Raymund Heildebrand “Brandi” Evora
Hands-On Creative Design Lead
Lead, initiate and stimulate creative ideas for and from those involved in the creative design process. Render the creative vision of the collective imagination while resolving conflicting agendas and inconsistencies between various inputs.
Versatile visual designer with broad experience in advertising-, graphic-, interaction-, information-, visual- and user interface design. Over 25 years of professional experience ranging from the creation of print-ready materials for retail catalogs and advertisements, to the development of digital designs for electronic delivery and the successful visual design of user interfaces for large-scale, global projects.
Combines user-centered design concepts with artistic ability to create elegant and visually appealing solutions. Understands development processes and technology. Well suited for most of the activities related to design projects. Comfortable in a variety of environments, fast-paced situations and multidisciplinary team. Skilled in both computer and traditional art & design techniques.
Professional Experience
Senior User Experience Specialist, User Interface Designer
Nokia, Inc., Irving, TX from July, 2001 to Present
Integral member of user experience team that serves as an in-house agency to business stakeholders. Created innovative and compelling user interfaces for a wide range of websites and applications. Oversaw all facets of usability testing, including walk-throughs with users, heuristic evaluations and card sorting. Led user interface and design reviews with key stakeholders. Evaluated customer journeys, providing analyses and concepts for visual and usability improvements.
- Championed rapid prototyping, providing prototypes using Actionscript, JavaScript, JSP, PHP and MySQL, enabling realistic click-throughs for usability testing and accelerating development time by handing over to development teams.
- Mapped current and proposed information for websites and applications.
- Created internal mobile and web guidelines and provided detailed style guides for individual projects.
- Successfully marketed the user experience team services to business stakeholders by creating promotional materials using Adobe Creative Suite, Flash and Dreamweaver.
Designer
Rare Medium, Inc., Dallas, TX from October, 1999 to July, 2001
Designed and produced graphics and page layouts for documents as deliverables for dot-com and brick-and- mortar business strategy engagements. Developed illustrative models for business processes and work flows. Created prototypes and wireframes to support and demonstrate recommendations by business, user and technology analysts for strategic business deliberations.
Senior Art Director
Omega Studios Southwest, Irving, TX from October, 1994 to October, 1999
Directed and produced conceptual web pages for sales presentation to clients. Key player in developing company internet presence with graphics and HTML, providing critical input in the site’s overall design and flow. Consistently supplied documents to service bureaus or separators for clients such as Dayton Hudson’s, Newport News, Quality Incentives, Triad Promotions, Sam’s Warehouse, Service Merchandise and Dillard’s.
- Developed and executed an efficient layout/production workflow, bypassing pencil and drawing paper (without scanning), saving significant production time and costs on projects.
- Established a backup scheme for security and essential disk space.
- Improved efficiencies and boosted production by collaborating to implement a network environment and file sharing workflow for the growing department’s workload.
Digital Production Manager
Nobart, Inc., Chicago, IL from September, 1991 to September, 1994
Key player in the efficient assembly of electronic pages for catalog and retail book production (for clients such as Beyond Electronics, World Book, United Stationers, etc.) with the use of Macintosh graphic and page layout computer programs.
- Trained several staff members, taking them from novice to fully competent Macintosh production level.
- Developed shortcuts for Macintosh systems and applications that cut errors and enhanced efficiency for entire staff.
- Designed and installed network systems linking Macintosh workstations to a dedicated print server and a dedicated file server.
- Executed installation and testing of applications and hardware such as accelerators, network, video and scanner boards, CPU systems and printers.
- Performed system diagnostic and maintenance operations for various departments and divisions.
Prior Experience
Production Artist
Nobart, Inc., Chicago, IL from February 1985 to September 1991
Promoted from conventional production staff to computer design staff at computer design department’s inception. Created prepress and print-ready materials for retail catalogs, brochures and ads.
Advertising Artist
Asia Communications Center, Inc., Makati, Philippines from July 1982 to October 1984
Visualized, prepared, executed and assembled media-ready (newspaper, magazine, television, film, billboard) campaign materials for full or limited exposure.
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Major in Advertising
University of Santo Tomas, España, Manila, Philippines, 1982
Affiliations
Visual Art League of Lewisville
Board Member Director, 2003-2004 and 2010 – Present
First Vice President, 2004 – 2010
Computer Skills
| Photoshop | Fireworks | OmniGraffle | InDesign | Illustrator |
| Dreamweaver | HTML / CSS | JavaScript / JQuery | PHP/ MySQL | Flash / Actionscript |
| Office Suite | iLife / iWork | Acrobat | Macintosh/ Unix | Windows |