Gordon Barlow — UX Designer
I am a user advocate. I design, develop, and own the user experience to serve the user best. I enjoy creating solutions and simplifying processes. My creative thinking, honest disposition, and persistent drive to unite all in a common vision shows in the teams I work with and in the results I produce. I take joy in converting complex, difficult experiences into clear, simple flows that users don’t even have to think about—they just use.
UX, UI, Graphic, Multimedia Designer and Developer – GordonBarlow.com – 7/1999 to Present (15 years 4 months)
Provide on a contract basis, UX, UI, design and development, multimedia design and development, graphic design, print design, identity design and development, game development, training/marketing application design and development, and web design and development.
- Work performed:
- Big Fish Automation: Flash Animation using Adobe: Photoshop, ImageReady, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, and Flash; and XHTML. Designed, detailed, and developed home maps for interactive lighting and sound mobile management application.
- Drew Danburry: Designed, developed, maintained, and managed website using Adobe: Photoshop, ImageReady, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, and Flash; and JavaScript, CSS, XHTML, and XML.
- Dr. Mark Donaldson: Consultant using Adobe: Photoshop, Dreamweaver, and Flash; CSS, and XHTML.
- Firefly Film & Video: Developed website, based on a Flash template, using Adobe: Photoshop, ImageReady, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, and Flash; and ActionScript, JavaScript, CSS, XHTML, and XML. Collaborated with art director, to define, refine the look, feel, and coloring of the website.
- Five Star Franchises: Five Star Painting (Pinturas) Five Star Holiday Decor Implemented the Portuguese translation of Five Star Painting (Pinturas) for the Brazilian market. Designed, developed, and maintained dozens of websites using Adobe: Photoshop, ImageReady, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, and Flash; and JavaScript, CSS, PHP, XHTML, and XML. Architected the sites to minimize continual work load, by using PHP, and templating standards, to maximize ease of maintenance, and maintain SEO compliance.
- Fred DiDomenico: Flash Advertisement using Adobe: Photoshop, ImageReady, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, and Flash; and ActionScript, JavaScript, CSS, XHTML, and XML.
- Frogley Chiropractic: Detailed front-end design and development using Adobe: Photoshop, ImageReady, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, and Flash; and JavaScript, CSS, ASP, XHTML, and XML.
- Haley Ann Warner Photography: Designed and developed website using Adobe: Photoshop, ImageReady, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, and Flash; and ActionScript, JavaScript, CSS, XHTML, and XML. Worked directly with Haley, to develop the look and feel for the website. The functionality of the website consists of a Flash music player, randomly generated image loads, and allows Haley to upload her latest photographic genius anytime.
- Ideation.Ink: Developed Flash intro using Adobe: Photoshop, ImageReady, Dreamweaver, and Flash; and ActionScript.
- Integrated Wellness and The Well Group: Developed web pages from Photoshop mockups using Adobe: Photoshop, ImageReady, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, and Flash; and JavaScript, CSS, ASP, XHTML, and XML. Video compression using Adobe Media Encoder. Engineered lightbox to work with videos.
- Isis Dei Product Browser: Developed the Flash product browser using Adobe: Photoshop, ImageReady, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, and Flash; and ActionScript, JavaScript, and XHTML.
- Jenny Jordan Frogley: Developed Jenny’s website using Adobe: Photoshop, ImageReady, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, and Flash; and ActionScript, JavaScript, ASP, and XHTML. Collaborated with art director to implement proposed look and feel.
- PPC CoPilot: Consultant using Adobe: Photoshop, ImageReady, and Dreamweaver; CSS, XHTML, and XML.
- Raging Waters Utah: Consultant using Adobe: Photoshop, ImageReady, Dreamweaver, and Flash; CSS, XHTML, and XML.
- Reliving The 90’s: Designed, developed, maintained, and managed website using Adobe: Photoshop, ImageReady, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, and Flash; and ActionScript, JavaScript, and XHTML. Filmed: “Nothing Compares To You”, “On a Plain”, “Linger”, “Lump”, “Elvis”, and “Boom Boom Boom Boom”. Sang in “Stay” and “Boom Boom Boom Boom”.
- Show Me Soroban: Designed and developed random generated Flash animations using Adobe: Photoshop, ImageReady, Illustrator, Flash, and Streamline; and ActionScript.
- WhiteCanyon Software: Designed and developed Flash demonstration using Adobe: Photoshop, ImageReady, Illustrator, and Flash; and ActionScript.
- Technologies used:
- Development: architecture: ASP, HTML 5, PHP, XHTML, and XML; best practices: clean coding practices, code organization, and W3C compliance; browsers: Internet Explorer 6-11, Chrome, Firefox, Opera, and Safari; optimization tools: Firebug, image optimization, virtual machines, and Yslow; scripts: ActionScript, JavaScript, jQuery, MooTools, sript.aculo.us, and swfobject; styling: CSS 3, and GIF animation.
- Design: digital: Adobe: Acrobat Pro, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, Illustrator, ImageReady, InDesign, Photoshop, and Streamline; best practices: icon/image/graphic organization, sprites management, and styling in CSS over images; modeling/animation: 2-D: Adobe: Flash and Illustrator, and GIF animation; 3D: Cinema 4D XL, Maya, and PRO-E; Print: Adobe: Acrobat Pro, Illustrator, and Photoshop; Sound: Audition, and GoldWave; Video: After Effects, Flash Video Encoder, Media Encoder, Premiere Pro, and QuickTime Pro; Wire Framing: Illustrator, Lucidchart, and Photoshop.
- Management Tools: documentation: Websites; office products: Google Apps: Concep4tboard, Document, Drawing, Form, Lucidchart Diagram, Presentation, and Spreadsheet; Macintosh: iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand, Mail, Pages, Keynotes, and Numbers; Microsoft Office: Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word; Corel WordPerfect Office: Presentations, Quattro Pro, and WordPerfect; Apache Open Office: Base, Calc, Draw, Impress, Math, and Writer; Star Office: Database, Drawing, Formula, Presentation, Spreadsheet, and Text Document; project management: Agile processes, Basecamp, Microsoft Excel, Novell Vibe, and Skype.
- Operating Systems: DOS, Linux: RedHat and Ubuntu; Macintosh: 9 and X; virtual machines: Parallels, Virtual Box, and VMware; Windows: 95, 98, 2000 Professional, XP Professional.
UX, UI, Graphic, Multimedia Designer and Developer – GordonBarlow.com – 7/1999 to Present
GordonBarlow.com — Big Fish Automation
GordonBarlow.com — Drew Danburry
GordonBarlow.com — FireFly Film & Video
GordonBarlow.com — Frogley Chiropractic
GordonBarlow.com — Haley Ann Warner Photography
GordonBarlow.com — Integrated Wellness
GordonBarlow.com — Isis Dei — product menu
GordonBarlow.com — Jenny Jordan Frogley
View Jenny Jordan Frogley site (runs on Flash)
GordonBarlow.com — Reliving The 90's
GordonBarlow.com — The Bread Of Life
GordonBarlow.com — Utah Regional Medical Center (UVRMC)
RECOMMENDATIONS for work at GordonBarlow.com
“Gordon is a very thorough, passionate, and creative designer, and a pristine programmer. We only had him for a short time, but we would take him back in a heartbeat if we could afford his skill level. Not only is he a very pleasant, friendly person to work with, but he is also undoubtedly an integral asset to any team. I already know that he excels in web design, graphic design, and web programming, but I also whole–heartedly believe that he would succeed at absolutely anything he set his mind to.” – Mikelle Despain, Assistant Marketing Director, Five Star Franchises