Jonathan Bates is an experienced creative director specializing in design of web content, rich media, UI for web and applications, mobile applications (Android/iPhone/Java Smartphones), widget development, deployment and more.
His mission: make excellent, business-aligned creative that gets results in ways everyone can appreciate: high return-on-investment; quantifiable results; real-time user metrics/analytics; all culminating in a design process that is result-driven, reflecting visual best-practices while mindful of user habits, their expectations, and ultimately the visitors' wants and needs.
Jonathan brings more than 10 years experience from San Francisco and Silicon Valley in senior creative leadership roles for major web brands, including CNET Networks as Design Director for all web products and @Home Network, where he ran multimedia development at the nation's first and largest cable broadband provider.
Core skills & abilities
Strategic brand design + development Dynamic site architecture (UI/User Experience) Executive presentation development + design,
including speaker training + event direction Proven senior online project + team leadership
excellence, supervising up to 50 reports onsite
and managing remote teams worldwide Corporate consultant for creative asset review,
skills and utilization assessments, full-scale
planning and execution of creative/development
reorganizations, realignments, skill enhancement
initiatives and merger/acquisition 'blending' of
staff, leadership and operations
Design style guide + ID system + Brand Book
research, planning and assembly; expert in
online style/brand workspaces and ensuring
full compliance within short timeframe
Mark Farina Web Site & Album Design
Creative Director & Concept design
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Technical abilities
Mastery of Adobe CS4/CS5: Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, InDesign, FlexBuilder Acrobat Pro;
Cloud development using multiple interoperable tools; advanced InfoPath, Google Apps APIs; Sharepoint integration;
Multi-platform and four-screen product development, including global localization
Product design and development via Microsoft Expression 3 & Visual Studio 2008 (XAML, VB & JavaScript)
Rich media product development using Silverlight, AJAX and Adobe AIR + Flex platforms for deployment on web and mobile platforms
Extensive experience in advanced design, production and authoring of CMS-based sites; rich media with interactive & real-time data inter-operability; customized web applications, including widgets
Mobile app development in Android and iOS environments
Development of dynamic ad units and off-site brand extensions, including microsites and one-off promotional efforts
Advanced development and coding in HTML, XML & ASPX (.NET) environments for CMS-enabled sites and flat-file static sites
Exceptional PowerPoint presentation design and authoring, as well as speaker training and event management experience
Proven written abilities, with extensive experience creating copy for technical, advertising and corporate communications
Products that look sharp, excite the user, prove their effectiveness via robust analytics, and extend the brand while enhancing market positioning