About Me

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SoCal to the Pacific Northwest

Hi, my name is Daniel Adams. I am a human centered designer with a passion for user experience and user interface design.

I was born and raised in Southern California where I spend my summers on the beach and winters on the slopes. I have been into art and technology since an early age; studying multimedia, digital art, & Illustration throughout my time in college.

I started my career as a Visual Designer in the San Francisco Bay Area with some great mobile game studios. Some of the titles I worked on where Tap Tap Revenge 4, Tap Tap Muppets, Snow White: The Queens Return, and more. Throughout my time in the bay area, I found myself leaning more heavily toward user interface design and ultimately becoming more interested in the psychology and software engineering.

When I moved up to Oregon with my life, I took that opportunity to go back to school and study computer science and human-computer interaction (HCI). I have since had the opportunity to work and the user interface and user experience (UI/UX) design of an augmented reality experience with Figma XR, and with a waterproof mobile micro tablet with the Delphin.

Outside of design & software, I love retro video games, cooking, brewing, ice hockey, and the great out-doors.

I am always open to connecting, so feel free to reach out to me.

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Skills

Visual Design
Human-Computer Interaction
UI/UX Design
Interaction Design
Prototyping
Mockups
Wireframing
User Research
User Testing
User Flow Diagrams
Animation
Illustration
Software Engineering
Algorithms
Data Structures
Git
Agile Development
Written & Verbal Communication

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Code

HTML5
CSS3
JavaScript
Python
Java
C#
C

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Tools

Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
Adobe XD
Figma
Adobe Premier Pro
Adobe After Effects
Visual Studio Code
Android Studio
Xcode
Autodesk Maya
Microsoft Office

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Work Experience

Sr. UI/UX Designer
Nanoverse Technologies, Portland, OR — 11/24 - Present

UI/UX Designer
Twenty Four 7, Portland, OR — 1/23 - 8/24

UI/UX Designer & Software Engineer
Underwater Audio, Corvallis, OR — 7/21 - 10/22

Software Engineer Intern
AeroVironment, Simi Valley, CA — 7/20 - 9/20

Illustrator
Optovania, Camas, WA — 7/19 - 4/20

UI/UX Designer
Overlay LLC, Lake Oswego, OR — 1/19 - 6/19

Textbook Illustrator
The Valley Library, Corvallis, OR — 7/17 - 9/19

UI Artist
Perfect World Entertainment, Redwood City, CA — 12/13 - 10/15

Visual Designer
IMVU, Mountain View, CA — 4/13 - 10/13

Visual Designer
Disney Interactive, Palo Alto, CA — 6/10 - 3/13

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Education

Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR — 6/18 - 4/21
Bachelors of Science in Computer Science & Minor in Psychology — 3.49 GPA

Linn-Benton Community College
Albany, OR — 4/16 - 6/18
Associates of Science in Computer Science — 3.55 GPA

Laguna College of Art & Design
Laguna Beach, CA — 9/06 - 12/08
Digital Arts & Illustration

Orange Coast College
Costa Mesa, CA — 9/04 - 6/06
Multimedia & Illustration

Say hi

Feel free to reach out and say “hello” or to request and up to date resume.