Dominic Wong 604-818-6323 [email protected] LinkedIn Twitter Instagram Website A multi-disciplinary designer — having worked with products, startups, and CEOs for over 10 years — with the outlook of crafting experiences through iteratively investigating, engaging and connecting intricate issues through user-centered approaches. Also a photo-taker, comic reader, people-watcher, and decent egg poacher. Proficiencies Product Strategy Design Workshop Planning & Facilitation User Research & Usability Testing Design Leadership & Team Management UX & UI Design Project Scoping & Planning Storyboard & Rapid Prototyping Client Management Experience Product Designer Product UX and interface design for varying industries, in collaboration with startup founders, client teams and individual web/mobile developers. Freelance Spring 2004 - Present Clients include: Tourism BC TapSnap Entertainment 9Shot Golf LifeBooster Inc. Reslience Software Spring.is Director of Design Champion of Invoke’s design vision, practices and deliverables. Driving client relationship success through involvement in each product lifecycle (from proposal to delivery) and Invoke generating organic growth opportunities. Responsible for the hiring, mentorship and Fall 2013 - Present oversight of the design team at Invoke. Concurrently practicing design strategies as a player-coach to facilitate collaboration and co-creation across client-Invoke interactions. Companies include: Vancity BCAA Finning CAT Arc’teryx Boeing Grant Thornton Jim Pattison Group Save-On-Foods TELUS Modo Canadian Men’s Health Vancouver Club Interaction Lead Led design teams in working alongside entrepreneurs and startups — to build and nurture their digital products through product discovery, concept synthesis, design Invoke Labs execution, and user testing. Established Invoke Labs brand and marketing, design Summer 2012 - Fall 2013 process, and community events. Products include: Hootsuite Quiet.ly myBestHelper Pos Rep RosterBot Cleanify Interactive Designer Produced digital solutions for web, social media, and mobile platforms. Involved in developing strategy, extensive user experience and creative designs. Invoke Media Summer 2011 - Summer 2012 Clients include: Vespa & Moto Guzzi NBC’s The Voice Coast Capital Savings American Express Food.ee 7-Eleven Creative Director Worked with over 30 clients to determine project vision, goals, then provide art direction and implementation strategies to the team. Directed projects through each phase EQQY GROUP ensuring consistency and quality. Spring 2008 - Spring 2011 Clients include: Warner Brothers Association Richards Packaging Surespan Group DVDNow Kiosks Inc. Western Rice Mills Ltd. ScotiaMcLeod Education Simon Fraser University Graduated Interaction Design Major at the School of Interactive Arts & Technology. Studied design history, human computer interaction, multidisciplinary design BA in Interaction Design methodologies and put theories into practice. Selected to attend the ItaliaDesign Field Communications Minor School program. Graduated with Dean’s Honor Roll recognition 5 years in a row, CGPA of 3.8 and received design scholarships. Contributions Toolkit Speaker - Touchpoint Conference, 2018 Sketch Omnigraffle Panelist - Brainstation Panel Discussion, 2017 Abstract Principle Workshop Facilitator - BCAMA VISION Conference, 2017 Invision Realtimeboard Workshop Facilitator - Creative Pulse, 2016 Zeplin G-Suite Session Speaker - Adobe Max, 2015 JIRA Creative Cloud References available upon request.