Hugh Griffith - Senior Interaction & Visual Designer
214 Evergreen Dr.
Boise, ID 83716
208-850-4525
hugh@interactionhero.com
Career objective
As cliché as it sounds, I want to work for a cutting-edge company that genuinely wants to change the world. This company understands that user experience happens at many levels; not just with the designers. They know that an employee is valued for their outstanding character as much as the income they help generate. And, they know that if you can’t have fun while working, why bother doing it?
Things I can do
- Interaction design for applications (web and native–using the User Centered Design process)
- Workshops
- Interview customers
- Wireframing
- Prototyping (with InVision, Sketch, Illustrator, or HTML)
- Collaborate with team leaders, developers, and product managers
- Usability testing
- Personas
- Information architecture
- Visual design
- Atomic design
- Design systems
- E-commerce design
- iOS and Android design
- HTML and CSS
- Responsive/Adaptive web design
- Agile/Scrum
- Rock you like a hurricane
Other things I can do
- Photography
- Copywriting
- Illustration
- Muck about in WordPress
Work experience
Sunbelt Rentals
Sr. Product Designer - Aug. 2022 - Present
Team size: 20+
I’ve been designing interfaces for sunbeltrentals.com, touching everything from the store locators to the cart, checkout, and my account experiences. I’ve also been the lead designer on their punchout system.
Streetshares / Meridianlink
Sr. Product Designer - Nov. 2021 - Jul. 2022
Team size: 7
I was the lead product designer for the BLX product (an application for lenders), and I help out with any other projects, as needed.
(Streetshares was acquired by Meridianlink in April of ’22.)
FFW Agency
UI designer - Aug. 2016 - Nov. 2021
Team size: Really really big
I'm designing all kinds of things for clients like Pfizer, USC Marshall, Stanford, and the YMCA.
YouVersion/Bible.com
UI designer/developer - Mar. 2012 - Feb. 2016
Team size: 25+
Users: 43 million
For almost four years, I was the lead designer and developer for bible.com, which averages 20 million visitors a month. I also collaborated closely with another designer on the native apps for iOS and Android, which have been installed over 200 million times. My last major project was the complete redesign of bible.com.
Technical environments I worked in:
HTML5, CSS3, Github, iOS, Android, Ruby on Rails
Memolane (startup)
Senior Visual Designer - Jun. 2011 - Nov. 2012
Team size: 7
Users: 23K
Cool stuff I did:
- Design of the Android app
- Commenting system
- Sign up process using Facebook connect
- Learned the wonders of Git
Freelance Designer
Feb. 2010 - Nov. 2011
Cool stuff I did:
- Redesigned vendor portal for Adobe Live Cafe
- Redesigned student testing web application and home page for Exambuilder.com
- Co-invented a new ebook type (called TreeBook) with Medallion Press. Also designed custom iOS ebook reader and online store
- Redesigned permit purchasing app for Paylock
- Designed a health coaching portal, a site for the Center for Innovation, and helped improve the careers section for the Mayo Clinic
Bodybuilding.com
UI Designer - Feb. 2009 - Feb. 2010
Team size: 10+
Users: 5.5 million
Designed interfaces for the online store, the workout tracker application, and BodySpace, the social networking site.
Cool stuff I did:
- Designed new workout tracker web application
- Designed workout finder tool
- Redesigned new site navigation
- Consulted on iPhone application
SuperValu / Albertsons Inc.
Senior UI/Visual Designer - Mar. 2004 - Feb. 2009
Designed interfaces for various internal applications, company portal, and other mini-sites.
Cool stuff I did:
- Redesigned template for all Supervalu owned pharmacies
- Designed company intranet (twice)
- Improved interaction design for Albertsons.com
- Managed junior designer
Education
Vancouver Film School [ New Media program ] - Vancouver, BC
Vancouver Community College [ Commercial Photography program ] - Vancouver, BC
University College of the Fraser Valley [ Associate’s Degree, Graphic Design ] -Abbotsford, BC
Conferences/Seminars
An Event Apart: Atlanta - 2015
Christine Caine (Leadership seminar) - 2014
An Event Apart: Atlanta - 2014
Patrick Lencioni (Leadership seminar) - 2013
Ken Blanchard (Leadership seminar) - 2012
SXSW Interactive - 2008
WebVisions - 2006