Iri Hoxha Senior Product Designer Seeking a lead position in Product Design, UX/UI Design or Communication Design. Previously lead a team as Design VP at HEVO, creating a new electric vehicle charging experience through software and hardware, for businesses and consumers. Honorary graduate from CUNY’s NYC College of Technology. He/him.
Graphic Design • UX/UI Design • Brand Development • Packaging Design • Video Editing • 3D Modeling • Print Production
Experience Vice President of Design at HEVO Inc. Sep 2018—Aug 2019 • 1 year • Brooklyn, NY
HEVO Inc. is a Brooklyn-based hardware and software company that develops electric vehicle wireless charging technologies in addition to other EV charging services for businesses and consumers.
• Directly managed and supervised every design aspect of the company’s products and services • Designed, delivered and managed all outgoing documents and materials intended for capital raising and existing investors • Coordinated and submitted budgets, timeliness and milestones in accordance with HEVO’s Objective Key Results (OKR) actions • More than doubled the size of the design and software team through by interviewing and hiring candidates • Produced 3 design patents involving unique hardware design and features; application pending; collaboration with Hardware team • Ideated, storyboarded and directed a video production team to deliver 3 concept commercials • Successfully shipped a beta version of the HEVO mobile app on iOS and Android; available internally • Successfully shipped a beta version of the HEVO Dashboard for field testing with business clients and automotive OEMs • Delivered a re-imagined HEVO Dashboard experience and design based on user feedback; extended support for mobile and tablet
Lead Product Designer at HEVO Inc. Oct 2016—Aug 2018 • 1 year 11 months • Brooklyn, NY & Remote
• Successfully created and shipped a new brand visual identity of the company; gradually scaled up throughout its products and services • Redesigned and shipped a new website that increased speed, loading times, improved user flow and increased page views • Successfully shipped an alpha version of the HEVO Dashboard for internal testing on desktop class devices • Redesigned a v2.0 release of the HEVO Mobile App for iOS; alpha build released internally for testing • Created and supervised illustrations, product renderings for product catalogs, manuals and technical specifications • Created and supervised illustrations, renderings and infographics for marketing materials at keynote presentations and trade shows • Reported on weekly company-wide huddles; coordinated with other team leaders to establish and execute plans
Additional Relevant Experience Communication Designer at The ALIX Experience Dec 2015—Aug 2016 • 9 months • New York, NY Communication Designer at Alexapath Jun 2016—Aug 2016 • 3 months • Internship • Brooklyn, NY
Web Designer at Giant Films Jun 2015—Jun 2017 • 2 years and 1 month • Internship & part-time • Brooklyn, NY & Remote Publication Designer at SO Architecture Aug 2015—Dec 2015 • 5 months • Part-time • Brooklyn, NY Co-Founder, Designer & Editor-in-Chief at IMA (InfoMedia Albania) Oct 2010—Mar 2015 • 4 years and 6 months • Remote
Education Bachelor of Technology in Communication Design 2013—2017
CUNY NYC College of Technology • Magna Cum Laude • First Runner-Up at annual CUNY Public Speaking Competition Dec 2016 • Beyond Coding program certificate Jun 2016 • NYC Tech Talent Pipeline program certificate Aug 2015 • Member of the National Society of Leadership & Success Dec 2015
Certified in Italian Language from Università per Stranieri di Perugia 2010 Some knowledge of French & Spanish • Native speaker of Albanian
Key Software: (Adobe) InDesign • XD • Illustrator • Photoshop • Dimension • Lightroom • After Effects • Premiere ProAutocad Maya • SketchApp • Affinity • HTML & CSS
References available upon request. Additional information available on my LinkedIn profile.
[email protected] +1 (646) 327–5713