Jake Kahana

Designer in New York, NY, United States

Member since June 16, 2017

Jake is an award-winning designer who uses storytelling, art, and technology to instigate positive social change and build stronger businesses. He's worked with a range of Fortune500 companies, major nonprofits, government agencies, and startups. Over the last ten years, Jake's work has helped these companies change their public image, reach broader audiences, and impact more lives. He'd love to collaborate with you on your next big challenge.

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Digital Design

Share the Good
- InVision
- Sketch
- Wireframing
- UX Design
- UI Design
- Instagram
- Social Media
- Social Media Marketing (SMM)
Wagegoal
- Banking & Finance
- Apps
- Haml
- Less
- CSS
- InVision
- Sketch
- Illustrator CC
- Photoshop CC
- GitHub
Facebook for Nonprofits
- Facebook
- Social Media
- Nonprofits
- Web Design
- Information Architecture (IA)
- User Experience (UX)
- User Interface (UI)
- Branding
- Iconography
- Animation
Goodie
- Branding
- Identity
- Startups
- User Experience (UX)
- User Interface (UI)
- Service Design
- HTML
- Sketch
- CSS
VR Interface (NDA)
- Virtual Reality (VR)
- User Interface (UI)
- Photoshop CC
- Sketch
- Unity3D AI
- Illustrator CC
- Videos
- User Experience (UX)
Make Room
- Responsive
- Nonprofits
- Videos
- Data Visualization
- Web UI
- User Interface (UI)
- Design
- Web UX
- Branding
J&J
- Migration
- Web UX
- UIKit
- Web UI
- Pharmacy
- Pharmaceuticals
- Health
- System Design
- System UI

Employment

Contract Designer
2018 - 2018
Johnson & Johnson
- Collaborated with a small team of designers and content strategists to plan a massive site migration of over 150 sites into a single platform.
- Designed dozens of template pages and content modules.
- Helped audit dozens of sites to generate content categories and organize information.
Technologies: Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, Sketch
Freelance Visual and Experience Designer
2017 - 2018
Learnvest
- Built wireframes for new product features.
- Designed the UI for several new product features, working closely with the product and sales team.
- Ran user testing.
Technologies: Apple Keynote, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Sketch
Freelance Lead Visual Designer
2017 - 2017
Cake and Arrow
- Led visual design to build two digital products for a large insurance company.
- Built prototypes for testing.
- Managed a junior designer.
Technologies: Sketch, InVision, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
Freelance Lead Product Designer
2017 - 2017
Philosophie
- Co-led visual design to build a financial web app that helps low-income families manage their money better.
- Ran design sprints and design studios for two months.
- Built prototypes for testing.
- Coded front-end design for the site using HAML and LESS for the app built with Ruby on Rails.
Technologies: Less, Haml, Sublime Text, InVision, Sketch, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
Creative Director
2014 - 2016
Matter Unlimited
- Grew the agency from three to nine people in less than two years.
- Built digital products for numerous clients including the Clinton Global Initiative, Unicef, and Facebook.
- Nominated for an Emmy and several Webby honoree awards.
- Managed a team of two full time creatives and a pool of freelance talent.
Technologies: Sketch, InVision, Adobe Creative Suite
Lead Designer/Associate Creative Director
2011 - 2013
72andSunny
- Secured four new business pitches.
- Art directed the first Super Bowl spot the agency ever ran.
- Prototyped videos and products pitched to Samsung and Google.
- Awarded over a dozen awards including "Ad Agency of the Year" in back-to-back years.
Technologies: Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Creative Suite
Art Director
2006 - 2010
Deutsch
- Created multimedia campaigns for Playstation.
- Launched HTC brand with a global campaign.
- Contributed to securing three new business pitches.
- Designed all internal communications and event materials for the agency.
Technologies: Adobe Creative Suite

Education

Certificate in Leveling Up
2017 - 2017
Seth Godin's altMBA - Remote
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Fine Arts, Graphic Design
2003 - 2007
University of Southern California - Los Angeles, California

Experience

Illustrator CC15 years
Photoshop CC15 years
InDesign CC15 years
Art Direction11 years
CSS10 years
HTML8 years
InVision5 years
Sketch4 years

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