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Kobo, Senior Visual Designer

I was initially worked at Kobo through an agency. However, I was later hired as a full-time employee. Over the course of 4.5 years, I worked on countless applications and device releases, and it still amazes me how much we accomplished.

Below are a few examples of some devices I enjoyed working on, some of which were award winners:

KOBO ARC

This 7" tablet was the 2nd Android based tablet that we released at Kobo following the Vox. We completely redesigned the interface for this one and came up with a beautiful and powerful tablet taking what we learned from the first version and introducing tapestries, a collections based experience that was revolutionary during that period.

My Role: I was one of 2 visual designers on this amazing project and loved every minute of this experience! I helped manage all the assets, created visually stunning mock-ups and worked closely with developers.

KOBO ARC 7 HD

We started and finished these 2 tablets at the same time as the Arc 10HD. The challenge here was both 7" tablets have different resolutions and form factors then the 10". This means everything had to be mocked up in 3 different sizes, assets cut 3 times, and testing tripled.

It was fast paced and it all came out as one of the best designed tablets in the market!

My Role: I contributed to the Visual Design of the entire interface as well as managed all assets, worked with IA's, copywriters, developers and stakeholders. I also created a large number of interactive prototypes to help sell ideas of how the new interface and features would work as well as provided finished prototypes for testing.

KOBO ARC 10 HD

I helped launch the Arc 10HD and along with the Arc 7 & 7HD.

Once again we completely redesigned the interface. The big challenge was that our timeline was short, 6 months from start to finish plus we were launching 3 devices at the same time (see Arc 7 & 7HD).

A huge challenge but I enjoyed the experience very much!