Michael A. Mahmood

UI/UX Visual Designer

MichaelMahmood

Mountain View, CA

UI/UX visual designer with 20 years of multidisciplinary design experience. The journey in design began in print and converged with 3D, motion, web, and mobile. Well versed in the fundamental principals of design and technically skilled in a wide range of software applications.

Experience

  • Staff Visual Designer
    Mountain View, CA
    Sep 2010 - Present
    Intuit, Inc.

    Currently working as the lead Staff Visual Designer in the Design Innovation Group at Intuit. DIG is the central user experience team focused on a wide array of high level projects and initiatives impacting all of the business units at Intuit.

    The majority and focus of my work is about crafting the mobile user experience and creating the visual language for the user interface. The scope of my work includes working on several of Intuit's flagship products such as, GoPayment and QuickBooks for both iOS and Android platforms.

    GoPayment for the iPad was launched in the iTunes app store and received 4 stars from users. It was also announced as one of the Top 5 Business iPad Apps for 2011 by Apple. GoPayment for Android was chosen by Google as one of it's showcase apps during the Google IO conference in 2011.

  • Senior Art Director
    Los Angeles, CA
    Jan 2008 - Oct 2009
    Wiredrive

    Worked as a Senior Art Director at Wiredrive in Los Angeles. Wiredrive is an online media sharing site for uploading, managing, and presenting digital files. The company mainly caters to video production houses, special effects studios, and interactive ad agencies.

    The position consists of leading the marketing team and creating collateral used for promotions, tradeshows, and the company website. The role also comprises of designing custom branded Wiredrive user interfaces for numerous clients.

  • Art Director
    San DIego, CA
    Jun 2007 - Dec 2008
    LJG Partners

    Worked as an Art Director at LJG Partners in San Diego. The full service ad agency serves the greater southern California region, specializing in web design and development for the real estate and service industries.

    The role consists of leading the direction for creating visual experiences through interactive web and new media projects from concept to completion. A key component of the position includes reviewing the initial creative briefs and developing ideas with support from the creative director and upper management team.

  • Senior Designer
    San Diego, CA
    Jun 2005 - May 2007
    Nik Software

    Worked as the Senior Designer at Nik Software, Inc. developers of award-winning plug-ins for Adobe Photoshop. Responsibilities included managing multiple projects, coordinating a team of designers and developers, and leading the art direction for the corporate branding strategy.

    Designed marketing materials and web content for Nikon Capture NX, U Point Technology, and the entire Nik Software product line. Coordinated with a team and developed the graphical user interface for the next generation of Nik Software products. Led numerous projects from start to finish in all phases of packaging, print, web, video, and trade show media.

  • Owner
    New York, NY
    Aug 2001 - Jun 2005
    New Media GFX

    Chumby Industries - Worked with the Chumby interface creating the user interface for interactive Flash based widgets displayed on the Chumby WiFi module.

    Trollback + Company - Worked on a team to create broadcast quality commercials utilizing 3D animations and CGI elements for a series of Kmart television ads.

    MTV - Built 3D models and performed compositing work to mix the CG elements with live footage for a nationally syndicated show called Room Raiders.

  • Senior Graphic Designer
    Oakland, New Jersey
    May 1998 - Jan 2000
    Haband

    Worked on a team of designers creating ads for Haband Company, Inc. one of the largest privately held mail order companies in the US. and distributors of men's and women's apparel. Coordinated and produced multiple layouts of advertising collateral and direct mail material.

Education

  • Design and Technology
    New York, NY
    Aug 2001 - May 2005
    Parsons School of Design

    Graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Design & Technology from Parsons School of Design. The program was mainly based on an interdisciplinary study of motion graphics, interactive design, game design, web design, and 3D animation.

    Minored in the Communication Design program which concentrated on the traditional aspects of print design such as, typography, information architecture, and color theory.

Technical Skill Sets


  • UI/UX Design

    Highly skilled in converting complex mental workflows into sensible and meaningful designs. Able to craft the visual language for a user interface and effectively engage users.

    iOS | iPhone | iPad | Android | Android Tablet


  • Motion Design

    Extensive knowledge of traditional animations, motion graphics, and a deep understanding of time, pace, and rhythm. Able to seamlessly composite detailed CG shots with live motion.

    After Effects | Final Cut Pro | Motion | Premiere


  • Web Design

    Experienced in all aspects of building and maintaining commercial and corporate websites. Proficient in creating web pages based off of HTML5, CSS3, Javascript, PHP, XML and Actionscripting.

    Dreamweaver | Flash | Coda | Fireworks | Wordpress | Joomla


  • Print Design

    Experienced in all phases of print production from the initial layout and design through creating pre-press ready files for commercial offset printing. Expert level knowledge in Photoshop and Illustrator.

    Photoshop | Illustrator | InDesign | QuarkXpress


  • 3D Animation

    3D generalist proficient in modeling, lighting, and animating full 3D scenes based off of storyboards and scripts.

    Cinema 4D | Maya | Unity 3D

Awards & Recognition


  • GoPayment - Top 5 Business App for 2011

    Apple awarded Intuit GoPayment iPad with one of the Top 5 Business Apps of the Year in their latest edition of the App Store Rewind 2011.


  • GoPayment Android - First Business for the Android Tablet

    When Google first announced Android for the Xoom tablet in early 2011, Intuit's GoPayment was chosen to be featured in the keynote as the first business app on the Android tablet.