Tim Ruby

Tim Ruby

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Hartville
Open to Work

I'm a User Interface Designer from Ohio who loves pushing pixels and working with other creatives to deliver quality user-focused products and experiences.

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Skills & Experience

  • Company

    The Karcher Group

  • Job Title

    Senior User Interface Designer & Developer

  • Spoken Languages

    • English

262 Achievements

  • Telling the Story
  • Designing for Your User’s "To-be"
  • Understanding your User’s “As-is” Scenario
  • Becoming Acquainted with Your User
  • Becoming a Design Thinker
  • How to Critique Design
  • Exploration
  • Discovery
  • Simple Mobile Interface
  • Exporting Designs
  • Sketch Features
  • Introducing Sketch
  • Positioning Page Content
  • CSS Layout Project
  • Page Layout with the Float Property
  • Controlling Layout with CSS Display Modes
  • Getting Started with CSS Layout
  • Advanced Selectors
  • Going Further with Attribute Selectors and Pseudo-Classes
  • Selectors - Beyond the Basics
  • Save for the Web
  • Adding Images and a Mockup
  • Logo Design
  • Creating a Wireframe
  • Introducing Adobe Illustrator
  • Scrum Artifacts
  • Scrum Events
  • Introducing Scrum
  • What is Agile?
  • PHP Internal Functions
  • PHP Returns & Closures
  • PHP Functions Basics
  • PHP Loops
  • PHP Conditionals
  • PHP Datatypes
  • PHP Data & Structure
  • PHP Getting Started
  • JavaScript Numbers
  • JavaScript Variables
  • Introducing JavaScript
  • Custom Media Players
  • Captioning Video
  • Media Basics
  • Creating a Simple Drawing Application
  • Workflows
  • Working With Remote Repositories
  • Merging
  • Branches
  • Getting Started With Git
  • Why Version Control Matters
  • Traversing and Manipulating the DOM with JavaScript
  • Selecting Elements and Adding Events with JavaScript
  • JavaScript and the DOM
  • Designing with the Latest Features
  • Basic Layout
  • Fundamental Concepts
  • The Box Model
  • Understanding Values and Units
  • Basic Selectors
  • Getting Started with CSS
  • Finalizing the Project
  • Case Studies and Examples
  • The Brand Identity Design Process
  • Introduction to Brand Identity
  • Moving Forward with UX
  • Tools UXers Use
  • How UXers Think
  • What Do User Experience Designers Do?
  • What is User Experience (UX)?
  • Structuring Tables
  • Table Basics
  • Choosing Options
  • Organizing Forms
  • Form Basics
  • Writing Online
  • Protecting and Sharing Your Work
  • Licensing
  • Fair Use and Public Domain
  • Getting Started with Copyright
  • Business Plan for Freelance Business
  • Business Plan Basics
  • Spriting with Compass
  • Compass Helper Functions
  • Compass Layout and Typography
  • Getting Started with Compass
  • Creating a Password Confirmation Form
  • Creating a Mobile Drop Down Menu
  • Creating a Simple Lightbox
  • Moving Beyond the Blog
  • Finding Business
  • Creating Content
  • Introduction to Blogging
  • Productivity
  • Presentation Skills
  • Better SEO Through Code
  • Better SEO Through Tools
  • Better SEO Through Content
  • Introduction to SEO
  • Grid Layout
  • Flexbox Layout
  • Positioning Schemes
  • Float Layout
  • Display Modes
  • Debugging HTML and CSS Problems
  • Sharing a Website
  • Responsive Web Design and Testing
  • Adding Pages to a Website
  • Styling Web Pages and Navigation
  • Customizing Colors and Fonts
  • CSS: Cascading Style Sheets
  • Creating HTML Content
  • HTML First
  • Creating a Spoiler Revealer
  • Introduction to jQuery
  • Beginning HTML and CSS
  • DNS Basics
  • Chrome DevTools Basics
  • What's New in Foundation 5
  • Build a Website With Foundation
  • Prototyping With Foundation
  • Build a Website With Bootstrap
  • Installing Programs
  • Environment and Redirection
  • Console Processes
  • Console Users and Permission
  • Prototyping With Bootstrap
  • Important Skills For Professional Success
  • Simple PHP Application: Wrapping Up The Project
  • Applying Effects
  • Creating Home Page Assets
  • How to Draw in Illustrator
  •  Adding Color and Type
  • Creating an Icon
  • Design Foundations Final
  • Becoming a Problem Solver
  • Working with PHP Functions
  • Integrating With Paypal
  • Listing Inventory Items
  • Metrics
  • Sales
  • Pricing
  • Financing Your Company
  • From Idea to Execution
  • Professional Development
  • Applying & Interviewing
  • The Job Search
  • Networking
  • Personal Branding
  • Setting Your Course
  • Careers in the Tech Industry
  • Self-Assessment
  • Making Money
  • Marketing Strategy
  • Introduction to Accounting
  • Marketing Basics
  • Forming Your Company
  • Corporate Structure
  • Why Start a Business?
  • Understanding Aesthetics
  • Introduction to Design
  • The Logo Sprint
  • Logo Design 101
  • Going Mobile
  • Designing Email with CSS
  • Coding HTML Email
  • HTML Email Basics
  • Improving Usability
  • Mobile Usability
  • Website Usability
  • What is Usability?
  • Creating a Long Term Business
  • Protecting Yourself With Contracts
  • Establishing a Proper Workflow
  • Pricing and Project Proposals
  • Finding Your First Project
  • Starting a Freelance Career
  • Moving Around in the Console
  • Video Marketing
  • Email Marketing
  • Search Engine Optimization
  • Usability Testing
  • Usability Basics
  • Social Media
  • Customizing Google Maps
  • Google Maps Integration
  • jQuery Plugins
  • Slices & Save for Web
  • Vector Shapes
  • Workflow Basics
  • Type Tools
  • Masks Basics
  • Layer Basics
  • Workspace Basics
  • JavaScript Objects
  • JavaScript Functions
  • Introduction to Front-End Frameworks
  • Web Apps
  • Websites
  • Introduction
  • Advanced Sass Concepts
  • Speeding up Workflow With Sass
  • Variables, Mixins, and Extending Selectors
  • Getting Started with Sass
  • JavaScript Arrays
  • JavaScript Numbers
  • JavaScript Strings
  • Introduction Variables
  • WordPress Theme Templates
  • Content Strategy with WordPress
  • Form Validation and Manipulation
  • Introduction to jQuery
  • Advanced Techniques
  • Responsive Design
  • Adaptive Design
  • Fluid Foundation
  • Introduction to Responsive Web Design
  • Defining the Project
  • Intro to User Experience
  • Functions
  • Objects and Arrays
  • Control Structures
  • Basics
  • Media Queries
  • CSS Animations
  • Transitions and Transforms
  • Gradients
  • Flexbox and Multi-Column Layout
  • Web Typography
  • Backgrounds and Borders
  • Introduction to Illustrator
  • Graphic Basics
  • Color Theory
  • Principles
  • Elements
  • Website Basics
  • Customizing WordPress
  • Managing Comments
  • Adding and Editing Content in WordPress
  • Configuring WordPress
  • Getting Started with WordPress
  • CSS Box Model
  • Text, Fonts, and Lists
  • Values and Units
  • Advanced Selectors
  • Launching the Website
  • Styling Content
  • Creating a Website Structure
  • Text Editors and HTML
  • Website Basics
  • Selectors
  • Getting Started with CSS
  • Forms
  • Tables
  • Objects
  • Links
  • Lists
  • Text
  • Introduction
  • Adding a Contact Form
  • Creating the Menu and Footer
  • Getting Started with PHP
  • Newbie