I’m Brandon Ramos, your friendly neighborhood User Interface and Experience Designer. I strive for the clean and simple, and remedy the complex and unnecessary. I specialize in designing mobile app experiences and web sites that are easily comprehended and optimized to delivering key information visually. The apps I have designed and collaborated on have been featured by Apple, Google Play, and have made guest appearances on TechCrunch, Lifehacker, The Next Web, and a few other sites you may have heard of. I am open to learning more about your projects, and how we can work together on creating a great experience for the next big hit. Examples of past work are available on my website – www.brandonramos.com

UX & Creative Design Team Lead - Manager @ Built and leading cross functional team of UX/UI, Product, Research, and Visual designers to modernize product experience and brand. Interface with Product, Marketing, and Executive teams to create goals and execute with designs, interactions, and user flows. Directed team to create and design for new products into the WyzAnt platform: WyzAnt Online Lesson Whiteboard tool and WyzAnt Tutor lesson and communication Android App. Created and designed Student and Parent search and booking iOS and Android Apps. Implemented a new and modern Style Guide for our UI and Brand to promote consistency across experiences and products. Created a process and standard for usability testing and conducted user interviews to find out more from WyzAnt's tutor / parent / student marketplace to implant new flows and tools to better match students with the best tutors. Designed A/B tests to improve key metrics including converting leads to lessons with tutors, increase speed of connections, and improve the communication process, adding billing information. Improve the Style and visual appeal of the site with help of Visual designers, usability, and A/B tests to quantify changes. Produced and art directed photo shoots with actual Tutors, Students, and Parents. Created and implemented agile sprints and story estimation process to creative team. From August 2014 to Present (1 year 5 months) San Francisco Bay AreaHead of Design @ • Co-Founder - Joined team as Head of Design to bring about visually stunning, and easy to use mobile experiences. • Lead UI & UX designer - Responsible for layout, UX, and behavior of the FindIt App. Performed rapid prototypes of new concepts, tests, and updates. Designed, managed, and maintained FindIt's Web presence. Creation and updating all marketing assets and advertising campaigns. • Product Manager - Strategize roadmap for iOS and Android apps. Coordinate development sprints with CTO and communication with remote developers on new features and bug fixes. From August 2013 to August 2014 (1 year 1 month) San Francisco Bay AreaHackstar - Designer @ Worked with 10 different startups on various design projects to help prepare them for Demo Day and succeeding after. Primarily worked on updating and creating Mobile apps for FindIt, Nexercise, and Captureproof. From May 2013 to August 2013 (4 months) Sr. Mobile UX Designer @ • Lead UX Designer on Flight Search Path, My Trips and Flight Status for iPhone • Lead UX Designer on Android Hotels App • Apps featured by Apple in both Editor’s Choice and Hall of Fame, as well as Google Play’s Staff Pick • Created conceptual diagrams, wireframes, prototypes, and final designs • Designed and monitored Usability Tests of Android apps and Prototype • Managed summer design intern, assigning tasks and reviewing design work • Maintained design templates, app assets, standards and various design deliverables in a team-oriented, lean agile environment • Developed and enforce branding systems and guidelines through all mobile interfaces From November 2011 to May 2013 (1 year 7 months) UI Designer @ • Create user interface design solutions to support multiple brands sharing functionality and code • Collaborate with the front-end developers to ensure proper execution of interaction design • Work closely with Information Architects and UI Engineers to ensure and champion best practices for user interactions • Participate in ongoing usability testing and assessment • Created intuitive user interfaces that achieved business and strategic goals while incorporating the Orbitz.com brands • Ensured adherence to the design system for multiple brands • Design Lead to redesign HotelClub.com and RatesToGo.com to utilize Orbitz's Platform framework • Redesigned 3rd party Activities and Events Site for CheapTickets.com • Design Lead on Activities and Events product vertical for Orbitz.com From July 2010 to November 2011 (1 year 5 months) Graphic and Web Designer @ • Managed Creative Department and staff. • Created marketing materials for BIR in newspapers, online media, trade show booths and brochures for recruitment abroad. • Art direction of interior design of buildings, photo shoots with photographers, branding and promoting of school image, organization of marketing focus groups. From June 2009 to July 2010 (1 year 2 months) Art Director @ * Directed fellow designers in web projects. * Created multiple forms of media for clients, including manuals, brochures, websites, photography, packaging, and identity. From January 2008 to June 2010 (2 years 6 months) Online Marketing Manager / Designer @ • Managed online marketing strategies (SEO,SEM,PPC) for B2B clients, designed and maintained web pages, advised and designed with creative department. • Designed brochures, signage, photography, advertisement layout, and other graphic projects. • Front end developer for client website updates, creation, and site architecture. From September 2006 to October 2008 (2 years 2 months) Web Designer @ • Created and maintained web page graphics and layout designs of school web site. • Creation of flash banners and all creative. • Project Manager 2005. From September 2002 to July 2006 (3 years 11 months)

BFA, Visual Communications @ Illinois Institute of Art From 2006 to 2008 BA, Politics @ Oberlin College From 2002 to 2006 Brandon Ramos is skilled in: UI Design, HTML, CSS, Adobe Creative Suite, Web Design, Dreamweaver, QuarkXPress, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Photography, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, User Experience, Interaction Design