Courtney Bolton, Creative Services.

Courtney Bolton, Creative Services. Previous & current employers include A-list design agencies & top-tier consumer brands, such as Method, R/GA, Businessweek, Apple Computer, and TD Ameritrade.

COURTNEY BOLTON • UX / User Experience Design expertise in cloud, responsive web, mobile, tablet, tv, wearable devices • delivering superior user experience through business analysis, ux/design requirements, high-fidelity wireframes, working prototypes, personas, use-case scenarios, user paths, competitive analysis, usability studies, omniture/analytics, product extension & evolution. BACKGROUND •

Experienced user experience design professional with 8+ years of interactive design experience, including extensive hands-on problem-solving in concept creation, brand strategy, information architecture, interaction design, visual /user interface design, usability, & user research. Previous clients / projects include: Bank of America, Lehman Brothers, MF Global, TD Ameritrade Financial Advisors, NY Stock Exchange, Capital One Financial, Daytek, NASDAQ, EMC, AOL, Levi's, TED Talks, Nokia, Avaya, IBM, ESPN, New York University, Parsons, New York University, Tisch ITP, MIT, & US-GOV. I graduated cm laude from Washington University in St. Louis as a dual-degree scholar with joint degrees (BFA, Communication Design and a BA, English Literature + Art History). I spent my semester abroad with the Accademia Italiana in Florence Italy, later completing post-graduate work at Columbia Business School.

• Strategic positioning, competitive analysis, product strategy
• Information architecture, interaction design, user interface /UI design
• Information design, communication design, content strategy
• Wireframes, task flows, scenarios, persona's, permissions, user research
• Creative direction- team & project mgmt
• Brand management, extension
• User research; usability testing & analysis

03/01/2014

Branding is the promise you make; customer experience is the promise you keep.

Connect or die: why Facebook needed WhatsApp - The Verge
02/27/2014

Connect or die: why Facebook needed WhatsApp - The Verge

When Mark Zuckerberg says he wants to "connect the world’s people," it’s not some gentle, humanist statement. Zuckerberg intends to own the communications layer of the world we live in — if...

Loop Wallet review: mobile payments are finally everywhere you want to be - The Verge
02/27/2014

Loop Wallet review: mobile payments are finally everywhere you want to be - The Verge

NFC was supposed to be the future.

My next phone was going to include the technology, which would let me pay at any cash register by waving my phone instead of swiping my credit card. NFC would...

New Tinder Security Flaw Exposed Users' Exact Locations for Months - Businessweek -
02/26/2014

New Tinder Security Flaw Exposed Users' Exact Locations for Months - Businessweek -

A white-hat hacking company found the app's latest security flaw. Tinder has not publicly acknowledged the issue

Abandoned Paris Apartment Gives Glimpse Of 1940s: http://buff.ly/1iwvLtb
02/26/2014

Abandoned Paris Apartment Gives Glimpse Of 1940s: http://buff.ly/1iwvLtb

Abandoned Paris Apartment Gives Glimpse Of 1940s, Gonoon, Abandoned Paris Apartment Gives Glimpse Of 1940s

02/25/2014

The absence of limitation is the enemy of art.

The 4 Stages Of Disruptive Innovation -
02/25/2014

The 4 Stages Of Disruptive Innovation -

If we’re all so aware of disruption, then why do successful products keep getting disrupted?

interview w/ coach Whitney Hess on UX mentors (+ how to find a mentor), personality types, Twitter, conferences. http:...
02/24/2014

interview w/ coach Whitney Hess on UX mentors (+ how to find a mentor), personality types, Twitter, conferences. http://buff.ly/1nYVo6u

Whitney Hess is a UX Coach, a speaker, and writer at her blog Pain and Pleasure. She is also a superb communicator and podcast guest, demonstrated in this episode by her thoughts on the importance of...

America's 10-Year Experiment in Broadband Investment Has Failed - Businessweek -
02/24/2014

America's 10-Year Experiment in Broadband Investment Has Failed - Businessweek -

What happens when you encourage monopolies in return for infrastructure investment? The answer can't please the FCC

This machine kills trolls: How Wikipedia’s robots and cyborgs s***f out vandalism -
02/23/2014

This machine kills trolls: How Wikipedia’s robots and cyborgs s***f out vandalism -

At midnight on February 13th, 2014, a Wikipedia user named Lightningawesome added to the list of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic characters a lengthy biography of Lightning Dash, a capricious,...

02/22/2014

Melon - http:://melonpower.com - Taking commercial buildings from energy data to real savings. It starts with the benchmark.

02/20/2014

"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." –Abraham Lincoln

02/19/2014

History isn't written by the winners; it's written by the writers.

The BuzzFeed Style Guide provides a prevailing set of standards for the internet and social media –
02/19/2014

The BuzzFeed Style Guide provides a prevailing set of standards for the internet and social media –

The BuzzFeed Style Guide aims to provide a prevailing, and evolving, set of standards for the internet and social media.

02/18/2014

Sometimes you are blessed just because someone loves you.

02/17/2014

How to define success? Simple. What's the end game? When you know that – you'll be able to define success for yourself or your project.

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