Aaron Boswell

Overview: API Source provides branded merchandise for our clients across many verticals and I am in charge of the websites that sell them. We mainly use Magento 2 but also have utilized Shopify and other carts to get products to market. I tend to think of myself as a product manager, only my product is Magento e-commerce websites and not a software app. My job is to understand what needs to be done, then work with my team to get a good product out the door. With developers in different states, we uses Jira, Bitbucket, Harvest, Forecast, Slack, Skype, and Google Docs to stay in touch. My challenge is to stay in touch with the developers (and our clients) to ensure that our deliverables are getting done.

I am in charge of all of API’s web development projects. We have the ability as a small team to deliver great looking visuals as well as superior coding. With my background in both print and web design, I can visualize obstacles that some directors can’t, just because they have no front-end experience. In the past few years we have developed many responsive Magento stores. Responsive design, by it’s very nature, requires not only knowledge of backend code but also visual layout changes as browsers resize from desktop to mobile platforms. It’s my role to foresee issues and make changes so that the product delivered is the right one for the client.

Responsibilities: Work with my team to set up e-commerce sites, manage the development process from beginning to end, and launch the site to production. Write tickets for new work as well as bug stories that translate what the client (or internal team) sees to what developers understand. I have the responsibility to keep my team on track as well as work with the client to manage expectations. Many times, I will pitch in to either fix the ticket or test the solution to make sure that what I have written gets done.

Overview: I was in charge of all of SFC’s design projects and most of the development projects. This position was remote with many of my team not only out of state but out of country as well. It was my role to translate what our clients wanted to development tasks that could get done and get it out the door in a reasonable timeframe.

Responsibilities: Work with my team to set up e-commerce sites, manage the development process from beginning to end, and launch the site to production. Write tickets for new work as well as bug stories that translate what the client (or internal team) sees to what developers understand. I have the responsibility to keep my team on track as well as work with the client to manage expectations. Many times, I will pitch in to either fix the ticket or test the solution to make sure that what I have written gets done.

Overview: Worked mainly on eCommerce sites. These sites were focused on the Magento platform. During this time, the goal was to take the clients sites and update them to standards-based HTML/CSS and move them away from table-based design. While mainly a web shop, I was still able to keep my hand in print by finishing the SLCC alumni magazine, “Associate”.

Responsibilities: I was responsible for all front-end decisions. While most of our clients had pre-existing designs they wanted to maintain, I was able to work on flow and how the user liked to move through the site.

Overview: Security National Financial Corp. had no cohesive online brand before I was hired. Coming in I redesigned all of the company’s websites and created a brand that permeated all divisions of SNFC (mortgage, life insurance, and memorial). During my three years there, I was able to design and maintain over 10 public websites and numerous internal web projects.

Responsibilities: In charge of all web based elements, including: HTML/CSS, Online Brand, and Interface Design, HTML Email, interface with .NET frameworks. I also created various logos and print projects in conjunction with their websites.

Overview: Small Graphic/Web Design firm I created with a marketing partner. After a little over two years, DFF Design spun off to do business solo. DFF Design was a small standards-based web design shop that focused on clean design and code.

Clients: NLU Incorporated (Web/Print/Identity), ScreenGuardz/Bodyguardz (Web/Packaging/Identity/Illustration), Headhound.com (Web/Print), Stone Consulting Group (Identity/Print/CD), Hyde Outdoors (Identity/Web/Print), Max.com (Print/Packaging/Promotional), TruAudio (Web), Helius (Print/Illustration/Flash), RealtyWorld (Flash), Admin Services Group (Web), Wood Crapo (Web), Fabian & Clendenin (Web), Pocket Solutions (Identity/Packaging), Amphibious Zoo (Web), DiveAddicts (Web), Spotted Drum Design (Print).

Overview: I was responsible for all print and marketing material that went out to the public. I designed packaging for their retail products and also designed interfaces for the products themselves. Working on a team with a Web Developer and Web Designer, we created both internal and external company websites.

Responsibilities: In charge of all visual elements, including: Print, Packaging, Booths, Identity & Functional Specs, Logos & Trademarks, CD Interfaces & Silkprints, Posters & Banners, and Interface Design.

Overview: I started out of college at the approximate level of Jr. Designer doing all of HAP Web and Print design. After moving to Orem, I headed up the web/interactive side, creating most of the websites that came out of HAP during that time.

Clients: MetroBook (Web/Print), Novell (Print), PowerQuest (Web/Print), Golds Gym (Web), FranklinCovey (Web/Print), SmartForce (Interactive CD-ROM & PowerPoint with Flash).