僕は
僕の伝記
I'm driven to consistently produce work that is organized, focused, and good for the user. Over the years, I've become an experienced design director, product designer, UI / UX designer, and front-end web developer. I provide my clients and employers with memorable and award-winning design, backed by user testing, design research, and empathetic decision making. In leadership roles, I'm passionate about helping my employees grow and developing company processes. I'm striving to continually learn, be challenged, and make work an enjoyable experience.
Originally from Chicago, I now happily reside in Denver with my amazing wife, dog, and a lot of electronic devices. In the 6 years I've lived in Colorado, I've become an established member of the Boulder / Denver design scene. I am currently working as a Senior Product Designer at Shutterstock. In previous roles, I was the Director of UI/UX at Brandzooka, Director of Design at Voltage, the Art Director at Fireant, and more (see below).
In my free time, I am a devoted husband, avid learner of Japanese, gamer, and am involved in local community groups.
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僕の経歴
In my role at Shutterstock I've been involved in numerous product initiatives. I've created and overseen the company's design system, been the lead designer on customers' Search and Discovery experience, worked on internal tools to manage customers' payments and purchases, and have been working on creating new tools and workflows to improve customer experience. In each project I am responsible for performing qualitative and quantitative research to validate my hypotheses; interviewing customers, gathering analytics, and running usability tests in each step of the process.
I led the visual direction, UI, and UX for Brandzooka's software and web applications. My primary role was to create a new look and feel for the Brandzooka product and improve the overall user experience. That included data driven decisions using UI / UX research, user testing, and following design trends. I worked closely with the development team, creating detailed specs and doing extensive QA to get my designs into production and into user's hands. I then monitored and tested user behavior to continue iterating. In my time at Brandzooka I launched numerous new products and applications that allowed customers to reach their audiences in unique and engaging ways.
I managed the design department of Voltage and worked with some of the world’s biggest brands like Adidas, Reebok, Chipotle, and Footjoy. My responsibilities included leading all design projects, critiquing designers’ work, training and developing designers, collaborating with the development department, forecasting / estimating projects, establishing company workflows and processes, working directly with clients, and advancing the Voltage brand.
I directed all front-end design work for clients’ websites and interactive applications. I handled the entire creative process from wireframes, to full designs, to front-end development. I also led the UI/UX direction, influence / engineered the HTML/SASS structure, and worked closely with back-end developers to put the sites into production.
Designed and developed websites, brand standards, print campaigns, collateral, motion graphics and more as the lead designer of a small creative team.
Designed magazines, workshops, infographics, presentations, and other print and digital work for internal and external use in Fortune 100 companies and large corporations.
Designed the front and back ends of multiple desktop and mobile websites. Created numerous print pieces including brochures, books, and mailers. Designed print and web pieces for multiple events and conferences.
僕の教育
James Scholar Honors Student, Dean’s List x8, numerous honors groups, design activities and awards received.
僕のアワード
Team captain for the winning team of the Adobe Creative Jam, competing against the best agencies from around the world to design the best app.
Awarded Rose Gold Honors for my work with clients Trimble and Sunrun.
Awarded a Gold Medal and an Honorable Mention for my work with clients Diono and Trimble.
Awarded Silver Medals for my work with Adidas and Footjoy.
Awarded "Best Project Started At The Hackathon" for an app I designed and developed in one weekend.
Featured in The Type Director’s Club “Typography” annual, which showcases the best published typography of each year.
Received Awards of Excellence for my work with clients IBM, Denver Day of Rock, and eFowl.
Featured in HOW for my work with Ninth Letter.
Featured in HOW for my work with Ninth Letter.
Helped design and run a conference about "the design of everything."
Awarded by the Type Directors Club for my work with Ninth Letter, Vol. 8 No. 2.
Named the best Graphic Design graduate at UIUC.
僕の文書
Wrote an editorial piece for Trackduck which received over 75,000 unique readers. (Trackduck has since been acquired and their blog is no more.
Published by Launchism
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僕の趣味
僕は多趣味です
Japanese, Webflow, Framer
Super Smash Bros Ultimate, Hades, Beat Saber, Genshin Impact
Ted Lasso, What We Do In The Shadows, Queen's Gambit, Lupin
The Seven and 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, Daring Greatly,
L'indecis, Dua Lipa, Slow Magic, Madeon, The Besties, Triple Click
HoneyMaid Cinnamon Graham Cereal and my wife's amazing baking