Andrew Sorkin

About Andrew Sorkin

Crypto Enthusiast. Creative Director specializing in UX, Branding, Audio and Visual Design @ Sorkindesigns.com* Andrew is a User Experience and Product Designer who has been taking things apart and putting them back together since he was a kid. He has over a decade of experience both hands-on and leading teams designing digital products such as mobile apps, websites, video games, and consumer packaged goods sold through ecommerce and retail outlets.* He loves tackling challenging problems - he recently completed an engagement where he served as the lead product designer for the European cryptocurrency project Kingli.io and was responsible for every aspect of the research, UX, and UI design to take the product from a simple command line tool to a fully functional mobile app.* His UX design and content marketing for Newhive, a startup he co-founded, led to an online community of over 8 million users creating amazing content and the world’s first outdoor GIF festival.* He loves mentoring, hiring, and directing other designers, is comfortable using modern design tools like Figma, Adobe Suite, etc, and isn\'t afraid to get under the hood editing code in HTML, CSS, Lua, Max / MSP, and more.Graduated w/ B.A. in Electronic Production and Design from Berklee College of Music May \'08.Proficient in Figma, Adobe XD, Framer, Balsamiq, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Sketch, Confluence, Smartsheet, JIRA, Trello, Asana, Github, Basecamp, Pro Tools, Logic, Ableton Live, Cubase, Nuendo, Adobe Audition, Digital Performer, Soundforge, Bias Peak, MAX / MSP, CSOUND, NI Reaktor, Reason, Kyma, Hardware synths, Constant Contact, Klaviyo, Mailchimp, Hubspot, Hootsuite, Google Analytics, Unreal, FMOD, WWISE, WordPress, PureData, Jitter, CSS, Microsoft XACT, HTML

Experience

1. Senior Ux Designer

   Amazon

   Sep 2021 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

Education

• University of California, Berkeley

  None, Psychology

  2002 — 2004

• Berklee College of Music

  Bachelor's of Music, Electronic Production and Design

  2005 — 2008

Skills

• Multimedia
• Sound Design
• Product Development
• Reason
• Remixing
• Video
• Music
• Composition
• Social Media
• Sound
• Solvent Extraction
• Video Games
• Sound Forge
• Television
• Technical Writing
• Recording
• Leadership
• Ableton Live
• Pro Tools
• Music Production
• Audio Editing