Kristopher Mcdonald Email & Phone Number

Denver, Co, Us

Boulder, Colorado, Us

As Wunder's first design hire, I established a lean, research-driven design practice in support of Wunder’s mission to rapidly unlock the U.S. Commercial & Industrial solar market. Working across design and product, I introduced solution discovery methodologies and best practices to Wunder's product team, and partnered closely with Engineering on both feature work and the creation of Apollo, Wunder's first design system. Responsibilities included: • Product & design strategy• Product design• User research & usability testing• Product discovery• Rapid prototyping• Co-design & workshop facilitation • Design system implementation and maintenance

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Gb

As the Digital Health organization’s first Senior Design Director, I was responsible for design outcomes across a suite of digital products supporting clinical trial planning, design, and delivery.Over two and a half years, I scaled the Enterprise Tools design team from two to thirteen while introducing new disciplines and best practices to the Digital Health organization, including design thinking, continuous discovery, design systems & ops, coded prototyping, and many more. Most importantly, I kept the design team productive and happy.

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Gb

Seattle, Washington, Us

First design hire responsible for defining, designing, and building products that significantly improved the U.S. immigration experience for hundreds of immigrants and their employers.Responsibilities included:• Product management & discovery• User research & usability testing• Rapid prototyping• UX/UI design • Front-end development• Agile advocacy & leadership• Brand design & marketing support

Jacksonville, Fl, Us

Led design & discovery efforts to reimagine a suite of products at the heart of Acosta’s retail business. Responsibilities included:• Product discovery & workshopping• Usability research & testing• Rapid prototyping• UX/UI design

Baltimore, Maryland, Us

Oversaw the application of a new brand & human-centered design principles to Transamerica’s public-facing websites. Responsibilities included:• Team leadership & management • Product management• Usability research & testing• Rapid prototyping• UX/UI design • Agile advocacy & leadership

Led the Product team in its mission to help connect dispensaries with their customers. Responsibilities included: • Product management• Usability research & testing• Rapid prototyping• UX/UI design • Copywriting• Front-end development• Agile advocacy & leadership

Denver, Colorado, Us

Principal designer of all web products; contributed design solutions to iOS & Android apps. Balanced business goals, user needs, and technical constraints while creating intuitive, human-centered products both for Ibotta users and internal team members & clients. Responsibilities included: • Usability research & testing• Rapid prototyping• UX/UI design • Copywriting• Front-end development (mainly SASS)• Art direction• Agile advocacy & leadership

The first, last, and only line of defense between Plink and bad design. Responsibilities included:• Creative direction & strategy• UX/UI design• Rapid prototyping • Front-end development (mainly HAML & SASS)• Marketing collateral design & production• Copywriting• Project management

Columbus, Oh, Us

The agency’s Swiss Army knife. Responsibilities included:• UI design • ActionScript development • Project management• Art direction • Print design & production• Motion design• Audio & video production• Client presentation

Columbus, Oh, Us

The agency's first interactive designer. Responsibilities included: • UI design• ActionScript development• Print design• Motion design• Audio & video production

Collaborated with Art Director to implement global marketing strategies across all promotional material for New York, Los Angeles, Denver, Tokyo and Sydney offices. Designed & developed all Flash content for thoughtequity.com.

Centennial, Co, Us

Collaborated with legal & medical experts, medical illustrators, and 3D animators to create custom print and interactive legal exhibits.

Hershey, Pennsylvania, Us

Learned the ins and outs of deadline-driven design in a Fortune 500 environment.