Brandon Schmittling Email & Phone Number

Washington, DC, US

• Responsibilities:
• Overseeing a dynamic UX team delivering value to clients.
• Leading the user-centered design process for web, social, and tech projects.
• Hiring and retaining talent to produce top-quality work.
• Driving business growth through innovative service offerings.
• Developing AI/ML-assisted design philosophy, policy, processes, and tools, and driving adoption across the agency.Project Successes:

Needham, MA, US

• Responsibilities:
• Directed a combined team of 12 across 2 business units, Global Product Innovation and Creative, with a mission to design, build and test innovative products and data-driven marketing content.
• Led design efforts for global Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and developed new products in APAC.
• Gathered global customer insights and acted on them to inform the development of key growth areas.Key Contributions / Career Highlights:
• Founded the Global Product Innovation Team in Singapore and built the capacity to service multiple core products and new business challenges simultaneously.
• Recognised by the VP of Global Markets for excellent leadership and successful project management that enabled regional growth.

New York, NY, US

• Organized 25 full day “Bootcamp” workshops attended by an average of 15 people per day on topics ranging from user-centered design and research to wearables and designing for augmented reality (AR).
• Hosted events to enable students from graduating classes of the UX Design Immersive program to network and learn alongside working professionals.

Brooklyn, NY, US

• Responsibilities:
• Managed and mentored 3 UX Designers and 7 Product Designers.
• Helped establish the Singapore office and Huge’s user-centred approach to design in APAC.
• Collaborated across time zones with clients and teams on research, prototypes and workshops.
• Provided design education, professional development coaching and office culture building.
• Led experience design for clients and new business efforts in the Brooklyn office.Key Contributions / Highlights:

Singapore, Singapore, SG

• Responsibilities:
• Led and mentored a team of 2 Product Designers and 3 Developers.
• Defined company identity, collateral and marketing, including the first generation of the client platform.
• Conducted internal research and organized client workshops in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia.Key Contributions / Highlights:
• Hired the first team of 2 designers and set them up as an internal design agency located in Singapore.
• Led the design team through an initial release of the client experience platform resulting in fundraising and awards:- Horangi raised $20M USD in a Series B round led by private equity firm Provident Growth in 2020..

Digital Services, User Experience, Knowledge Management, Technology Consulting, Business Development, Planning, Strategy

Concept and design/develop web and interactive deliverables for Verdeo clients including mobile applications, CMS-driven web applications, and kiosks.

• Led the development of CMS-driven websites for over 30 clients in and around Washington, D.C.
• Designed and built websites for U Street Music Hall, Arts Club DC, Café Green, Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict (CIVIC), National Youth Rights Association (NYRA), Conservation Initiative for the Asian Elephant.
• Drove business development, technical consulting, project management and accounting functions.
• Managed freelancers to deliver projects on budget and on time.

New York, NY, US

• Responsibilities:
• Managed the digital team of freelancers and engineers to build campaign materials and websites.
• Provided creative direction, technical advice, narrative framing and marketing strategy.
• Facilitated digital transformation to help the public relations team adopt user-centered practices.
• Drove freelance agencies’ performance and grew the UX discipline within Powell Tate.Key Contributions / Highlights:
• Streamlined the UX discipline to bring user-centered design processes and practices into the D.C. office.

Boston, MA, US

• Designed and developed user-centered tools, platforms and websites.
• Created identity and communications collateral for progressive brands and nonprofits.
• Took leadership to define the User Experience role and standards for development and hiring.

Waltham, MA, US

• Authored and facilitated six week courses focused on designing and building for content management systems.
• Mentored students who were transitioning into digital creative roles.

US

Web architecture planning and development of All Our Noise web presence and content authoring

Rockville, MD, US

• Concepted and designed richly interactive web sites and produced multimedia and animation.
• Advised the marketing team on creative and technology direction for projects in the real estate, entertainment, sports and lifestyle sectors.

Rockville, Maryland, US

• Designed mission critical applications and collaboration software for govt and non-profit clients.
• Led the creation of company identity and marketing materials
• Developed training materials to transition clients to the use of content management systems.

• Self-published "Reinventions" ebook discussing plausible future human-tech.
• Designed and produced the UF Virtual Tour experience for incoming first year students.
• Collaborated with student artists on video installations and time-based media projects.
• Active in student government, Kappa Sigma Fraternity, Florida Blue Key, and led the video production team for Dance Marathon.
• Alumni spotlight: https://ufdigitalworlds.medium.com/alumni-spotlight-brandon-schmittling-3359a127e912

Das, Digital Arts, Graphic Design, Art History

International Baccalaureate® (Ib) Diploma Programme (Dp)