Aaron McGuire

Product Designer and Interactive Art Director

Hello, I’m Aaron, a product designer and interactive art director with over ten years of experience in interactive product design. As a designer, my single purpose is to bring value to clients through strategy, analytics, creative, user experience and technology. I have had the opportunity to have worked with some of the most distinguished brands in the world to launch cross-platform solutions for web, mobile and social.

I thrive on the creation of immeasurable emotional experiences that not only connects people with a product instantly but also make people feel, reflect and discuss what they have experienced. I work methodically and I am always excited about new ideas. From the wildest concepts to the finest details, passion, perfection and innovation are at the heart of everything I do. If you want to break boundaries with your

interactive product, then reading this is a good start.

My philosophy is that the best ideas don’t need explaining. Therefore my methodology is based on a simple principle of collaboration filled with constant, refinement and iteration. I have the eye for detail and all things beautiful, but I am only happy with an idea when it adds value to someone’s life. I make sure the products I work on are useful and aesthetically delightful. When I’ve solved a problem in an innovative way, then I can relax.

For more info check out one of the following places... or email ;)

Hub from Yahoo!
for the iPhone

Hub is a fast and easy-to-use messaging app that allows you to send real text messages and have group conversations over sms for free.

February 2011 - November 2011

  • Lead Designer
  • User Experience
  • Visual Design
  • Interaction Design
  • iOS

Hub from Yahoo!
for Android Devices

Hub is a fast and easy-to-use messaging app that allows you to send real text messages and have group conversations over sms for free. I was lead designer from concept to launch.

November 2010 - December 2011

  • Lead Designer
  • User Experience
  • Visual Design
  • Interaction Design
  • Production
  • Android

Yahoo! Mail
for Android Devices

Yahoo Mail for Android Devices is a faster, smarter, richer experience for over 10 million Android users. Key features include multiple Yahoo! Mail accounts, preview photos in your inbox, enhanced integration with Yahoo! Messenger, push notifications of your mail, send and receive mail attachments, compose with rich text & emoticons, smart folders and powerful search.

January 2010 - March 2011

  • Product Design Architect
  • Lead Designer
  • User Experience
  • Visual Design
  • Interaction Design
  • Production
  • Android

Yahoo! Messenger
for Android Devices

Yahoo! Messenger for Android devices is a faster, smarter and richer experience for over 4 million Android users. Key features include free voice and video calls, chat with Facebook friends, free international sms, share photos and video, chat with Windows Live friends, stay online on Android & PC at the same time, and receive messages only where you are active.

January 2010 - March 2011

  • Product Design Architect
  • Lead Designer
  • User Experience
  • Visual Design
  • Interaction Design
  • Production
  • Android

Yahoo! Messenger
for the iPad

I was lead designer in charge of creating a unified user experience across multiple platforms for all Yahoo's communication products. This is an example of how Yahoo! Messenger for iPad would look.

August 2010 - November 2010

  • Product Design Architect
  • Visual Design
  • Interaction Design
  • iOS

Yahoo! Mail
Redesign

The redesign of Yahoo! Mail was a code up refresh to promote 2x speed, better spam protection, IM in mail with both Yahoo and Facebook friends, smart-folders, new themes and so much more. My role was to lead design in unifying the UX across various platforms, exploring the Messenger in mail experience, and create component/icon libraries for design team distribution.

December 2009 - March 2011

  • Product Design Architect
  • User Experience
  • Visual Design
  • Production

Intuit CMO

Intuit’s Customer Manager Online is a SAAS-based customer relationship management tool for small to mid-sized businesses built in a Adobe Flex environment.

November 2008 - February 2009

  • Visual Design
  • User Experience
  • UI Design
  • Flex XML Markup

Intuit Icon Refresh
for Desktop Apps

Concepted, sketched, iterated and refined Intuit's desktop product suite's desktop icons in order to modernize and incorporate the company’s new brand effort. I contributed by conceptualizing what the major product definitions were in sketch format, refining those concepts with marketing and management feedback, and helped in the production of those icons in various digital formats (ai, eps, png and ico).

June 2008 - August 2008

  • Art Direction
  • Visual Design
  • Production

Chiara Boutique

Chiara Boutique is a retailer and agent of high-end shoes, handbags and accessories located in Warsaw, Poland. Working directly with the client I creatively directed and developed a new brand direction for the company that expresses the experience of the company, knowledge of the market, and the products they sale. The website serves as a brochure for all prospective global partners wanting to enter the Polish market.

December 2007 - January 2008

  • Creative Direction
  • Branding
  • Copywriting
  • HTML/CSS Markup
  • Information Architecture

Yahoo! Today Module
for Broadband Portals

Increased the user experience by adding an expandable video area, adding more thumbnail stories and refreshed the look and feel for a highly prized module that tracks up to 15 million users daily on partner broadband portals.

May 2006 - August 2006

  • Visual Design
  • Motion Design
  • User Experience
  • User Testing
  • Flash Prototype

Yahoo! Partner Portal
for AT&T Broadband

The AT&T Yahoo! broadband portal is one of many partner portals Yahoo! hosts on the MyYahoo! framework. I redesigned the AT&T Yahoo! broadband portal experience and rebranded SBC to AT&T on all Yahoo! properties after the purchase of SBC in 2006.

February 2006 - December 2006

  • Visual Design
  • UI Design
  • User Experience
  • User Testing