John’s Resumé

Experience

Senior UI Designer: Jive Software

6.2007 to 12.2017

• Design and develop the UI front-end web interface to Jive Software's enterprise software products. Manage key features of the products.
• Work between the engineers and product management to achieve product goals.
• Test prototypes with customers and users for design viability.
• Consult with usability experts on accessibility compliance.

Specialist—Interactive Web Designer: Providence Health System

8.2005 to 6.2007

• Evangelized usability/accessibility as business need for Catholic health organization.
• Specialized in usable and accessible markup using advanced CSS and (X)HTML.
• Created easily re-purposed templates for special events.
• Introduced highly accessible “zoom” layouts via a style switcher.
• Tight integration to regional IS from within Marketing and Communications.
• Upgrading of outdated markup throughout CMS system.
• Served primarily the Oregon region; also served Health Plans and system-wide shared regional services.

Sole Proprietorship: John Lascurettes Design

11.2002 to present – Freelance and Contract work.

• Evolved beyond just visual design and took on XHTML/CSS development work.
• Created XHTML & CSS templates for HollywoodVideo.com’s redesign.
• Provided direct-marketing e-mail design for You Software.
• Designed an interactive product selector for Palm.com’s store.

Clients include: PalmOne, Hollywood Video, You Software, Peasant Pies, California Province of Jesuits

Creative Director/Owner: Draft Six Experience Design

4.2001 to 11.2002

• While collaboratively authoring a creative brief for a website redesign, we refined a more focused brand and mission statement for SFGMC, taking it from three pages of conflicting focus down to a single statement.
• Took Palm.com’s undocumented styles, wrote the copy, created source files and organized them into an online style guide.
• Draft Six’s focus is marrying end user needs and expectations with customer’s business model and goals into intuitive, easy-to-use designs.

Clients include: Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer, Palm, San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus

Creative Director: Cyberplex (Acquired i-Socket 2.2000)

5.1999 to 4.2001

• Started as Art Director and took over management of i-Socket’s design team after Cyberplex acquisition. Managed five designers.
• Designed and directed design for Fortune 500 companies.
• Was the head designer in charge of the brand new Handspring.com site in 1999, gathering design and marketing requirements; site was launched within three months time, product-unseen until shortly before launch.
• Interfaced with creative managers from the other international and regional offices to support distributed-matrix model of production.

Clients include: Handspring, AMD, Charles Schwab, Cisco Systems, Microsoft

Graphic Designer: OnlineFocus, Inc.

10.1996 to 2.1999

Clients include:

• Concept and design of websites for fortune 500 companies.
• Very first projects: look and feel for FedEx Asia online and Promus Hotels brands (Hampton Inn, Embassy Suites and others).
• Projects were carried out within dedicated teams. My duties made me project lead of all graphic concerns for a project.

Clients Include: FedEx, Sun Microsystems, Apple, Fujitsu, CNA Insurance, Cooper Lighting

Graphic Designer/Assistant Art Director: Siemens Business Communication Systems, Inc.

12.1993 to 10.1996

Concept and design of corporate high-end collateral. Art direction of photography, illustration and pre-press.

Designer/Production Artist: Jerome Callens Advertising and Design

9.1989 to 12.1993

Traditional (paste-ups and overlays) and Computer-based layout, design and production.

Clients include: 24 Hour Fitness Centers, San Jose Downtown Association, Susan Hammer for Mayor of San Jose (1989)