# John Gray

> UI/UX/Visual Design

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

Designer specializing in product design for mobile devices including UX, visual design, and prototyping. Passionate for user-centered product discovery processes that result in delightful, innovative mobile products.

Years of experience in web design, industrial design, 3D, branding, informational graphics, video editing, and motion graphics. Formally trained and worked in agile environments.

## Work Experience
### Designer @ Aquera
Jan 2025 – Present

### Owner @ Grayarea Design San Francisco
Jan 2001 – Present
Clients include: Cisco, Sun Microsystems, nCircle, BlueLane, IDEO, WestTel, Northstar, ACL Technologies, Lexis Nexis, The Idea Factory, Brown-Forman Wines, HyTrust, ELC Technologies, SeeBeyond, NeoNotion, ArcSight, Intel, Teletrac.

### Product Designer for SWYP @ Qvivr
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017
Product and user experience design for mobile apps and bluetooth enabled smart card device. Includes interaction and visual design.

### User Experience Designer @ Goji Access
Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | San Francisco
Lead designer for smart lock connected app for iOS and Android. Responsibilities include user research, application design, wireframes, prototyping, user testing, and final visual design of mobile application. Also responsible for user experience and behavior of the smart lock which contains a screen, camera, motion and proximity sensors. Additionally assist with design of marketing and brand materials.

### Design Principal @ Smartbotics
Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Los Gatos, CA
User experience and design for mobile applications for Bluetooth hardware accessories. Responsible for creative direction, brand identity, product packaging, and marketing materials.

### Principal Product Designer @ Biba Systems, Inc
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | San Francisco
User experience, interaction, and visual design for Android, iOS and desktop applications.

### Senior Product Designer - Mobile @ Hotwire
Jan 2010 – Jan 2012
Product design including discovery, interaction and visual design for mobile web and native mobile apps. Worked in agile teams for mobile web site and iOS application.

### Visual Designer @ SeeBeyond (acquired by Sun Microsystems)
Jan 2005 – Jan 2009
Contract work primarily designing software interfaces.

### Designer @ HyTrust
Jan 2007 – Jan 2008

### Contract Designer @ SeeBeyond
Jan 2000 – Jan 2005
At SeeBeyond worked with both marketing teams creating custom "info graphics" as well as trade show signage, application interface design, various collateral pieces, and advertisements.

### Contract Designer @ Idea Factory
Jan 2001 – Jan 2002
Graphic facilitation, visual design

### Visual Designer @ Scient
Jan 2000 – Jan 2001

### Designer @ I.M.A.G.I.N.E
Jan 1998 – Jan 2000


## Education
### BS in Industrial Design
Georgia Institute of Technology


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/grayarea
- Portfolio: http://grayjohn.com

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Last updated: 2026-04-13