Arash Shiva

Designer + Developer, Photographer, Entrepreneur

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"Real artists ship."
- Steve Jobs
"The details are not the details. They make the design."
- Charles Eames
"No one succeeds without effort... Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance."
- Ramana Maharshi

Currently

Past

  • AirLab (Co-founder, Designer)
  • Groupon Labs (Lead Product Designer & Manager)
  • Groupon (Product Design Lead, Consumer Mobile)
  • Groupon Scheduler (Sr. Product Designer)
  • OpenCal (Co-founder - Acquired by Groupon)
  • TrainMachine (Co-founder, Designer)
  • Sitemasher (Sr. Designer - Acquired by Salesforce)
  • Insighta (Photography)
  • Avicy (Acquired by Teravendo)

Capabilities

  • Startup, Web Application Strategy
  • Product Design & Management
  • User Interface & Interaction Design, Usability Testing
  • Mobile Design
  • Prototyping in Framer X, Sketch, Webflow, Figma and AfterEffects
  • React, Javascript, HTML/CSS, HAML, SASS, MySQL
  • Ruby on Rails, Node, PHP Integration
  • git Source Control
  • Web, Brand, Print Design
  • Website Performance Optimization
  • Headless CMS, WordPress, Ghost Theming
  • Search Engine Optimization, A/B testing, Online Marketing
  • Linux System Administration
  • Professional Photography
  • Maya 3D Modeling and Animation
  • Video Editing Premier Pro, AfterEffects

Interests Outside of Tech:

  • Travel Photography
  • Hiking/Camping/Backpacking
  • Electric Bikes/Boats/Cars
  • Evolutionary Psychology
  • Centrist Geopolitics and Economic Theory
  • Non-dualism & Meditation
  • Classical Piano
  • Gardening and Hydroponics
  • Wood-working
  • Cooking/Baking/Smoking
  • HiFi Audio

Formal Education

  • University of Washington 2003
    BA Visual Arts, with emphasis in Computer Animation