Brett Polonsky

Seattle, WA

currently: Open for projects

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If you could choose, what city would you most like to live/work in? Why?

Seattle. Besides the fact all of my family is here, Seattle is the best city I've seen across the U.S. With the water, the mountains, there is no place I'd rather be right now.

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Work history

hp October 2007 to May 2008
Consultant - UX Design Manager: Digital Entertainment Services

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How would you describe your time at hp?

www.ptavideostore.com
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Owning the consumer experience, design language, look & feel and tone of merchant sites and manage the web/visual design and related creative processes (graphic design, layout, copywriting) for both custom and private label deployments. Work closely with product management, managers of web development & business development to define and deliver the customer experience of the product offerings.... read more
infiLearn.com June 2007 to August 2007
Consultant - Lead UX Designer

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How would you describe your time at infiLearn.com?

Focus on optimizing user flows, creating wireframes, interface design, usability testing, and visual design. Working with business and engineering teams. Delivering usable solutions that exceed user expectations and meet business goals. Came in on a three month contract to design the initial UX, which was used as a demo for business executives to "sell" the concept to potential partners across the country.... read more
Snapvine November 2006 to June 2007
Creative Director

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How would you describe your time at Snapvine?

Responsible for the creative direction of both the web site, and the Flash VoicePlayer. Working with Executive Management, Business & Engineering teams to maintain brand, visual design and user-experience across all initiatives, with a focus on the social network space.

Other areas of focus include; coordinating with strategic partners, writing facilitating and evaluating user focus groups & usability studies.... read more
Amazon.com September 2004 to November 2006
Senior UI Designer - Digital & Web Services

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How would you describe your time at Amazon.com?

Developed the creative direction for Amazon's digital media offerings. Worked as the lead designer on two major customer-focused digital initiatives; Amazon Unbox: Video Downloads & Your Media Library.

Amazon Unbox, which is the first client application from Amazon. Responsible for the IA, UI & visual design, as well as the design of all the .com page layouts & design and promotional graphics. Worked with product management & engineering teams to take designs from wire-frames to final graphics.

Your Media Library (YML) is the completely reworked Amazon Digital Locker, which launched in June 2006. Responsible for all phases of design, from early wire-frames and executive meetings, usability studies, through final design.... read more
The Art Institute of Seattle September 2000 to December 2004
Instructor

How would you describe your time at The Art Institute of Seattle?

Taught classes in portfolio, interface design, project management, typography, digital media & career development. This included working to bring out the creative potential of students from a variety of backgrounds and skill sets, overcoming design challenges and working towards solving problems creatively, while preparing them to enter the work force as professional designers.... read more
Cascadia Community College September 2000 to December 2001
Associate Faculty

How would you describe your time at Cascadia Community College?

Classes in user interface design, and the basics of Web authoring. Working with adult students of all ages, from different backgrounds, training them in the essentials and best practices of web design.
iCARumba March 2000 to June 2000
Information Architect

How would you describe your time at iCARumba?

Took an existing web site with many confusing navigational and architectural inconsistencies, and developed a clean usable & intuitive interface. Created and performed usability studies outlining user needs and expectations. Also worked with graphic designers to design the look of the site.
CompuMaster May 1999 to March 2000
Seminar Leader

How would you describe your time at CompuMaster?

Communicated thoughts and concepts to large groups of people with dynamic and entertaining lectures. Areas of focus included; interface design, planning, usability, and architecture of creating a successful Web presence. Additional lectures focused on traditional graphic design, software, and getting jobs "print" ready. Seminars were located throughout North America and the U.K.... read more
MSPress May 1996 to May 2000
Author/Writer

How would you describe your time at MSPress?

Authored a series of four books for Microsoft Press on FrontPage, including the inaugural book written on this software. These books have been translated in over 12 languages, and have sold more than 500,000 copies worldwide.

2000 The Official Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Book
1998 The Official Microsoft FrontPage 98 Book
1998 Microsoft FrontPage Certification Exam (co-writer/Editor)
1997 Introducing Microsoft FrontPage 97 (co-author)
1996 Introducing Microsoft FrontPage (co-author)... read more
Microsoft March 1991 to August 2001
Vendor - Producer/Designer/DTP

How would you describe your time at Microsoft?

Producer: Worked on a variety of internal intranet sites including the ECU (Enterprise Customer Unit) site, pre-release MSN & the CEO site. Worked on usability studies, art direction, testing, user-education & training, including; graphic design for TechNet. Worked with teams of developers & project managers to deliver software products. Traveled to various customers and provided training on newly developed software.

Graphic Designer/Desktop Publisher: Worked at Microsoft Press to design their first ever full-color book. Training employees on using PageMaker as a layout and publication tool. Working directly with outside vendors to solve printing & design situations.... read more
Polonsky Design May 1986 to the present
Owner/Creative Director

How would you describe your time at Polonsky Design?

Owned and operated consulting company acting as "problem solver" satisfying the creative needs of my clients, using the Internet or traditional print. Areas include: information architecture, user interface & interaction design, Web usability, graphic design, technical writing, design consultation & creative direction.... read more

Education

AIOnline March 2002 to March 2004
B.S. Graphic Design

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