Ben Silverstein

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  • Timeline

    Jan 2008 - Jan 2010

    Product designer & Engineer

    Freelancer
    Jan 2010 - Jan 2010

    Head of Graphic Design

    HackerU המרכז ללימודי מחשבים והשמת עובדים בהייטק
    Feb 2010 - Jan 2012

    Lead Industrial/Product Designer & Engineer, Graphic Designer

    Sitton Design Studio Ltd
    Jan 2012 - Jan 2013

    Lead industrial/product designer

    TGM ( G.M. Cases ) LTd
    Feb 2013 - Aug 2015

    Product (Industrial) Designer and Engineer

    START Design studio
    Feb 2016 - Jun 2018

    Lead product designer, Engineer, UX/UI and Graphic Designer

    Jackpot Digital Inc. (previously LVFH)
    Aug 2018 - Nov 2019

    Co-Founder and Industrial/Product designer

    IBEX Tactical Inc
    Nov 2018 - Apr 2019

    Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

    Northwestern Systems Corporation (BetterBuilt)
    Nov 2019 - now

    User Experience Designer

    Freelance Product UX/UI designer
    Sept 2020 - Apr 2021

    UX/UI instructor

    Vancouver Institute of Media Arts (VanArts)
    Nov 2020 - Apr 2021

    UX/UI Designer

    iamota
    Current Company
    Jun 2021 - now

    User Experience Lead

    Finning
    British Columbia, Canada
  • About me

    User Experience Lead at Finning

  • Education

    • Avni college of design and art, tel aviv, israel

      2005 - 2009
      Industrial design and engineer industrial and product design
    • The open university of israel

      2010 - 2012
      Bachelor's degree philosophy and modern art
    • Red academy

      2020 - 2020
      User experience diploma user experience design

      Activities and Societies: Designated by The Private Training Institutions of British Columbia

  • Experience

    • Freelancer

      Jan 2008 - Jan 2010
      Product designer & engineer

      • Exhibition Designer for Cordova Design Studio (Tel Aviv, Israel)• Concept development, 3D presentations, 3D modeling, engineering solutions and consulting• Product designer for Carmel Meirav (Tel Aviv, Israel)• Interior Designer for contractor Oren Hevron (Tel Aviv, Israel)• Adviser for Mantra production Ltd (Ramat Gan, Israel) in branding, advertising and graphic design

    • Hackeru המרכז ללימודי מחשבים והשמת עובדים בהייטק

      Jan 2010 - Jan 2010
      Head of graphic design

      • Managed a team of 5 teachers• Build their education schedule• Taught Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator

    • Sitton design studio ltd

      Feb 2010 - Jan 2012
      Lead industrial/product designer & engineer, graphic designer

      • Designed and engineered a large variety of point of purchase products for major companies in the retail/wholesale market such as: Unilever, Osem, Novartis pharmaceuticals, Hapoalim Bank ltd, AM/PM supermarket, etc.• Worked in collaboration with advertising companies (under tight deadlines)• Designed graphics for 3D photorealistic presentations and for the finished product • Materials specialized in: Polypropylene, P.V.C, A.B.S, P.E.T.G, Metal frames, Sheet metal.• Technical processes: heat bending, CNC, laser cutting Show less

    • Tgm ( g.m. cases ) ltd

      Jan 2012 - Jan 2013
      Lead industrial/product designer

      • Development, research, configuration, concept sketch, 3D simulation, engineering, prototyping and mass manufacturing • Materials: Aluminum profiles, wood, Scobond, Polyethylene foam and L.E.D lights• Technical processes: CNC, laser cutting, water jet, carpentry, sandblasting, welding, rotation molding, extrusions, vacuum forming and offset printingEntertainment sector:• Customized structures: modular bar, portable DJ booths, food and catering stands and entertainment stagesMilitary sector:• Customized displays: clothing racks, wall mount displays and portable cases• Designed and customized cases for technological equipment: flight cases, rotation mold cases Show less

    • Start design studio

      Feb 2013 - Aug 2015
      Product (industrial) designer and engineer

      • Designed and engineered a large variety of point of purchase products for major companies in the retail/wholesale market such as: Nestle, Ferrero, Hershey’s, Mizrahi Tefahot Bank, Clalit medical care• Worked in collaboration with advertising companies (under tight deadlines)• Designed graphics for 3D photorealistic presentations and for the finished product • Materials specialized in: Polypropylene, P.V.C, A.B.S, P.E.T.G, Metal frames, Sheet metal.• Technical processes: heat bending, CNC, laser cutting• Building complex assemblies and technical drawing for manufacturing Show less

    • Jackpot digital inc. (previously lvfh)

      Feb 2016 - Jun 2018
      Lead product designer, engineer, ux/ui and graphic designer

      Head of Product / Industrial Design and Graphic Design• Development & Research• Concept sketching,Concept 3D modelling and renderings.• Engineering, 3D simulation and Multi Configurations part. • Prototyping and Manufacturing Materials: Aluminum profiles, Wood, Scobond, Polyethylene, L.E.D, Sheet Metal and Glass work.Technical processes: CNC, Laser cutting, Water jet, Carpentry, Sandblasting, Welding, Rotation molding, Extrusions, 3D Printing, Vacuum forming, Offset printing, Custom Tooling, Sheet metal and Injected parts. Show less

    • Ibex tactical inc

      Aug 2018 - Nov 2019
      Co-founder and industrial/product designer
    • Northwestern systems corporation (betterbuilt)

      Nov 2018 - Apr 2019
      Senior mechanical design engineer

      Senior Mechanical Engineer and Industrial designer• Development• Process improvements submitted to senior management • Product Engineering, Multi Configurations part, complex assemblies, complex manufacturing drawings • Prototyping and Manufacturing Materials: Stainless Steel, structural metal. Technical processes: Metal forming, welding.

    • Freelance product ux/ui designer

      Nov 2019 - now
      User experience designer

      Responsibilities - Provide with custom user experience solutions - Improve and refine user experience processes - Conduct user research - Writing user case studies - Wireframing (Low and medium fidelity prototypes) - High Fidelity UI - Prototyping (Sketch, Invision & Invision Studio, Marvel, Adobe CC )Clients: Kanan Bakery (USA), Shine Forward, Traffic Driven technologies, Mark Mate, Method and Metrics SEO, Step up for Earth, OVUO

    • Vancouver institute of media arts (vanarts)

      Sept 2020 - Apr 2021
      Ux/ui instructor

      - Working closely with students and faculty members (both remote and in person)- Build different class teaching materials for both UX, UI, Design methods, design concept and design thinking- Providing guidance to students through their group and personal projects

    • Iamota

      Nov 2020 - Apr 2021
      Ux/ui designer

      UX/UI designer at iamota, specializing in designing best in class e-commerce experiences. Primarily focusing on Shopify Plus Design and Development for different omni-channel clients and various industries such as: health and wellness, retail and apparel.Responsibilities - Creating Brand guidelines - Building client and company design systems - Provide with custom user experience solutions - Improve and refine user experience processes - Conduct user research - Wireframing (Low and medium fidelity prototypes) - High Fidelity UI - Prototyping using Sketch, Invision, Figma Show less

    • Finning

      Jun 2021 - now
      • User Experience Lead

        Aug 2024 - now
      • Senior User Experience Designer

        Jun 2021 - Aug 2024
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Web design: strategy and information architecture

      California institute of the arts
      May 2019
      View certificate certificate
    • Ui / ux design specialization

      California institute of the arts
      Jul 2019
      View certificate certificate
    • Design high-impact user experiences

      California institute of the arts
      View certificate certificate
    • Membership certificate

      The interaction design foundation
      Jun 2019
      View certificate certificate
    • Ux design fundamentals

      California institute of the arts
      Apr 2019
      View certificate certificate
    • Ux management: strategy and tactics

      The interaction design foundation
      Mar 2023
      View certificate certificate
    • Web design: wireframes to prototypes

      California institute of the arts
      Jul 2019
      View certificate certificate
    • Visual elements of user interface design

      California institute of the arts
      Mar 2019
      View certificate certificate
    • Agile methods: ux design

      The interaction design foundation
      Jun 2023
      View certificate certificate
    • Cswa - mechanical design

      Dassault systèmes
      Apr 2018
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Ben Silverstein
      Global Gaming Awards 2017 SHORTLISTED - Aug 2017 As the head of product design (Industrial design) and Engineering at Jackpot Digital, I Designed and Engineered Jackpot Blitz. A once of a kind, Innovative, Multi-touch, Single surface, 10 player electronic Gaming table. Jackpot Blitz has been Shortlisted for the Global Gaming Awards 2017 under the design and innovation category out of hundreds of products that are in the market.