Hi, my name is Shay. I’m a freelance UX/UI designer and creative director in San Francisco. I specialize in web and app design, front end development, user experience, and creating identities and branding. I deliver digital and brand experiences. Working alongside a wide range of clients, from start-ups to established companies, my aim is to find intelligent solutions.
November 2016 - Present
Galaxy Capital Partners (GCP) is a global investment management company focused solely on digital assets. One of the first investment firms of its kind, GCP follows a dual-strategy between a hedge fund and venture capital firm, building a portfolio of both startups and funds within the crypto market.
March 2018 - Present
Hashspace. An incubator and homebase to those working with blockchain technology. HashSpace brings the best advice, talent, and capital to further the decentralized economy.
January 2018 - Present
Blocksys is a technical services company that helps enterprises develop blockchain enabled solutions
January 2018 - Present
LunarDax is the fastest digital asset exchange and custodian in India. Buy/Sell and HODL Bitcoin, Ethereum and Light Coin in a regulated,secure and compliant manner.
December 2017 - Present
I work as a freelancer for stratups and help them out with their visual identity. I help companies with Branding, Strategy, Naming, Art Direction, Exhibition Design, Editorial Design, User Interface Design, Digital Design and Product Development.
January 2017 - October 2017
ZeroCater is a catering concierge that brings employees together, builds culture, and fosters community.
January 2015 - November 2015
New Delhi Land Consortium is a global real estate company. They specialize in luxury waterfront homes and condominiums and offices particularly in New Delhi,India.
January 2014 - January 2015
Payless ShoeSource Inc. is an American discount footwear retailer headquartered in Topeka, Kansas. Payless is a privately held company owned by Blum Capital, and Golden Gate Capital.
Before starting any design work I take the time to learn and understand your business story, goals and target audience to create a concise set of goals. I then use a concise logo design process to ensure the final outcome not only looks good, but performs for you too.
Your logo will have a great impact on the first impression your business is going to make. It will help define how your customers will perceive your brand and let them know if it's right for them. So naturally, you want your logo to be outstanding.
I have worked on different types of logos ranging from blockchain exchanges, financial firms, tech companies, real estate etc
Wireframing is an important step which is the basis for a design. It really helps clients visualize and get a feel of how the main design would be structured. Wireframing is also a great exercise to put something together and see what changes need to be made in the outline.
Building wireframes gives a shape to the design of your website/app.
I designed wireframing prototype for a newslisting website. This assignment was very interesting since I wanted the wireframe to look very minimal but also have enough content space for displaying different news items and advertisements.I also designed a responsive blockchain news wireframe for a company I worked with and this project was super fun, becuase blockchain is relatively a new space for designers and understanding the services/customers in this space was a great expereince for me.
Style Tiles are a design ideation tool, that allow the designer to try out various color combinations, layout elements, and typefaces prior to building the final version of the site. They are flexible, lightweight, and easy to create. They allow my clients to get a feel for the general direction of the final product, without adding distracting details that can derail decision-making.
The style tile here has an ideation around how the website for Galaxy Capital Partners would look. This exercise was focused around getting an idea of the typography that would be used, the buttons, colors, and really unifying the entire theme for all the callterals for the company. This style tile also has images that we wanted to have as options for the main background on the website and a lot of other marketing collaterals.
Whitepapers are always fun to work on - there's a lot of research that goes into every white paper from my perspective. I love to apply a unfied theme to all the callaterals so that it generates a living document for the company. I worked on a whitepaper (below) for comapny called salesloggr.
I've worked on several powerpoints where we helped companies market themselves to their clients and investors. I have got deep expertise in building and designing investor pitch decks. I've worked on startup pitch decks in collaboration with my team member and friend Kara Mccartney for Lambda Intelligence - a data analytics company and Galaxy Capital Partners - a blockchain focused hedge fund. Lambda Intelligence's pitch deck was showcased at YCombinator Startup School.
Aesthetics of marketing collateral are important. Marketing collateral is as imperative as having a website. It’s something tangible that increases a business’s validity and professionalism, while also serving as an informational tool and a reminder to buy. I am including some of my recent work here - Joint Venture proposal for a client, Web design proposal for a small business based in the Bay Area and brand guideline collateral for a VC client
Yeah, that's right - It doesn’t just stop with design. I can develop your product from visual concept to a modern interactive website.
I like using illustrations to tell a story. Check some of my recent work with illustrations and graphics
A great business card reflects your personality. Look remarkable and standout with great designed business cards. I help companies with designing all stationery they need to grow their business from business cards, letter heads etc. Please check out some of the work I've done.
