V1nfyfkpnormqenxuuic

Paul Ku

Portfolio Website: paulkudesign.com / Email: [email protected]


I am a designer with strong experience in user experience and visual communication. From user research, ideation, flowchart, wireframe, to comps and prototype, everything is under my belt. Having a broad knowledge in different applications and computer programs, such as building textured 3D models with Autodesk Maya and Blender, offline pdf website with Adobe Acrobats, and high/low fidelity mock ups with InVision. I am also very experienced in making icons and logos from pencil to digitized product. As a Bachelor of Fine Arts majoring in Web Design & New Media, I'm capable of designing websites, mobile application, and produce videos and motion graphics. I was also a Graphic Design major for the first two years of school where practicing typography, layout, grid system, and prints for marketing materials became daily routine. Learning new skills comes natural for me, I've learned Google Sketchup and built a house 3D model in one day while contracting at Samsung. I also know how to code in HTML and CSS, and would love to learn more code languages in near future.


Looking forward to hear from you.


Portfolio Website

Projects 01 00@2x 9a5a97084c8e268ae3725d8e03654d1815ae2eb597b59c292ae4d0beffa7b703

Experience

Bank of the West, Visual Designer                                                                           May 2014–Dec. 2016

  • Routinely audit visual design of pages built by the Development team
  • In charge of reskining mobile browser, and support other platform with production work
  • Delivered pixel-perfect comps, detailed redlines, and specs
  • Responsible for new website style guide
  • Supported User Testing with comps, and supplied design elements for prototypes

VisCorp, Lead Designer                                                                                            May 2014–Dec. 2016

  • Directed user experience design for VisCorp responsive website
  • Directed user interface design for VisCorp responsive website
  • Art directing for VisCorp responsive website
  • Directing, scripting, filming, and editing for VisCorp kickstarter video

DAE, Freelance Designer                                                                                           Jan. 2015–Sep. 2015

  • Responsible for Wells Fargo internal documents design, online banners
  • Responsible for Cathy Pacific Chinese New Year float video loop
  • Responsible for AARP Community Report brochure, online banners

Samsung, Production Designer Contractor                                                              Oct. 2014–Nov. 2014

  • Assisted the Product Design team in implementing precise visual design
  • Supplied pixel perfect graphics across many different mediums: web, iOS, Android
  • Resposible for Research Lab’s PowerPoint presentation at Korea headquarter

Thomson Reuters, Part Time Web QA Engineer                                                     Aug. 2014–Sep. 2014

  • Used HTML and CSS to edit the contents on MarkMonitor website
  • Spotted potential error for the website, and change it accordingly
  • Compared MarkMonitor’s different language sites and record difference

Omlet Chat, Motion Graphic UI Designer Contractor                                               May 2014–June 2014

  • Produced the UI and motion graphic for Samsung Gear 2 promotional video at Tizen Developer Conference 2014
  • Responsible for UI motion graphic of 2nd Omlet app promotional video


Education

Academy of Art University San Francisco, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Web Design & New MediaSep.                     2009–May 2014

Skills


Design

  • User Experience
  • User Interface
  • Visual Design
  • Wire framing
  • Flowchart
  • Logo Design
  • Motion Graphics
  • Video Editing


Software

  • Adobe Design Suite
  • Microsoft Office Suite
  • Autodesk Maya
  • Blender
  • iWorks
  • CMS/Wordpres
  • Invision
  • BBEdit
  • Unity 3D


Coding

  • HTML
  • CSS


Language

  • English
  • Mandarin