Belmer Negrillo

Senior Interaction Designer and Art Director, Vuvox Network

Belmer currently works as Sr. User Experience Designer at eBay. eBay has acquired his previous workplace, VUVOX, on July 2008. At eBay he already generated 5 patent applications for Rich Media interactive interfaces. He is fascinated by design that is based on observing real user needs, design that is engaged with social causes and interfaces that have several optional levels of interaction, taking in consideration diversity of people. As Senior User Experience Designer and Art Director at VUVOX, he designed tools integrate the complex requirements for the professional multimedia authoring market with the simplicity expected from online applications. An example is ‘Collage’, that appeals to photojournalists demanding professional ways to tell a story with text, photos and videos. ‘Collage’ also appeals to the regular consumer looking to have an easy way to create a visually appealing presentation for sharing media with friends. As an Interaction Designer for IDEO, he worked on the development of interfaces and new functionalities for a Microsoft desktop application; an R&D project for light behaviors for HP’s home products; and user-research for in-store experiences for Nike-iD (customization of shoes). At the design bureau MESO, Germany, he worked developing physical interfaces using sensors and graphical programming to control video-based content. As digital designer, he designed video clips for Brazilian musicians and conceived multimedia installations. Worked as Art Director for DM9DDB and Ogilvy Interactive Brazil, handling clients such as Lucky Strike, Itaú Home Banking, AOL and Honda Motors. His thesis project, Mobile Seed, was selected as Top Nominee for the Danish design award INDEX 2005, in the category Community. Other winners included LINUX, Toyota Prius and Skype. The following websites show his portfolio and recent works: - http://www.mindness.net - http://www.mindness.net/uxd/ - http://www.vuvox.com Specialties: Conceptual and strategical thinking. Communication of concepts using storytelling and showing features in context. Visual identity, interfaces, information architecture. Fast prototyping and physical computing. User Experience Design. Proficient in: Flash, Final Cut, Photoshop, Illustrator, Isadora, and After Effects. Experience prototyping in Flex. Beyond his professional aptitude, he is also a quick study, perseverant and is good-humored.