Design and interactive services, professional standards, and an effective approach to exceeding expectations
Hello, my name is Shane Thompson. Founder of a full-service design, interactive, and development studio working with countless brands in myriad industries. I consider myself a Swiss Army knife of skills, technical capacity, leadership, and professionalism with aim of exceeding creative expectations. My career has spanned Seattle to Los Angeles and back to the Bay Area near family. I’m always open to new creative opportunities, collaborations, and full-time roles. Let’s connect!
“Shane has been my go-to-person for privacy and data protection related changes to Intertrust’s web site when I was running the company’s privacy program. He’s been an excellent and creative collaborator, keen on doing the right thing for the user, and delivering outstanding results. He executed successfully with tight deadlines and competing demands. I always enjoyed working with Shane and knew I could depend on him. He’d be a great asset to any team.”
Tomas Sander, Technical Program Manager, Privacy / Google
“Shane is amazing. I have worked with him over the course of eight years, four companies, and countless late nights. He is absolutely the most gifted, hard-working, and personable person I have ever worked with.”
Brian Conte, Accomplished CEO/CTO / Startup Showcase
“Shane is an extremely versatile designer. He brings a wealth of experience across web, print and digital. Super diligent, dependable and always ready to jump in at the deep-end and share his experience. He is a great team player, has a great personality and gets along with absolutely everyone!”
Alvin Perry, Global Creative Director / Intertrust
“Shane is by far the most naturally talented graphic designer I have ever had the pleasure to work with. Every piece he creates is a masterpiece unto itself, and every deadline is met. Most importantly, Shane is a truly outstanding person.”
Spencer Maiers, Sr. Web Developer / Monolith Productions
“Everything related to Shane revolves around quality and professionalism. His work is impeccable, precise and always delivered on-time. Shane is a great team player who is always ready to run the extra mile to make sure that those who depend on his work can meet their objectives. His creativity and attention to details combined with a natural understanding of the target audience, made so that his work has always exceeded the expectations. I enjoyed working with Shane very much! He has been always there to support the team even when the schedule was extremely tight.”
Guido Cugi, Business and Technology manager, Europe / Intertrust
“Shane and I worked in the same group (Personagraph) for 2+ years. Although we did not work on the same project, I could still see his work on designing the Personagraph website and always keeping it relevant and using making aesthetic design elements to explain a complex idea of Personagraph in a simple manner. Besides his creative skills, is very organized in his work. At Personagraph, we were trying out new ideas, marketing pitches and required to come up with new ideas and it was challenging times, and Shane made himself available any time at any hour and always delivered quality work. You can find a creative person, but finding a person who is dedicated, organized, and producing quality work under pressure, is very hard and Shane is one of those few people. If you are looking for a designer with those qualities, Shane is the right person.”
Bharath Booshan, Senior Software Engineer - Confluence Mobile at Atlassian
“I had the pleasure of working with Shane for two years, and during that time, when I needed impressive world class presentations, I went to Shane. Shane was always busy, almost always on a deadline, but he would listen to the panic in my voice, as well as understand what I was unsuccessfully trying to accomplish, and quickly offer a timeline and a solution that always exceeded my expectations. Shane is well versed in design and is exceptional at creating graphics and design themes based on loosely defined requirements. The quality of Shane’s work, organization and attention to detail are excellent. Shane delivers the goods, and he does so in a professional and friendly way. I would enjoy working with Shane again and know that he has the intelligence, work ethic and design skills to add real value wherever he works.”
Tom Carroux, Business Development Executive - Cloud Technology
“Shane has an incredible mix of talents – creatively and technically. He is one of the most creative staff members I have had the pleasure to work with. His savvy business sense is complemented by his rare integrity and his commitment to delivering excellent, effective creative solutions.”
Brandon Walker, Creative Director / Sierra On-Line Entertainment
“If Shane were only a great designer with a vast imagination for multiple solutions to any problem and a remarkable eye for what is striking, that would probably be more than enough for his clients. As luck would have it, however, he is also an amazingly hard worker who deeply understands and appreciates what it takes to work as part of a team. This results not only in great design, but also in drawing the best out of each person on the team. Shane embraces the notion that truly great work is built on truly great strategy and lends his full support to those who work on that piece of the puzzle.”
Patti Burke, President / InHouse Marketing
“Shane was instrumental in moving our marketing campaign initiatives forward with ease because of his impeccable, wide breadth of industry knowledge and creative/technical skill sets, his dedication to meeting deadlines, and going above and beyond to ensure the deliverables. Our marketing team thoroughly enjoyed collaborating with him every step of the way, as we knew we could always rely on him to turn around stunning creative assets or put out technical fires calmly and assuredly. I highly recommend Shane in any creative / web development capacities.”
Emmie Le, Consulting at Google / Marvel Marketers
“Bringing both positive energy and a hardworking mentality, Shane is one of the most reliable and friendly people I have ever worked with. Consistently going above and beyond to do what is truly best for his team and the business, he always does everything he can to see that things get done right. In my experience working with Shane, he has proven to be a skillful and passionate creative with a strong drive and ability to take initiative when needed. Given the chance, I would be professionally and personally pleased to work with Shane again as an Art Director, leader and designer for any Web or Customer facing content.”
Jake VanAdrighem, Product Manager at Intertrust
“Shane got it done. He was at the center of many moving parts in our organization and I could always depend on his help, be it large or small. Highly creative, detail oriented, and fun to have around. Would be an asset to any team or leading your existing team.”
Andrew Snyder, Protecting Payments, PII, & Code w/Crypto and Code Obfuscation at Intertrust
“Shane was a great team member. He often went above and beyond to make things work for his team and others. His work ethics and skills were felt and reflected on all the quality deliverables across the company.”
Eric Tran, Regional Sales Manager, North America at NSFOCUS Information Technology Co., Ltd.
“Although I only got to know and work with Shane for about 8 months, it became crystal clear early on that Shane is the sort of human you come to rely on with the greatest confidence. Shane gets things done fast, accurately and with a great sense of humor - exactly my preferred co-worker attributes. We had to do some website restructuring and he was always on top of the game, getting things done without having to look over his shoulder. Email newsletters went out on time and without a technical hitch. Shane is a very warm and caring person that you will want on your team because you know he'll get everything done on time and with a great attitude. If you get the chance to hire him, don't hesitate - if you snooze you lose! I recommend Shane highly from the bottom of my heart.”
Bo Ferm, Product Marketing Consultant at Intertrust
“As the IT exec at Intertrust I collaborated with Shane continually on many web-related initiatives. Skills-wise he is a great blend of 'creative' and 'technical', and he is as capable of designing a great looking site as he is bringing it to production and integrating third-party solutions into it. Personality-wise Shane is truly top shelf; he is 100% positive, 100% professional, committed, caring, and diligent. I once told him 'give me three Shanes and I will conquer the world.' Any team would benefit from having Shane on board.”
Nathaniel Lee, IT and Operations Leader / Intertrust Technologies
“I was in a bind and needed some logo concepts done quickly, so I called Ticker Design. Shane and I have worked together before and I knew he could get the job done in a quick manner with our cost factor in mind. He blew us away with the concepts he presented. The client was very pleased. I wouldn’t hesitate to use him again in the future.”
Lisa Torrence, Art Director / Morton Design
“Shane is one of the most diligent workers I know and his dedication to his work goes above and beyond what is required. He is always up for a challenge and is constantly open to learning, even about things that may not directly affect his work but are important to the mission of the organization. He is also a great team player and is always there to help out.”
Phillip Keys, Sr. Manager Marketing Communications at Intertrust Technologies
“Shane is a dedicated, sharp and intuitive designer. He takes keen interest in products and dives deep into the ‘what and why’ to create something simple and compelling. I worked with Shane to create our first go-to-market collateral and other marketing assets for Personagraph and I have only great memories of a super successful collaboration. He is one of the most hard-working people I have come across and I wish him the very best.”
Rashi Agarwal, Product Operations Manager at LinkedIn
“Shane is a highly skilled designer/coder as well as a great mentor and a friend. I worked with Shane for several years and he's the one of the few people you can count on. When needing help with a project or when you're seeking for a mentorship, Shane is always honest and sharp with giving feedback in a new perspective. Great designer, great team player, who is trustworthy and highly skilled.”
Ji Eun, Sr. Product Designer @ VMware – NSX
“I have worked with Shane for over 6-year at Intertrust. Shane is very talented artist and hard-working person, and he helped me and our team a lot even when things need to be done under very tough situations. He is a good people person and brought a lot of positive atmosphere and synergy within the company that also increased our productivity. It was an honor to work with Shane at Intertrust, and I highly recommend Shane for any artistic and collaborative environment.”
Yutaka Nagao, VP Global Technology Initiatives, GM Japan, Advanced Development Group at Intertrust Technologies Corporation
“Shane is an awesome coworker and super efficient in getting job done. I had a pleasure to work with him at Intertrust and can not explain how much enjoyed working with him. He was very professional, communicating clearly and making sure he understands the requirements correctly, and extremely supportive and efficient in accomplishing high priority tasks in a cross functional team environment. He is a great person to work with and very sharp, skillful, and creative art director, designer, and web developer.”
Ali Hodjat, Product Marketing Leader at Intertrust
Shane Thompson
Sunnyvale, CA • 408.455.5938 •
Portfolio: www.tickerdesign.com/
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/elshatho/
PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE
Exceed expectations in creativity, passion, professional standards, and creative management.
SKILLS SUMMARY
SOFTWARE
Figma, Adobe Creative Suite (Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Premiere, Adobe AfterEffects, Adobe XD), QuarkXPress, Apple (Pages, Numbers, Keynote, Xcode, Logic Pro X), Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint), Microsoft Visual Studio, Sublime Text, Camtasia, Avid Pro Tools, Axure RP Pro, Sketch, Zeplin, InVision, SVGator
DEVELOPMENT
HTML, CSS (Sass/Less), Javascript/jQuery, PHP/ASP, XML, MySQL, Apache, WordPress, Bootstrap, Applescript, Adobe Script
MARKETING OPS
Asana, Marketo, Act-On, HubSpot, Constant Contact, Eventbrite, Salesforce
EXPERIENCE
Creative Director / Owner
Ticker Design – Creative services sole proprietorship
Ongoing since Jan 1996 - Present • San Jose, CA & Seattle, WA
Senior UX/UI Designer & Web Developer
Intertrust Technologies Corporation – B2B technology company
May 2013 - Feb 2020 / Sunnyvale, CA & San Francisco, CA
Art Director
Level Studios – Marketing agency
Nov 2006 - Jun 2011 / San Luis Obispo, CA & Los Angeles, CA
Senior Graphic Designer
Warner Bros. Entertainment – Video game publisher
Sep 2004 - Aug 2005 / Kirkland, WA
Senior Graphic Designer
RealNetworks – Internet software and services company
Jan 2003 - Aug 2004 / Seattle, WA
Senior Graphic Designer
Morton Design – Graphic design firm
Jun 2002 - Dec 2002 / Bellevue, WA
Senior Graphic Designer
Sierra On-Line Entertainment – Video game publisher
Jan 2000 - Oct 2001 / Bellevue, WA
Senior Graphic Designer
Monolith Productions – Video game publisher
Aug 1998 - Dec 1999 / Kirkland, WA
EDUCATION
The Art Institute of Seattle | Seattle, WA
Associate of Applied Art degree in Visual Communications - Graduated with honors
Cusick High School | Cusick, WA
High School Diploma - Graduated with honors
References available upon request.
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