# Aaron Thompson

> Product Design Lead

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/aaronthompson

My mission is to find out what people’s problems are and then make things that help them solve those problems intuitively and elegantly.

Right now I’m solving small problems for lots of people.

Soon I’d like to solve big, unarticulated problems for lots of people.

## Work Experience
### Senior Experience Design Lead @ Apple
Jan 2019 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area

### Experience Designer @ Apple
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Associate Director of User Experience @ Critical Mass
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Senior User Experience Architect @ Critical Mass
Jan 2013 – Jan 2016 | Calgary, Canada & San Francisco Bay Area

### User Experience Designer @ Sajak & Farki
Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 | Calgary, Canada

### User Experience Designer @ Giftbit
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 | Calgary, Canada

### User Experience Designer @ ClearMotive Marketing Group
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | Calgary, Canada

### Art Director, Interactive @ BMIR
Jan 2010 – Jan 2011 | Calgary, Canada
I led the conceptual stages of online projects which include initial discovery meetings with clients to develop creative briefs, putting together appropriate and efficient information architecture deliverables, and designing, directing and passing finalized web design layouts to the programming and front-end development teams.

### Web Designer @ BMIR
Jan 2007 – Jan 2010 | Calgary, Canada
· Followed direction provided in creative briefs, and various elements of information architecture to create website designs that were unique, and effective;
· Worked closely with a web production team to ensure the successful production of website designs.

### Graphic Designer/Web Developer @ Stylewerx.Communications Inc
Jan 2006 – Jan 2007 | Calgary, Canada
· Used my technical training in graphic and web design to produce websites and print pieces for numerous and varying clients in and around Calgary;
· Often worked as the sole production employee with 30+ projects on the go; shifted priorities between different projects and clients.


## Education
### BCS in Communications
University of Calgary
Jan 2003 – Jan 2007

### NMPD in Design
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT)
Jan 2005 – Jan 2007


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/aaronsthompson

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