Matt Kearney
Work experience
First American Title Corporation
Senior UX Designer | 11/2017 - Current
As a Senior UX Designer for First American Title, I am responsible conducting user experience research with customers, partners, peers and stakeholders. I effectively communicate UX concepts by collecting product & business requirements, identifying key customer experience issues, defining the scope of work, understanding opportunities, generating user personas, creating user flows, designing wireframes, producing multi-range fidelity mockups, and developing framework ready prototypes.
• Empathetic user advocate focused on delivering products with an intuitive user experience.
• Agile, DevOps, LeanUX, a few keywords to describe the process for the product lifecycle.
• Architect project specific UX road maps leveraging a variety of UX methodologies.
• Conduct persona research to identify target demographics.
• Leverage research to support UX/UI recommendations.
• Create low-fidelity wireframes to aid in UI validation.
• Create high-fidelity mockups and prototypes.
• Develop HTML/CSS/JS prototypes to streamline engineering efforts.
• Work closely with engineering teams to ensure the design is fully actualized.
• Advocate the user throughout the development lifecycle, promoting user centered design.
• Collaborate with corporate marketing to ensure application designs are aligned with brand guidelines.
• Direct the visual appearance of new features and enhancements to ensure a consistent user experience.
Panasonic Avionics Corporation
UI/UX Designer - Frontend Developer II | 04/2011 - 09/2017
• Produce high-quality visual designs from concept to completion for desktop and mobile devices.
• Support airline in maintenance of connected airside passenger applications and experiences.
• Develop visual strategies to support interactions that deliver a consistent user experience.
• Design conceptual wireframes and convert them into beautiful, pixel perfect prototypes.
• Provide direction regarding development methodologies, frameworks, and processes.
• Drive project scoping, for the development of new products and product lifecycles.
• Program airline branded airside portals utilizing a combination of web languages.
• Lead regular agile sessions to ensure projects are appropriately managed.
• Create personas and wireframes based on user-centered design and research.
• Direct engineering and production support teams with airside installation.
• Manage sites through repositories via Command Line Interface.
• Manage International and Domestic accounts.
MBA Design Team
Creative Director | 05/2010 - 04/2011
• Inspired professional development of creatives.
• Directed campaigns across conventional and digital platforms.
• Developed national campaigns.
• Actively engaged in all client portfolio efforts.
XOWii
Art Director | 09/2009 - 05/2010
• Managed a team of 5 (designers and a copywriter).
• Challenged team to think beyond the stakeholder’s vision, to realize a highly interactive and engaging user experience.
• Designed corporate website from initial concept to completion.
• Created product packaging and brand identity.
Sutra OC
Senior Graphic Designer | 01/2007 - 08/2009
• Complete rebrand of the company style guides, collateral, website and online presence.
• Sutra increased traffic and revenue by over 40% within the first year of rebranding.
• Designed and developed an intranet system to manage all of their VIP bookings in addition to scheduling and managing talent.
Taylored Inc.
Graphic Designer | 01/2005 - 01/2007
• Analyzed market competition, pricing, styles and trends.
• Created seasonal product line list including price points.
• Assisted with print and oversaw completed prototypes.
• Identified and suggested market opportunities.
• Created technical sheets for both lines.
Advert Inc.
Fashion Designer/Graphic Designer | 01/2003 - 01/2005
• Separated all vector design colors into individual art boards, in preparation for silk screening.
• Created designs from concept to production.
• Assisted with product catalog development.
• Improved brand equity.