Intern Showcase






		Christopher Jennings Myles I am currently in my second year of achieving my Masters Degree in Human Computer Interaction Design, at Indiana University, Bloomington. Graduating in May 2014. My passions are automobiles, design, learning, music, drawing, being outdoors, numerous types of sports, salsa dancing, fishing, building all sorts of things, and having fun while doing everything. Design Method Skills Brainstorming, Interviewing, Surveys, Personas, Storyboarding, Usability, Testing, Sketching, Prototyping, Ethnographic Observation, Affinity Diagramming, Wire framing Software Skills InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Lightroom, Fireworks, Excel/Power Point, Axure Pro, Rhino 4.0, Drupal CMS, SiteCore CMS Other Skills Letterpress Printing, Book Binding, HTML/CSS, Photography, Concept Car Research, Drawing, Painting


		SUMMER MISSION develop lasting relationships improve communication skills expand horizons get out of comfort zone try new things put skills to the test learn new techniques pursue new opportunities get involved in other groups ask questions EXPLORE!


		PROJECTS


		HEURISTIC EVALUATION OF MOBILE UI
		Evaluate the Android application against the design principles that are used in interaction design patterns Jakob Nielsen’s 10 Interaction Design Heuristic Principles: Visibility of system status, Match between system and the real world, User control and freedom, Consistency and standards, Error prevention, Recognition rather than recall, Flexibility and efficiency of use, Aesthetic and minimalist design, Help users recognize, diagnose, and recover from errors, Help and documentation Pin point aspects of the mobile app that indicate trouble areas
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		COMPETITOR ANALYSIS OF VIEW ITEM
		Evaluate eBay's competitor within the mobile space Familiarize with the compititon in order to create a better working mobile application for eBay
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		COUPON ICON CONCEPTS for VIEW ITEM
		Generate multiple concepts and present them for approval Work with site designer in order to align with the DS3 guidelines
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		NOTIFICATION ICON CONCEPTS
		Develop ideas and concepts on a new notification icon Concepts need to stay alined with the DS3 family. Common issues when designing a new icon; create something compelling enough to stand out, yet still meet eBay's global brand standards
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		PHOTO FLOW MOCK UPS
		Improvements on: ability to select and upload multiple photos at a time, no default crop, clarifying the camera and gallery options. Competitive analysis on what other apps are doing for their multiple photo upload. Align with iOS
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		ANDROID STYLE GUIDE
		This projects marks the beggining of developing a document that brings designers and engineers together. My role was to gather color scemes and the different types of buttons that are on the android platform
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		EXTRA DESIGNS
		This project was for Sid Sethi, Core Apps PM, The goal was to invision a new concept project that he was driving. My task was to create mock ups for what this concept idea were too look like on iPhone, high fidelity mock ups
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		PayPal HACK-A-THON EVENT
		Team of 4: Thomas Johnston, Greg Blaszczuk, Sid Sethi My Role: UX / UI Designer
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		SUMMARY
		many relationships established communication skills improved types of conversations expand horizons within design get out of comfort zone some projects get rejected put skills to the test, showcase learn new techniques, Mica pursue new opportunities work with new teams ask questions constantly talk to everyone EXPLORED! eBay, California
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	SPECIAL THANKS TO
	Mica Merce Elissa Darnell & entire mobile design team
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