Dave Ballantine

Dave Ballantine Experience Research & Design

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I'm Dave Ballantine and I'm a UX/IA professional. That means I work with businesses to make the digital world simpler to use, more intuitive and hopefully more enjoyable.  I live and play in the beautiful Pacific Northwest and can't imagine another place that I'd rather call home. 

Manager, User Experience at Expedia

2011 - 2011

Lecturer at University of Washington

January 2006 - June 2010

Lecturer at University of Washington Information School "Internet Technologies and Applications" "Information Architecture Institute" - http://www.extension.washington.edu/ext/special/infoarch/

User Experience Director at HL2

May 2009 - April 2010

Digital Strategy Director at Publicis in the West

May 2008 - February 2009

- Develop and lead strategic engagements for global brands. - Internal facing programs include advocacy, socialization of new technologies and instruction of user experience methodologies at an organizational level. - Manage and maintain strategic client relationships. - Collaborate with creative teams on visual design and all-up User Experience

User Experience Lead at Avenue A | Razorfish

January 2008 - April 2008

User Experience / Sr. Information Architect at Avenue A | Razorfish

February 2006 - January 2008

Interaction Design, User Experience Architect, Information Architecture, Usability Research, Primary User Research

Sr. Information Architect at The Lux Group

2002 - 2006

Interaction Design, User Experience Architect, Information Architecture, Usability Research, Primary User Research, Web Development, Visual Design, Project Management. As a young company, the employees were required to assume the responsibility of many roles.

Lead Designer / Art Director at Mountainzone.com

1998 - 2001

Lead group of designers and developers to design and built web pages for online mountain sports magazine.

Design Consultant at Throw, INC.

July 1997 - October 1997

Design contract position doing interface and icon design for online community portal. Business was bought by Excite and developed into Excite Communities.

Principal at Experience Design Consulting

February 2010

University of Washington

MLIS

University of Washington

BFA

Concentration: Photography