ABOUT ME

Hello and welcome to my portfolio site. Right now it's very out of date but I'll be working over the next few weeks to get it updated. In the meantime you can download my 2011 Interaction Design Portfolio in pdf format.

I have been specializing in the field of Interaction and User Experience Design for the past 3 years, but I have been involved with designing for the web (both visual and interaction) since 2006 and multi-media (3D animation and game design) before that. My journey has taken me on a circuitous route to where I am now, but I find that this eclectic experience enables me to take on a variety of design challenges with grace, creativity and exceptional quality. I love being in a role that allows me to design fun, interactive experiences which are built on a foundation of best practice, innovation and creative thinking.

I am currently (and happily) employed at Fluid, in San Francisco. Fluid is a full service web design agency that specializes in Ecommerce, and works with high profile clients such as The North Face, Jansport, Calvin Klein, Diane Von Furstenberg, Kenmore, Craftsman, JELD-WEN, and more... A few of the tasks I do on a day to day basis are: Creating schematics (wireframes), writing functional specifications, building clickable prototypes, conceptualizing user experience flows, and (probably MOST important) communicating all these deliverables to clients in formal presentations. My role there as Senior Interaction Designer puts me in a position where I can learn and grow as an interaction design and usability professional.

CONTACT ME

Linked In Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleyauld
Email: aauld@ashley-arts.com

BIOGRAPHY

I am a resident of the San Francisco Bay Area. I currently live in Alameda and am happily married as of June 24, 2008. My husband and I just recently got a new puppy. Which has been both delightful and exhausting! I feel like we must run an animal farm, because we also have two very big bunnies and a bird (bird is about ready to croak though :()

School: I graduated in the class of 2002 from the Rhode Island School of Design. Since then, I have taken CED classes from SFSU College of Extended Learning

Hobbies: sewing, reading, spending time with friends, karaoke and video games.

Sports: Waterskiing, which is something I've been doing consistently over the course of the last 18 years.

Books: Diana Gabaldon's 'Outlander' series, Terry Goodkind's 'Sword of Truth' series, The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, (yes, I am a nerd like that).

Favorite Quote: “A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.” - Douglas Adams

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