Kurt Pennypacker Email & Phone Number

Columbus, OH, US

Columbus, OH, US

Austin, Texas, United States

• At Fair Worlds, we build extended reality (XR) experiences in the emerging AR, MR & VR sectors.
• Led the agency in all thing UX/UI and Product Design, from facilitating user testing & research, created UI design systems, UI development in Unity’s UI Builder
• Projects focused on a range of extended reality (XR) experiences with designing AR & VR experiences, spatial design and ensured accessibility guidelines were exceeded
• Managed and designed the company website, built sales tools, and designed several client websites in Webflow
• Facilitated marketing efforts for app store publishing (Apple App Store and Google Play), creating image assets, editing trailer videos, designed & published social media marketing campaigns for the launched apps
• Other tasks included: video editing, in-person event facilitation, building Meta Spark AR filters for Instagram

Austin, Texas Area

• Worked as an independent contractor to provide UX expertise, strategy, documentation and prototypes. Recent work highlights:
• Researched, designed and prototyped a mobile application for HP as a contractor for Projekt202.
• Designed websites and marketing assets for the clients of Hunt, Gather, an Austin, TX agency
• Created experience strategies, wireframes and responsive website prototypes for Scout Marking (Chicago).

Austin, Texas, United States

• Helped to design, build and market products for people to: record or stream multi-camera video with laptops and phones, build their own streaming service and create their own OTT broadcasting channel.
• Led a design team with a full hands-on approach to build multi-camera video streaming product with both a web and phone based applications
• Conducted UX research and user testing to ensure product quality and ease of use
• Worked with C-suite to map out future product features and enhancements
• Wrote product documentation as guidelines for design and tech teams to follow
• Designed and built the company website and sales pages, email marketing efforts, company branding materials and logo

Austin, Texas Area

A pop-up agency organizing creative projects for lasting impact. Good Measure launches advocacy projects that stir hearts and jumpstart action, and hosts creative brand sprints that inspire community and give our industry the opportunity to give back using their professional talents. Each local Good Measure project revamps nonprofits and for-good endeavors.

Austin, Texas Area

• As co-lead of T3’s Product Design group, helped to lead projects for a revolving set of clients through a revolving set of problems, like: 7-eleven, Waste Management, Cinnabon, Allstate, CapitalOne, Ingram Micro and.
• Conducted Design Thinking research for Cinnabon and Sprinkles Cupcakes to address digital ordering
• Spearheaded usability research & testing efforts for 7-eleven, Allstate and Waste Management
• Researched, designed and documented a fully responsive Design System for clients like Ingram Micro and built a native app system for internal uses
• Received Design Sprint training from internal experts as well as attending a workshop conducted by Sprint author Jack Knapp

Austin, Texas

• Guided a full multi-disciplinary team (Copy, Design and User Experience) to build, document and user test a responsive servicing platform. Consulted with developers. Worked with PMs to size, plan and scope work..
• Directed the experience design for major financial client;
• Conducted user-testing utilizing internal and external resources and presented results to stakeholders;
• Main projects saw a 36% completion rate (online credit application) and a 58% return usage (credit card servicing platform) both surpassing expectation.

Chicago, IL

• Established and managed the Interaction Design Group, an agency-wide resource for all digital projects. Fostered a new collaboration process—“The Gang of 5”—that was implemented throughout all diciplines within the.
• Ideated with other AORs in the development of a company-wide user interface for Daiichi Sankyo;
• Managed a staff of 4 User Experience Designers to complete the production of wireframes, architectures, prototypes and interactive playbooks;
• Provided innovation guidance for iPad apps, desktop and mobile websites, convention tactics and mobile applications.

• Responsible for every aspect of agency creative efforts, including: providing strategy, directing freelancers, presenting to clients, developing user experience and site architecture, billing, new business pitches.
• Raised revenue over $1 million with a new 10,000-product website for a student software company;
• Increased donations by over 300% for a national non-profit;
• Created a social media micro-donation campaign that raised over $8,000 in 48 hours.

Completed identity design, websites and interactive marketing, print/collateral, illustration and web development for various clients.

• Lead member of the "go-to" team for websites, email, banner ads, direct mail, print collateral, branding and other interactive projects for clients such as: Diners Club, Bank of America, Nationwide Insurance and JP.
• Built the very first microsite for online credit card applications;
• Designed dozens of splash pages that lead to higher response for a national insurance company;
• Created video animation motion graphics for trade shows

Completed identity design, websites and interactive marketing; print/collateral; illustration and web development for Stripes Marketing, Lolo Interior Design, Stone International, 426 Design and Lebison McGrath.

Created video graphics for use in a nationally broadcast television show. Edited and encoded video for online streaming. Designed internal and external collateral material, editing and media production as well as web development and production.