Seattle-based UX/UI Designer and vector junky with a background in print design and digital illustration. As a print designer and freelance vector illustrator of 20+ years, I bring to the table a solid foundation of design skills, along with expertise with the industry’s leading design software. My ability to quickly adapt to new situations and eagerness to learn new skills will be a benefit to any UX/UI Design team. I’m also passionate about writing horror and thriller fiction, with two self-published novels under my belt. As both a verbal and visual storyteller, my superpower is the ability to take my client’s vision and translate it into a digital work of art that accurately communicates their story.

1. “There is one principle that must underlie all design:
Have something to say, say it in as few words as possible, then stop talking.”
Seattle-based UI Designer and vector junky with a background in print design and
vector illustration. Passionate about writing horror and thriller fiction, with two self-
published novels. Superpower: the ability to take the client’s vision and translate it
into a digital work of art that accurately communicates their story.
UX/UI Design
UX Copywriting
User Flow
Wireframing/Prototyping
Digital Illustration
Layout/Design
Logos/Identity/Branding
Digital Manipulation
HTML5/CSS
Sketch
InVision
Balsamiq
Principle
Flinto
Overflow
Adobe Creative Suite
Swift/Xcode
Wordpress
Career Foundry January 2019 - July 2019
• Six months of human-centric training with
industry-leading mentors and tutors
• Focus on UX/UI Design with a
comprehensive, hands-on training spanning
from User Flows to Wireframing, High-
Fidelity Mock-Ups, and Prototyping
• Developed several real world projects
during the course, using software such as
Sketch, InVision, Flinto, and Principle
Udemy Spring 2019
• Sketch from A to Z: Become an App
Designer
• The Complete Sketch 5 Course: Design
Apps & Websites 2018
• iOS 12: Learn to Code & Build Real iOS 12
Apps in Swift 4.2
Code Academy Fall 2018
• HTML5 & CSS
Associates of Applied Arts Degree
Commercial Art
Hawkeye Community College • 1992 - 1994
Spectrum Screenprint & Embroidery Plymouth, MN
Remote Contract Designer 2015 - January 2019
Creative Director 2002 - 2015
• Led the art department’s team of four designers as we researched and
implemented cutting-edge designs with new and innovative printing techniques,
including helping to set up one of the first commercially viable Direct to Garment
printing operations.
• Managed the preparation of benchmark concepts to be presented to focus groups
for Jostens’ annual multi-million dollar spirit wear campaign; based on feedback,
designed a series of on-trend merchandise for the program.
Clients: Jostens, Target, Starkey Hearing Foundation, Buffalo Wild Wings, CBS,
NBC, Polaris, Cabela’s, Gander Mountain, Farm Boy Clothing Brand
Independent Graphic Designer
1995 - January 2019
Self-employed freelance illustrator, designer and digital artist
Author, Horror & Thriller Genres
Writing as Mike Powers 2010 - Present
www.authormikepowers.com
Self-Published through Amazon KDP
Vector Stock Art Contributor eCommerce
Vector Illustration and Design, Royalty-Free Stock Art 2008 - Present
• Apparel Design
• Print Design
• iStockPhoto/Getty Images
• Shutterstock
• The Well of Gilgamesh (2016) • Midnight at the North Shore (2019)
• Dreamstime
• Adobe Stock
• Logos/Branding
• Promotional Products
• Photo Manipulation
• Book Cover Designs
Clients: Landmark Worldwide, WCCO (Minnesota CBS Affiliate), Business Impact
Group, Exulans, Payment Alliance International
“In The Well of Gilgamesh: A Wampyr Novel, a genre novel by Mike Powers, we are
presented with a fast paced page turner that stretches back to pre history and
brings us right to the present day with a brilliantly imagined and realized
alternative sense of an age old myth.” -Judge, 4th Annual Self-Published e-Book Awards
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Summary
www.mikepowers.design
Greater Seattle Metropolitan Area
mikepowers.ui@gmail.com
(763) 697-2999
Call me Mike
UX/UI Designer & Digital Illustrator
MICHAEL POWERS