Spaceship Earth Innoventions

Get a glimpse of theme park science, play online games and
save the planet, and explore the fun side of science on
Spaceship Earth, presented by Siemens.

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Muppets

Prototype iPad app that I created as a pitch to educate
in a fun and engaging way about the muppets franchise.

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dCooking

Prototype iPhone and iPad app designed to educate and provide hundreds of diabetes-friendly recipes.

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Experience

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Autodesk.com
May 2011 - PRESENT
Sr. UX Designer

Drive the UX vision for new consumer products as well as existing product sets. Work with engineering and product management to analyze new proposals and create early vision concepts. Design, prototype and develop graphic tools for 3D modeling technologies. Evaluate current technologies and propose integration strategies in emerging platforms. GUI concepts and methodologies for multi-touch interactions and advanced development systems. Create and ensure consistency of the UI, API workflows and visual language for each specific platform. Review and document technical specifications related to new software application developments.

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Chase.com
March 2011 - April 2011
Sr. UX Mobile Visual Designer

Establish, plan, implement and manage the UI and UX design for mobile & tablets, GUI prototypes, HTML5/CSS3/Javascript/iPhone page design. Assess customer impacts, create user-centered design solutions, and ensure coordination and communication of impacts to key stakeholders. Manage a team performing User Interface Design and Information Architecture tasks as well as perform those tasks.

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Walt Disney Imagineering Blue Sky Cellar
August 2009 - February 2011
Creative Interactive Lead - Walt Disney Imagineering Advanced Projects Group

Working closely with Walt Disney Imagineering and the Advanced Projects team I was responsible for collaborative design and establishing UX design principles which translate concepts and ideas into engaging cohesive holistic meaningful interactive experiences connecting guests to Disney Theme Parks, Cruise Line and Resorts. Design, prototype, implement and support user-centered design for web, mobile and tablet applications. Other duties involved: creation of final artwork assets for PC based games, character development, 2D and 3D character modeling, rigging and animation, video editing, flash animation and motion graphics. Responsible for projects from conception through final implementation compliant with production standards and technology.

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Disney Online Logo

Disney.com
January 2008 - October 2008
Lead Interactive Designer

Working closely with the marketing department and the customer experience group I was responsible for working with the Associate Art Director in developing concepts and web UX design on various Ad Sales flash microsite based projects. Duties involve development, supervision, execution and implementation of design solutions for flash-based entertainment media experience, meeting standards of quality for artwork, and meeting all production deadlines.

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Kessler Group Logo

Kessler.com
April 2006 - September 2007
Sr. Interactive Visual Designer

Responsible for overall web design, interactive design and art direction. Design, prototype and implementation of interactive affinity credit card marketing as flash-based animated banners, RIAs and e-mail campaigns. Main clients included: Washington Mutual, US Bank, ING and GE.

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Universal NBC Logo

UniversalOrlando.com
August 2000 - September 2003
Sr. Graphic Designer

Working closely with the marketing department I was responsible for providing and presenting creative advertising design solutions that reflected current marketing and branding strategies for Universal Orlando Resort including two theme parks, three hotels and the Universal CityWalk entertainment complex. Lead designer for Universal events. Worked closely with outside freelancers, illustrators, photographers and copywriters. Extensive photo shoot and print production supervision.


Education

ANIMATION MENTOR – Berkeley, CA
AnimationMentor.com
3D Character Animation (2009)

Mentors:
Marek Kochout - Dreamworks
Charles Alleneck - Industrial Light & Magic
Scott Carroll - Blue Sky
Jay Jackson - Duck Studios
Elliot Bour - Disney Animation
Sean Sexton - Dreamworks

SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY CEL– San Francisco, CA
SF State College of Extended Learning
Digital Drawing for Animation (2009)

ART INSTITUTE OF COLORADO – Denver, CO
Art Institute
Advanced Flash Actionscript (2005)

ART CENTER COLLEGE – Pasadena, CA
Art Center College of Design
Web Site Development (2000)

LA SALLE UNIVERSITY – Mexico City
Universidad La Salle
BFA. Graphic Design (1994-1999)

DEVRY INSTITUTE – San Bernardino, CA
DeVry University
Associates Computer Information Systems (1991-1993)


Technical Expertise

OSX – iOS4 – CS5 Illustrator – InDesign – Photoshop – After Effects – Dreamweaver – Flash – Final Cut Pro – Fireworks – Catalyst – Builder – 3ds Max – Maya - Mudbox – MSOffice – Acrobat – AS 3.0 – Javascript – CSS3 – HTML5 – XHTML – XML – PHP – jQuery - jQuery Mobile


Contact
c. 510.350.6933
ed@edmonterrubio.com
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I'm a UI/UX visual designer responsible for the creative process, concept development, user-centered design, interaction design and user experience on small and large scale projects that translate into innovative thinking, compelling design solutions and successful multi-platform experiences.