BJ Heinley
Principle and Creative Director, Heinley Design
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BJ Heinley is Principle and Creative Director of Heinley Design, a creative firm focused on website development, UI and UX, illustration, infographics, print, and social media integration. Clients over the last six months include Nova Spivack, Jones-Dilworth, Cuvee Coffee, Infochimps, LugIron, Viral Heat, Totem, Stage One Capital, Aptimize, Help Attack, and BlueLine Strategies.
After receiving his BFA from The University of Texas at Austin, Heinley moved to Silicon Valley to pursue design and illustration, eventually becoming one of the first 150 employees at Yahoo! Inc as a UI design lead. He was an integral in the development of several notable products including Yahoo News, Music, Sports, Weather, Yahooligans, Games, and Yahoo Store. In 2006 Heinley invented and co-founded Dipity.com, a social timeline tool that helps navigate events chronologically. He has also supported external promotional projects for Fortune 500 companies such as P&G and Ford Motors, and has work on display in the Smithsonian.
Recently, Heinley was featured in the Austin American-Statesman for Verde Camp, his boutique 'unhotel' located in the South Congress area. He also serves as an investor and advisor on several projects and has most recently begun work on a small startup, Givoo, which will streamline the process of giving donations via social media. He lives in Austin with his wife and two children.
http://www.heinley.com/
http://www.dipity.com/
http://www.verdecamp.com/
http://www.givoo.net/
