Hello!

I’m Steve Simon

Visual Designer

steve@stevesimon.com

(949) 433-8943

Londonderry, NH

My Resume

Experience

Education

Portfolio

About me

A Visual Designer in Londonderry, NH

Broad background, Freakishly flexible, and ideally suited for your startup or small business.

I’m gonna go out on a limb and guess you’ve never met a designer with an engineering degree and an MBA who is an accomplished oil painter and has worked and studied on four continents.

This amalgamation of assets affords me the ability to be highly adaptive to your needs. I am very comfortable in a variety of roles from technical to business-minded to creative. Need a designer to not only create a pitch deck but understand investor needs? Need a designer to not only create a brand but to understand the competitive marketplace? Need a designer to not only create a visually appealing website but to understand user needs and behaviors?

I’ve got you covered.

Experience

Freelance Visual Designer

Studio Steve Simon

11/2021 – Present

Londonderry, NH

Designed and launched a portfolio website for a content creator using Divi for WordPress.

Designed and launched a business website for a sustainable products and services company using Squarespace.

Created a 13-minute travelogue video including animation using After Effects and video editing using Premiere Pro.

Designed and launched a 5o-page educational website. Also created brand guidelines including logo, animated logo, and mascot.

Designed and launched a wedding stationery website after establishing and designing brand guidelines.

Served as the lead designer for a startup automotive marketplace. Established brand guidelines, designed web app and pitch deck, and created an explainer video for the company’s services. The explainer video includes real-time CGI of a digital mascot I designed.

Fine Artist

Simon Fine Art

6/1995 – 11/2021

California, Arizona, New Hampshire

Owned and operated the Simon Fine Art Gallery for eight years. Created and promoted business brand across print and digital media as well as direct sales. Trained and managed staff. Grew business by $120,000 in revenue in four years.

Authored, designed, self-published, and promoted seven books of my personal art and poetry, selling 30,000 units.

Created custom gifts for dozens of companies and organizations.

Produced The Great Peacemakers traveling exhibit of my art, featuring 36 banners, videos, and guided audio tour.

Consultant

ISG Institut Supérieur de Gestion

12/1994 – 6/1995

Paris, France

Coordinated with management to improve MBA curriculum.

Designed and launched Alumni Association newsletter.

Management Consultant

Andersen Consulting (now Accenture)

8/1988 – 4/1993

Chicago, IL

Co-developed a systems integration plan for Caterpillar Inc. in Brazil that integrated data flow across the worldwide enterprise.

Designed and installed an on-demand printing and publishing system, reducing inventory carrying costs by 75%.

Implemented a Just-In-Time system at a foundry, reducing inventory carrying costs by 45% and floor space by 30%.

Researched new technologies at Andersen Consulting’s System Integration Center to reduce material handling costs by 50%.

Coded an inventory estimating system for American Envelope and inventory costing for Commtron to replace manual systems.

Robotics engineer

Messma Kelch Robot

12/1987 – 7/1988

Schorndorf, Germany

Co-designed an automated manufacturing system for Goodyear that eliminated dangerous human working conditions.

Created presentations to demonstrate functional capabilities of state-of-the-art robotics technology.

Translated operating manuals from German to English.

Education & SKills

Skills

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UX/UI Design

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User Research

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Wireframing

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Responsive Design

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Rapid Prototyping

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Usability Testing

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Branding

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Logo Design

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2D Digital Art

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3D Digirtal Art

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Animation

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Oil Painting

Tools

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Sketch

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Figma

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Photoshop

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InDesign

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Illustrator

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InVision

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Divi Builder for WordPress

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After Effects

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Procreate for iPad

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Nomad Sculpt

CareerFoundry

UI/UX Design Immersion

1/2021 – 11/2021

The CareerFoundry UI Design Program consisted of Intro to UI Design, UI Immersion, and Specialization.

In the Intro to UI Design unit, we learned basic design skills while creating pixel-perfect mockups and an interactive prototype.

In the UI Immersion unit we applied design theory, principles, and patterns to build a mobile app. The user experience design process was studied, from conducting research to user testing. Moodboards and style guides were created prior to building a mobile app for iOS and Android. The unit concluded with the development of a cohesive brand and prototyping animation.

I participated in the Animation for UI Designers program as a specialization. In this course, we learned UI animation principles and techniques; created UI animation in Adobe After Effects and used animation to define and express brand values. Storyboards for UI animation were created and the course concluded with a presentation of the UI animation work.

Institut Supérieur de Gestion

Masters of Business Administration

1993 – 1994

The ISG International MBA Program consisted of three 5-month terms in Paris, New York, and Tokyo. Seminars, presenting the socio-economic and political climates of various locations and each one week in duration, were attended in Warsaw, Moscow, Budapest, Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taipei, and Bangkok.

The ISG International MBA Program has since been changed and no longer includes the ambitious travel and cultural exposure.