Aliza Nordin

Interactive Designer

AlizaNordin

New York, NY

Brief me a site concept and I will bring it to life as that is what I really enjoy doing. I love the challenge of not only drawing a site that looks beautiful, but creating it with a strong focus on the user experience. For me, the function and purpose of the site is always a priority, and a creative, exciting design is there to enhance it's purpose. I love what I do, and I like to have fun doing it.

Experience

  • Senior Designer
    New York, New York
    Apr 2011 - Present
    Deutsch
  • Senior Digital Designer
    Sydney, Australia
    Feb 2010 - Mar 2011
    Tequila Australia

    I moved to Tequila as I wanted to be in an agency that had it's primary focus on digital. Since being here, I have worked on websites/microsites/banners for Visa, RaboDirect, Playstation, Nissan, IAG, Tourism Tasmania,and Optimum Pet Foods.

  • Digital Designer
    Sydney, Australia
    Mar 2008 - Mar 2010
    The Furnace

    The Furnace reaffirmed to me that I'd found my niche in design and that my passion really lay in designing user interfaces. The Furnace gave me the fantastic opportunity to design the websites of Qantas, Cosmopolitan Magazine Australia, Vogel's Wholefoods, and Buzz Consulting. I also worked on a range of banner ads, microsites, edms, flash panels and pitches for clients such as HP, Nicabate(GSK), Domain, Stayz(both Fairfax Media), Hard Yakka clothing, Sanity Music and Skins.

  • Web Designer
    Sydney, Australia
    Nov 2006 - Feb 2008
    FuseFarm Interactive

    FuseFarm Interactive is an interactive agency based in Sydney City. In my time here I designed many websites ranging from small to big clients, having a quick turnaround between projects. My main achievement here was designing the 2008 Sydney Festival website, and coordinating the design elements with junior designers.

  • Digital Designer
    Sydney, Australia
    Nov 2005 - Nov 2006
    Staging Connections

    Staging Connections is a corporate audio/visual event management company. Among the larger events I worked on during my time here was the 2006 Annual Amway Convention, Telstra AGM, NRMA AGM and smaller events such as the Sanofi-Aventis AGM. I created a range of opening animations to kick-start various conventions for the likes of HP, using After Effects, and free standing banners for AMEX in Illustrator, and designed many Powerpoint presentations in Photoshop.

Education