Yishai Minkin

Teaching experience

• Professor, foundation studies, 2019–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA

• Assistant professor, 2010–2019, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York

• Visiting instructor, 2017–19, Pratt Institute, New York

• Adjunct instructor, 2016–19, New Jersey City University, Jersey City, NJ

• Adjunct instructor, 2014–19, Bergen Community College, Paramus, NJ

• Instructor, 2018–19, Society of Illustrators Drawing Academy, New York
  A collaborative program with the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation and the Society of Illustrators bringing "at-risk" children ages 9–14 to the society for art instruction by professional illustrators, often drawing from live models.

Professional experience

• Illustrator, 1996–present
  Freelance illustrator: book, children's book, editorial, advertising, character design/concept art, UX/UI design. Published work and client list: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Playboy Magazine, Vibe Magazine, The Source Magazine, XXL Magazine, Blaze Magazine, Rap Pages Magazine, Guitar Player Magazine, Rapport Magazine, Spin Magazine, New York Magazine, Boston Magazine, San Diego Magazine, Cleveland Magazine, Kansas City Magazine, Utne Reader, Shout Magazine, Brown University Magazine, The Real Deal Magazine New York, The Real Deal Magazine Miami, POV Magazine, Scholastic, Crown Publishing Group, McGraw-Hill, Lucas Film Company, Animated Animations, MTV Networks, Paramount Picture Corporation, Hue Magazine.

• Concept artist/character designer, 2016–2019, Paramount Pictures
  Previsualization/pre-production for film Scouts vs. Zombies. Collaborated with screenwriter/director Ethan Cohen in creating storyboards and planning/conceptualization of complex movie scenes before filming. Developed character concepts and environments through location drawings and photography for use as references in scene depictions, including visual exploration from sketches to refined digital renderings of environments and character concepts adapted from movie script.

• UX/UI designer, April 2018–June 2018, Benefit Plans Administration Services, Inc.
  Created user interface design enhancement recommendations for existing site in the financial services industry. Analyzed dozens of high-traffic web pages to understand business workflows and redesigned pages to incorporate UX best practices. Created low-fidelity and high-fidelity mock-ups of redesigned pages. Analyzed site-wide page styles to create new low-fidelity templates that incorporate user experience and user interface best practices. Analyzed corporate style guide to create and recommend a web-based pattern library, which merged existing company style elements with creative visual design expertise and modern styling.

• UX/UI design contractor, July 2018–present, Certify Inc.
  Analyzed net promoter score feedback submissions to identify top-priority user experience enhancements. Used pattern recognition and user personas to categorize feedback submissions.