Creative Director, Brand Strategist, UX Practitioner, Visual Designer specializing in digital, print, brand, and user experience design. Formerly the managing director & executive creative director for Designing North Studios in charge of building the practice to service client needs in digital strategy and user centered design projects. Once upon a time responsible for the strategic direction & implementation of Stanford Law School’s online communication and branding initiatives; public website, private social community, the social media landscape, collaboration tools, and customized application development. Founder of a small design & consulting group delivering brand creative, corporate identity, social media, and UI/UX design solutions for small to enterprise-wide projects with high-profile clients across a range of industries, still always open. Co-founder of a successful custom invitation design & lifestyle company in Santa Barbara, California, engaged in the planning & brand development of large events for exclusive clientele & co-star of TLC network show Unveiled. Veteran of Ernst & Young’s consulting practice leading a bicoastal team of designers and developers in the early days of the web space.Specialties: UX, Brand & Identity, Art Direction, Graphic Design, Information Architecture, User Interface Design, Human Factors Integration, User-Centered Design, Interaction Design, Usability Methodologies, Visioning & Strategy, Copywriting, Content Development, and Software Development Processes.Believer in the power of small; smaller teams that handcraft experiences for digital products, art, and life.Mindset: Many people in this world “add a little extra” to whatever they do: their career, how they live, the relationships they nurture, how they continue to reinvent themselves — I consider that *designing north* — designing your life and living it just north of the average bell curve. When people engage in 'that little extra', relish in the small details, really *craft* something, it adds happiness, success, and peace, to the global experience – the biggest UX experiment of all.
Listed skills include User Interface Design, Creative Direction, Interaction Design, Graphic Design, and 15 others.