TAREK FAHMY
Communicator via text & image

UX Architecture
- Mobile: ETRADE iPhone App
- Web: ETRADE Portfolio Rebuild
- Web: ETRADE FAQ & Fly-over
- Web: ETRADE Tax Workflow
- Heuristic Research: ETRADE

Screen
- Mobile: NAVICOMM (prototype)
- Web: Pandora Internet Radio (prototype)
- Web: Urban Pixie
- Web: Bonnuit Modular Product
- Web: Grand Egyptian Museum

Branding
- Pandora Redesign and Pitch
- Modular Product Design & Style Guide
- GEM: Grand Egyptian Museum

Print
- Annual Report: BATF
- Booklet: Bibliothèque d'Alexandrie
- Posters

Graduate Thesis
Beyond Stereotypes

About Me
- About / Contact
- Résumé

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Education
Skills & Tools
Languages
Work
2006 - 2009 / (MS) Master of Science
Communications Design (Screen & Print)
Pratt Institute - NY / NY

1995 - 1999 / (BFA) Bachelor of Fine Arts
Painting & Multimedia
School of Visual Arts - NY / NY

- Highly proficient with all Adobe CS4 Master
  Suite software, Final Cut Studio 2, Audacity,   and Garage Band
- Excellent with xHTML, CSS, Flash Animation,   Word Press
- Comfortable working with ActionScript,   JavaScript, PHP, and CGI Script
- Highly skilled in photography, animation and   multimedia production
- Experience in research, writing, public
  speaking, and client presentations
Tarek Fahmy
e-mail: tarek00.fahmy@gmail.com
portfolio: www.ConceptualDesign.net
blog: www.ConceptualDesign.net/blog

Independent Consultant - Web/Graphic Designer
NY/NY, 06/2001 to Present
- Built web sites from conception to production producing wireframes,   persona studies, storyboards, prototypes, and final products
- Responsible for front end-design (User Centered UX Design) as well   as back-end coding (Clean & Efficient)
- Worked with clients to develop a suitable identity and brand for
  their products
- Collaborated with a team of designers and programmers for specific   projects (Detailed client list in PDF resume below)

E*TRADE Financial - User Experience Architect
NY/NJ, 9/2010 to 3/2011
LINK: http://www.etrade.com
- Articulated concepts through illustrations, sketches, mockups,   wireframes, workflows, and rapid prototypes.
- Worked on Etrade’s Mobile Application for the iPhone and the website.
- Conducted a number of extensive research based heuristics.
- Educated product managers and programmers on usability engineering   best practices

Urban Pixey - Consultant
NY/NJ, 05/2010 – 09/2010
Link: http://www.conceptualdesign.net/viktoria/index.html
- Overall website design, development, and maintenance
Identity creation
- Conducted a competitive analysis and researched similar businesses
- Created original icons to aid overall site navigation and usability
- Used state of the art JavaScript (J-query) throughout the site to aid functionality, upload time, and ease of use
- Employed a state of the art design utilizing 1 HTML page that acted like 5 pages by utilizing a JavaScript scrolling plug-in for the main navigation

résumé
English, French, and Arabic
skillz
PDF download
references