Hi, my name is Omer Ziv.

I've been using the internet forever (well, since 1993) and have worked at various internet-related jobs since 2004.
Most of my work these days is in that wonderful field that connects between Design, Code and Content (some people like to call it UX).
I really like what I do.
Geek Heaven

, I live in Tel Aviv (but dream of New York) and spend my days trying to help people with their projects, freelance style. I'll be very happy if you contact me and tell me what you're up to.

I'm looking for your portfolio, where is it?

Some of what I do can only really be written, not shown. I actually think the lists on this page define what I do a lot better than images - so please start by going over them and then follow the links to see what I'm talking about.
(Yes, I'm a designer and I want you to read lists. It's OK to skim.)

If you're really just looking for images, jump over to portfolio.omerziv.com.

Things I am doing these days:

	I am at BaconOppenheim HQ at least twice a week. Dani and Hovav are geniuses, they've created an awesome little team and we get to work with big, interesting companies like Google and Face.com. You should definitely hire us, even if we need a new website.
	I'm back at Bezalel, but on the faculty's side, teaching an introductory HTML/CSS class to visual communication design students.
	When they need me, I give office hours at The Junction, and help entrepreneurs with their products/user interface/design/copy.
	I volunteer at Open Knesset, an Israeli Open-Source Open-Government initiative that is currently undergoing major redesign.
	I work on a couple of small freelance projects. I'll write more when I can.

Things I am no longer doing but am happy I was a part of:

	I worked on a new user interface for Waze v3.0. Waze is a mobile app that has the potential to kill traffic by allowing drivers to help each other out. (For more info, see Waze in my portfolio.)
	My first faculty job at Bezalel was as an assistant to the wonderful Gila Kaplan in her Book Design studio class. Gila is one of the most interesting book designers in the country, I follow her lead and try to help the students imagine where books might be going these days.
	I graduated from the Visual Communications department at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem. If you want, you can see some of my school work in my portfolio. My Final Project at Bezalel is a blog named From Points to Pixels that talks about typographic design and it's shift from print to the web.
	I worked with Gila Kaplan on Yonatan Vinitsky's "The Neglected Genie" (see some photos). Yonatan is a very interesting artist, you should look him up.
	I studied at Parsons for a semester on a student exchange program. While living in New York I got to intern at Boxee and participated in the EyeWriter collab which was exciting/touching/important/awesome. There are a lot of things I liked in NYC.
	I created 2 little iOS games with my friend Luka. Check out Find Bruce and FlipWorld.
	I worked with some really great people and learned a lot about social networks while working at 8hands (the 8hands website is offline now, but this video explains what it was all about). More about 8hands in my portfolio.
	I was part of a 3 person team that created Reshet's website back in 2007 (we were competing with a 100+ person team that worked on the-other-tv-broadcaster's website).
	My first real-life job was at Mantis, where I got to design, code and find out about the geek heaven mentioned above.
	I created a website as a platform for collective writing named uhm.nu incorporated, in which almost 30 people posted content together over about 7 years. It's in Hebrew and it started before they were called "blogs".
	Back when the internet started, I was in the Swankarmy.

Places where you can find me:

	A more detailed professional profile can be found over on LinkedIn.
	I am social on Facebook, Twitter and Google+.
	I upload photos to Flickr and Instagram.
	I want, wish and need via Svpply.
	I use Email.

Thank you for reading.
Have a nice