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Alastair Merrett is listed as Program Coordinator | Design Consultant at Design for America, a with 179 employees, based in Chicago, Illinois, United States. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Alastair Merrett.
Alastair Merrett previously worked as Program Coordinator at Design For America and Design Consultant at Western Illinois University. Alastair Merrett holds Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Environmental Design/Architecture from University Of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
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Alastair is a community-oriented design researcher discontented with an unsustainable world. He has nurtured a dream-lit approach for tackling diverse, complex social issues with his backgrounds in art, planning, and inexorable curiosity.He is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a Bachelor of Arts - BA, focused in Urban Planning and a Bachelor of Science - BS in Sustainable Design, Minors in Sociology, Informatics, and Art & Design from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.He is an experienced Human-Centered Designer and Education Facilitator with a demonstrated history of working in the higher education industry. Skilled in Public Speaking, Time Management, Event Planning, Human-Centered Design, and Microsoft Office.
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• Manages lifecycle and support of 25 studios across the country• Develops and disseminates curricula to increase digital and physical community engagement• Identifies and mitigates risks to studio sustainability, including leadership turnover, resource shortages
Macomb, Illinois, United States
• Guides 14 campus representatives through 5-week college-level restructuring project• Remotely teaches 2-hour design-thinking seminar on community engagement• Mentors 12 students in developing their leadership and social entrepreneurship skills• Empowers 2-3 design teams throughout UI / UX processes and reviews po
Chicago, Illinois, United States
• Collection + data analysis on over 2500 biospecimen samples on world’s largest cancer study• Manages clients in 5 locations across Chicago and coordinates donation appointments• Aided over 500 participants in survey completion and iterates on study material
Chicago, Illinois, United States
• Ensured +30 teams across the country have a strong foundation for studio education• Elevated studio success by cultivating external partners and focusing partners’ goals• Collaborated with 11 fellows to coach teams through roadblocks to create social change
Chicago, Illinois, United States
• Devised, conducted, analyzed, & presented ethnographic research for medical product design• Partnered with engineering, sales, & design teams on 5+ simultaneous end-to-end projects • Created process maps and research protocols for clients in 7 healthcare fields• Traveled cross-country for site observation and +50 in-hospital stakeholder interviews
Champaign, Illinois, United States
• Collaboratively designed on +5 projects and succinctly presented UI/UX research to clients• Built hi-fidelity digital and physical frameworks with +100 synthesized interviews• Directed co-creation sessions of blended groups and maps user journeys for +30 clients• Helped secure $20 million in grant funding from the National Science Foundation
• Authored, analyzed, and refined 15 articles on disparate topics for college admissions blog• Fielded and encouraged admissions questions from a live audience of +200 students• Scripted, filmed, and edited educational and instructional video content for social media
Champaign, Illinois, United States
• Oversaw the success of a 40-person studio and managed a 7-person executive board• Established year-long community partnerships for 14 client-based design projects• Planned longitudinal curricula, organized 2 poster sessions, and led 7 design sprints• Led a 3–day national design-thinking conference with 6 universities and +50 guests
• Demonstrated proficiencies in telephone and front-desk reception within a high-volume environment• Calmed upset/angry students• Researched and rapidly solved problems • Handled confidential student information• Delivered highly-sensitive materials across campus.
Macomb, Il
• Played shows cross-state, recorded and released 1 album and 1 EP • Designed album cover for 4-piece pop-punk band, networked with music professionals
Macomb, Illinois, United States
• Working with the United Way of Macomb, IL, packaged and delivered weekend lunches to families in need• I coordinated when these deliveries would take place with the families and fostered relationships between them and the larger community.
Macomb, Illinois, United States
• Guided participants through +25 mental and physical outdoor challenges on weekly basis• Fostered mental and emotional growth through debriefs in +50 diverse groups, ages 3–70• Programmed +8 hours of ability-conscious and collaborative activities per day for guests
Macomb, Illinois, United States
Instructed a high school drum line in proper bass drum technique over the course of the summer. This included teaching beginner playing, marching, and reading music.
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Ellie Chen
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David Kim
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Minors in Sociology and Informatics
Minor in Art & Design
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Alastair Merrett works for Design for America.
Alastair Merrett is listed as Program Coordinator | Design Consultant at Design for America.
Alastair Merrett is based in Chicago, Illinois, United States while working with Design for America.
Alastair Merrett has worked for Design For America, Western Illinois University, University Of Chicago, Nemera, and Siebel Center For Design.
Alastair Merrett's colleagues at Design for America include Brian Yoo, Gavhar Annaeva, Lily Li, Mahar Mudassir, and Mina Wang.
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Alastair Merrett holds Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Environmental Design/Architecture from University Of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
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