Tangerine IndustriesCorey Snyder

IxD/UX/UI,
Creative.

Resumé

  • Corey Snyder
  • Sykesville, MD 21045
  • 443.538.2305
ABOUT

There's a saying about finding the right solution to the right problem. That is what I love most about what I do. I'm a creative problem solver who sits at the intersection of branding, design, technology, and content. I am passionate about digital experience design.

A team leader with 18 years experience designing and developing innovative digital products for prominent high-profile companies, campaigns, organizations, and individuals. It's about getting creative, building solutions and systems to enhance user satisfaction.

SKILL SET

Digital Experience Design, UX Design & Development, Technical Direction, Interaction Design, UI Design, Design Systems, Workshop Facilitation, Lean UX, AWS, Serverless, CMS, JavaScript, Vue/Nuxt JS, Node, CSS, HTML, API, GitHub, CI/CD, Adobe Creative Suite, Figma.

ACCOLADES AND PRESS

2016 & 2014 Webby Award;
Websites, Family / Parenting

2012 Webby Award;
Online Film and Video, Events & Live Webcasts

2008 Emmy Award;
Advanced Media Animator, Motion Graphics Designer

It's clear that Corey has a strong grasp on the value of color harmony, and the more we navigate the site, the more we get the sense that this is a portfolio unlike any other. Career Foundry - 9 of the Best UI Design Portfolios That Will Inspire You
Stunning combination and usage of layout and grid to play with Voyage, Span, Founders Grotesk fonts Typewolf - Site of the day
Mutation Observers automatically detect changes to your components. No more manually reflowing elements to trigger changes in things like reveal modals, sticky bars, equalizer, and more. Thanks to Corey Snyder for putting this one together. Zurb - Foundation 6.3 Brings Mutation Observers Out Of The Shadows
The big challenge: dropdowns that weren't behaving like they were supposed to, breaking out of the page boundaries. After weeks of going through multiple iterations with the different attempts, a hero emerged: Corey Snyder, who submitted a pull request with a great solution. Zurb - A Growing Foundation Family: Foundation for Sites 5.5 is Here
…it allowed us to create our coolest feature, the car signature. The user can sign their designed Pepsi Fantasy Racing Car with their name, giving it a very personalized feel. Zend Dev Zone - Flash and PHP in On-Line Gaming
AUTHORED

I've written popular articles for publications on design, interaction and technology at UX Planet and UX Collective.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Feb 2019 - Aug 2022

Associate Creative Director, Experience — Outcast

Digital Experience Design, Interaction Design, UX Direction, Visual Design, UI Integration, Technical Direction, Design Systems, Front-end Engineering, CMS and Information Architect.

  • Leads a multidisciplinary team of Visual Designers, UX Designers, and Developers across Brand Experience projects and work streams including new business pitches.
  • Directs experiential strategy. Develops and leads creation of visual, interactive and immersive outputs, applying proper emphasis and capturing the essence of the story, message, and brand through the executable.
  • Facilitates and directs workshops, leading design sprints and exercises with clients to answer critical business and brand questions through design, prototyping, and testing ideas.
  • Collects and analyzes user data through various methods; qualitative, quantitative, generative, evaluative, mapping and common sense.
  • Leads and mentors Sr. Mid. and Jr. level team members through projects and career development.
  • Technical direction, shapes initiatives, outlines requirements, content goals, develops roadmap and blueprints for implementation, drives conceptual thinking, vision, and rendering of intent. Ensures brand cohesiveness, compliance and accessibility.
  • Establishes CMS architecture for content types, categories, and designs, connecting back-end development and front-end design.
  • Prototype and wireframe for user testing, establish site hierarchy and user flows, hi-fidelity and lo-fidelity mockups.
  • Builds and maintains design systems and code libraries, prescribing to the Atomic Design methodology.
  • Leads design critiques and feedback sessions with internal and external stakeholders, users.

May 2010 - Feb 2019

Interactive Art Director — Outcast

Digital Experience Design, Interaction Design, Web Design, Branding, User Experience.

  • Creates engaging user experiences by designing, developing and supporting application, web, and mobile projects.
  • Collaborate with clients and team members to define, estimate, create, and deliver the entire visual layer that conform to brand and industry standards.
  • Oversees UI design throughout the entire development process, champions creative vision through implementation.
  • Applies UX principles and processes such as task flow analysis, wireframing, prototyping, and usability analysis.
  • Contribute to the growth and improvement of Sr. Mid, Jr team members through mentoring, peer review, and creative collaboration.

June 2005 - May 2010

Interactive Art Director — Athlon Sports Inc.

Web Design, Motion Graphics, Branding, User Experience.

  • In-house branding for online web presence and on-site promotional materials.
  • Design lead for private-label online fantasy sports games for consumer brands.
  • Motion graphics designer and producer of weekly sports show and numerous one-off seasonal shows.

March 2002 - June 2005

Web Designer — A.V. Imports Inc.

Web Design, Product Design, Display Design.

  • Designer of digital products ranging from websites, kiosks, and portables to support branding of independent wine and spirit brands.
EDUCATION

Bradley Academy for the Visual Arts - York, PA

Associates of Arts Degree - Multimedia Design

May 2002

AWARDS

2016 & 2014 Webby Award;
Websites, Family / Parenting

2012 Webby Award;
Online Film and Video, Events & Live Webcasts

2008 Emmy Award;
Advanced Media Animator, Motion Graphics Designer

AUTHORED

I've written popular articles for publications on design, interaction and technology at UX Planet and UX Collective.