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Steve Matthews

Ideas, UX/UI, Marketing, Graphics & Strategy

Evidence-Based: Marketing, UX/UI, Design, Process Development, Management, ERD, Sales, Product Development, Events, Branding.

Highlights

  • Built a chain of restaurants, with 35 employees.
  • Worked in Japan, Mexico, Canada and traveled worldwide.
  • Lifetime advocate for users and UX/UI.
  • Adept at generating unconventional ideas, troubleshooting and foresight.

Contract | Graphic Design/Analysis/Marketing


1985 to 2024

  • Freelance advertising, marketing, graphics and analysis.

Mophilly.com

2010 to Present

  • Contract advertising, marketing, graphics and analysis for boutique software studio.
  • Customer-facing role managing sales cycle.
  • Created documentation, websites, campaigns, and mobile interfaces (UX/UI). vector icon fonts, advertising, BuddyPress.
  • Numerous marketing, web and UX/UI projects for: telecom, advanced machines, real estate and trucking.

Realtor | Clark Realty Corp – Hilo, HI

2003 to 2010

  • Practiced real estate sales in East Hawaii.
  • Developed database solution for automating paperwork and flipped houses, created various media.

Digital Arts Instructor | Art Institute of California – San Diego, CA

2001 to 2002

  • Wrote curriculum, created instructional materials, and taught computer graphics classes.

President | Picante Mexican Grill, Inc – Cambridge, MA


1990 to 1997

  • Built and managed three upscale taquerias and a juice bar.
  • Managed 35 employees and handled all aspects of operations.

Technical/Designer | Kennard Design – Boston, MA


1987 to 1990

  • Designed advertising, wrote copy, created graphics, and automated production.

Info Systems Analyst | American Express – San Francisco, CA


1986 to 1987

  • Digital sales support for AMEXCO Travel Management Systems.

Technical Director | Laser Media – Los Angeles, CA
1981 to 1986

  • Programmed laser and robotic special effects for shows, products, and world expo’s and events.
  • Created a “laser piano” for real time interactive laser graphics.
  • Worked in Mexico, Japan, Canada and US.

Education

  • Certificate in Business Computing: Cum Laude, Coleman College San Diego, CA
  • A. in Psychology (Emphasis on methodology and biology), UCLA
  • Freshman year basics: Studied plant science, Cal Poly Pomona
  • Summer program in England, Leeds College – Cambridge University, England