Design Director / Product Strategy

Aynne Valencia

San Francisco, CA

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Consultant for engagements involving user experience, product strategy, high-level concept, design direction for new products and services and the systems that power them.
Education
- M.A Design
  
  San Francisco State University
  
  2018 - 2021
- Product Design
  
  Domus Academy, Milano Italia
  
  2007 - 2007
- Design (New Media Studies), Gallery Managment
  
  California State University-San Bernardino
  
  1991 - 1994
  
  Internships at California Museum of Photography through grant provided from Apple Computers to design web presence Internship at Mexican Musuem in San Francsco at Fort Mason
Experience
- Design Instructor
  
  General Assemb.ly
  
  Jun 2013 - Present (11 years 6 months)
  
  Curriculum Development, Course experience design, mentoring, training and teaching professional experience design for GA's Experience Design Intensive Course.
  
  https://generalassemb.ly/instructors/aynne-valencia/1477
- Assoc. Creative Director
  
  R/GA
  
  Nov 2012 - May 2013 (6 months)
- Service Design Lead
  
  Fjord
  
  Nov 2011 - Sep 2012 (10 months)
  
  Creative direction, product leadership
- Strategic Design Direction and Consulting
  
  avalen
  
  Jul 2006 - 2012 (6 years 5 months)
  
  Clients:
  eBay Adobe Systems Inc. AOL Bank of America Cisco
- Experience Design Lead for Consumer Products.
  
  Cisco Systems (Formerly MOTO Development)
  
  Nov 2009 - Sep 2011 (1 year 10 months)
  
  Design and strategy for new consumer products and services.
- Instructor
  
  San Francisco State University
  
  Jul 2010 - Oct 2010 (3 months)
  
  Interaction Design Instructor in the Multimedia Studies Program
  Summer 2010 and Fall 2010
- Digital Product Design Director
  
  AKQA
  
  Feb 2009 - Aug 2009 (6 months)
  
  Clients: McDonalds Visa Microsoft.
- Digital Product Design Director
  
  AKQA
  
  Sep 2007 - Jan 2009 (1 year 4 months)
  
  Clients: McDonalds Nike
- Senior User Experience Designer - Yahoo! Groups
  
  Yahoo
  
  Jun 2005 - Jul 2006 (1 year 1 month)
  
  Product design and business strategy for the next generation of Yahoo Groups.
- Product Designer III
  
  Microsoft
  
  Oct 2003 - Jun 2005 (1 year 8 months)
  
  Projects:
  Surface Table, Home Broadband Networking, MSN Messenger
- Product Designer/Consultant
  
  Microsoft
  
  Feb 2001 - Oct 2003 (2 years 8 months)
  
  Clients: State of Kentucky, Wachovia Bank, Pfizer, Microsoft, Verizon
- Senior Designer / Art Director
  
  Luminant Worldwide (formerly Interactive8)
  
  Aug 1999 - Feb 2001 (1 year 6 months)
  
  Clients: Accenture, HP
- Web Developer | Electronic Brokerage Technology Department
  
  Charles Schwab and Co., Inc.
  
  1996 - 1999 (3 years)
Awards

Local Leader for San Francisco IxDA
Affiliations

AIGA, ACM, IxDA
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