online games, content websites, and interactive marketing content for Nickelodeon, including: The Spiderwick Chronicles, Rango, Fairly OddParents, and Drake and Josh, and many more.

Weight Watchers, Dockers, Cranium, Harry & David, and many other brands Led design on interactive ad campaigns.

EDUCATION

Western Washington University, BA in Fine Art with an emphasis on Graphic Design

REFERENCES

Available on request