Michael Dolce User Experience Career A UX professional with over 25 years experience working for start-ups, mid-sized businesses and Fortune 500 corporations. Manager of User Experience BMC Software Tampa, Florida 3.2012 – Present • Manage user experience, UI development and visual design for mid-market IT software solutions company. • Serve as liaison between UX team and business analysts, development leads and product managers. • Establish UX as part of the Agile workflow with globally-distributed teams. • Hands-on visual design, wireframing and prototyping using Axure, Invision, Photoshop and Illustrator. • Hands-on creation of high-fidelity prototypes using HTML/SCSS/CSS/JS. • Creation and documentation of UI patterns and guidelines for all BMC products. • Lead a global team comprising ten direct reports: UI developers, senior interaction designers and visual designers. Full Time Web Consultant JP Morgan Chase/Chase Paymentech Tampa, Florida 4.2011 – 3.2012 • User Interface lead for Web Marketing team for online payment processing division of Fortune 25 corporation. • User interface design and development for desktop and mobile experiences – HTML, CSS, jQuery, Flash. • User experience lead for consumer-facing applications. Over 10 years in UX leadership roles. Core Skills: Leadership of globally distributed, multidisciplinary UX teams Complete interaction design pattern systems Functional, high-fidelity prototypes and wireframes for complex, multi-screen applications Expert HTML/SCSS/CSS/ JS front-end development • Strategic planning for new media, interactive video, social media goals and objectives. Full Time Web Consultant Horizon Marketing Group Remote Position 11.2010 – 4.2011 • UX/UI design and front-end development for web and mobile experiences. • 8967 Founders Circle Palmetto FL 34221 Email: [email protected] Skype: mikefdolce Cell: 941 524 1505 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/pub/michaeldolce/0/6ba/a31/ Dribbble: dribbble.com/michaeldolce Michael Dolce Senior Creative Director MindBlazer Remote Position User Experience 1.2008 – 11.2010 • Oversight and execution of creative for niche interactive agency whose clients averaged $500 Million - $5 Billion in assets. • Participation in development of new products and services to offer existing client base and related markets. • Hands-on design and development of interactive Flash video experiences centered on the use of video as an effective education-based marketing tool. Manager of Global Visual Communications Jabil Circuit Inc. St. Petersburg, Florida 8.2005 – 11.2007 • Oversee all web and interactive for Fortune 500 corporation with over 100,000 employees in 21 countries. • Strategize and execute campaigns for internal and external audiences worldwide. • Design and development of all internal and external websites. • Strategize and recommend new communications tools for the organization. • Regular interface with executive leadership and corporate officers. Achievements: • Redesign of the 40-year-old Jabil brand for worldwide adoption, including the new corporate identity and the standards and guidelines. • Creative direction, design and oversight of global implementation of a new visual language utilized in all marketing communications efforts. • Creative direction, design and development of worldwide image library/asset management system to centralize all media. Manager of Communications Services Goodrich Corporation Charlotte, North Carolina 12.2000 – 7.2005 • Manager of all corporate-level visual communications. “As a former creative agency owner and marketing professional, I’ve worked with many visual designers and art directors. Michael ranks as one of the most talented, creative, professional and personable creatives with whom I’ve had the privilege of working. He is great with clients, great at concepts and great at virtually every element of creative and design, in all media - with a no-fuss personality. I’ve seen him working on 3 different projects at once, without error, and the result was breath-taking. Michael has a quality that very few visual designers possess: he knows what ‘beautiful’ looks like and how to produce it, on time and within budget. This guy is a gem, and I recommend him highly - both personally and professionally.” Russ Minary Co-Founder, Partner, Director of Sales and Marketing The Creative Alliance Founder, On-Purpose Enterprises • Strategize e-communications with Information Technology. • Ongoing development of new methods for extending corporate messaging through visual identity and language. • Member of the Global Marketing Communications Council. Achievements: • Developed an internal creative services department to leverage skill sets as a cost-saving initiative for corporate headquarters and global business units comprising print, web and interactive media. • Led a global corporate identity change for the organization. • Development of corporate identity standards, signage, and nomenclature guidelines. • Developed and implemented an internal webcasting solution for the enterprise. 8967 Founders Circle Palmetto FL 34221 Email: [email protected] Skype: mikefdolce Cell: 941 524 1505 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/pub/michaeldolce/0/6ba/a31/ Dribbble: dribbble.com/michaeldolce Michael Dolce Creative Director Moneyzone.com/ImageThinkers Charlotte, North Carolina User Experience 12.1999 – 12.2000 • Conceptualize, develop and execute all print, web and interactive creative for financial dot-com startup. • Establish visual brand presence and personality in alignment with C-level goals and objectives. Achievements: • Creative direction, development of graphical user interface for international financial website comprising over 3,000 pages and almost 10,000 images. • Creative direction of print and digital media campaigns to promote website. • Co-brand maintenance and development, sales presentation materials. • Creation, positioning and launch of a subsidiary interactive agency, ImageThinkers, specializing in Flash interactive and website design. Senior Art Director Heitman Advertising & Design Westminster, Colorado 1998 – 1999 • Oversee all creative produced by agency. Extensive client contact involving presentations, strategic planning, annual marketing direction and budget. • Corporate identity, brand development, marketing collateral, direct mail, print advertising, business-to-business and business-to-consumer. • Responsible for all web design and implementation, from concept through development, deployment and client training. “Michael Dolce serves as Manager of User Experience at BMC Software, and during my tenure with the company it was a great pleasure to work with him! As a manager, Michael is approachable, a great communicator and leader, and is caring. He is highly trusted and respected by superiors, peers, and subordinates alike. Additionally, elegant, creative and innovative describes his visual/ UX design style. His passion for design is clearly reflected in his work. Michael is passionate, confident, an analytical thinker, and has strong work ethics, qualities that are all wonderful assets!” Nicole Canty UX / UI / Ix Designer • Directly responsible for shift in agency’s move into web design. Art Director | Designer The Creative Alliance Lafayette, Colorado 1995 – 1998 • Strategic planning and overall project management for a variety of clients. • Extensive client contact for concept presentations and account stewardship. • Art direction, graphic design and illustration for print advertising, promotion, catalogs, identity packaging and corporate brochures. • Research, development and implementation of web design as new service for clients. • Art direction of photo shoots and management of freelance talent. Education Art Student’s League, New York | Denver 1984 – 1990 Nassau Community College 1980 – 1982 Major: Illustration W.C. Mepham H.S. 1980 Presidential Scholar Other Interests Languages: Ancient Greek, Russian Martial Arts: Japanese jujutsu, Chinese 15-Animal Kung Fu, Tai Chi Ch’uan Creative Writing Painting Sculpture 1977 – 1980 8967 Founders Circle Palmetto FL 34221 Email: [email protected] Skype: mikefdolce Cell: 941 524 1505 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/pub/michaeldolce/0/6ba/a31/ Dribbble: dribbble.com/michaeldolce