Fotolog | New York (US) | 1/2009 - Present

SENIOR USER EXPERIENCE ARCHITECT

User Experience Architect (User Experience, Interaction Design, Information Architecture) working on current design, revamping and maintenance of the Fotolog.com (www.fotolog.com) social network. Fotolog.com is a photo blog for sharing your pictures with your friends around the world. With 25 million accounts and being online since 2001, it is currently my team's job to maintain a high level experience for all our users while keeping up with improving all possible processes and interactions.

Syrup | New York (US) | 8/2008 - 11/2008

USER EXPERIENCE ARCHITECT

Currently working as User Experience Architect (User Experience, Interaction Design, Information Architecture) for clients such as News Corporation, Living Proof and Citibank

LBi | London (UK) | 7/2007 - 7/2008

USER EXPERIENCE ARCHITECT

User Experience Architect (User Experience, Interaction Design, Information Architecture, Strategic Design) for clients such as British Gas, Marks and Spencer and NHS

Brilliant Ltd. | London (UK) | 11/2006 - 5/2007

SENIOR CREATIVE DIRECTOR / INTERACTIVE DESIGNER

Flash/HTML/JavaScript/Graphics web design and development for clients such as Launchpad.net, Pacific Interiors, Diet Freedom and Cards Galore.

Freelance | Caracas (VE) | 4/2004 - 10/2006

DESIGN & NEW MEDIA CONSULTANT

Consultancy and Design services for different companies in Caracas (VE). Projects span Interaction/Web Design, Graphic and Video Editing fields for companies as Mattel, Nexus and Wikot Technologies

Fluidtime Data Services | Vienna (AT) | 5-8/2006

FREELANCE INTERACTIVE / VISUAL DESIGNER

Design and development of the navigation, interactive model and GUI of several web, wap and java applications, for clients as Redbull, 5T Turin and U-Boot.at. Also in charge of visual and brand design strategies and products for Fluidtime

Freelance | Ivrea (IT) | 4/2003 - 4/2004

INTERACTION / VISUAL DESIGNER

Visual design for Fluidtime project, Interaction Design Institute Ivrea. Responsibilities included development of user interface for cellphone java applets, direction/production/editing of user experience video documentary, and website design/development.

Domus Academy Research Center | Milano, Italia | 1/2000 - 12/2002

INTERACTION DESIGNER

Interactive Media Designer, in charge of Web, Interactive Media and Interface design projects, some of them being Research Projects for the European Community with partners including Philips, Mitsubishi, Microsoft MSN, Apple, Nokia, Fujitsu, University of Liege (BE) and University of Siena (IT).

Creative Communications | Milano, Italia | 9/1999 - 6/2000

GRAPHIC / WEB DESIGNER

Graphic Designer, Interactive Media Developer, Web Designer. Responsibilities included graphic material for stands, websites and presentations (PowerPoint, Director, Html) for Pirelli, General Electric and Heineken among others.

Freelance | Caracas, Venezuela | 2/1996 - 12/1998

GRAPHIC / WEB DESIGNER

Graphic Designer, with clients including the Ministry of the Family, Simón Bolívar University, Economía Hoy newspaper, WABA and IBFAN International Breastfeeding Foundations and others. Also collaborations with ESO! Design (design/web studio), Caracas, Venezuela.

Domus Academy | Milano, Italia | 12/1999

MASTER'S DEGREE (MASTER IN DESIGN)

Interdisciplinary Master in Design, focusing on design as a holistic process, and mastering different approaches towards the successfully completion of the project/product. Works in collaboration with companies such as Dainese, Artemide, Fiat, Ikea, Moulinex, Nestle/Perugina, Salomon, and JCDecaux. Master thesis (in collaboration with Dainese): Fullpipe Snowboard protective pants, now commercialized by Dainese as Valdez/Laax Pants.

Universidad Simón Bolívar | Caracas, Venezuela | 7/1997

BACHELOR'S DEGREE (BA IN ARCHITECTURE)

Bachelor's Degree in Architecture, with minors on Landscape Design and Urban Design.

LANGUAGES

English (fluent), Spanish (fluent), Italian (fluent), French (beginner), Lingo (proficient), Html (fluent), CSS (proficient), JavaScript (intermediate), ActionScript (intermediate), Java (beginner), PHP (intermediate), UNIX bash (beginner).

SOFTWARE

OmniGraffle, MS Visio, Axure, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, GoLive, Flash, Dreamweaver, FreeHand, Director, Apple Final Cut Pro, QuarkXPress.

www.frwrd.net

personal site + online portfolio + projects

www.frwrd.net/victor

curriculum vitae + resume

http://www.linkedin.com/in/victorzambrano

curriculum vitae + resume + references