Patrick N. Email & Phone Number

Austin, Texas Area

Creative Director | Design Director | UX Consultant | UX ManagerAs a designer with 30 years of experience, I'm a seasoned professional with a deep understanding of creative and strategic design principles. Over such a long career, I've honed my skills across many disciplines, working on diverse projects ranging from branding, experiential, and UX/UI to product design. I bring:- Mastery of Design: a refined eye for aesthetics, functionality, and user experience, consistently delivering designs that align with user needs and business goals.- Strategic Vision: Having worked across industries and with numerous clients, I possess the ability to transform abstract ideas into practical, impactful design solutions that drive brand value.- Leadership & Mentorship: I often lead cross-functional teams, inspiring collaboration and innovation, and mentoring younger designers.- Adaptability: Given the evolving nature of design tools and trends, they demonstrate adaptability, staying current with the latest technologies and methodologies.- Problem Solving: With extensive experience, I'm equipped to solve complex design challenges efficiently, often anticipating user needs and market shifts.An award-winning and seasoned creative adds proven brand-building ideas earlier in the UED process. The product team may spend an inordinate amount of time getting to the best idea or finding an idea, only to realize later that it's an un-ownable cliché.Hire Experience for User Experience• University of Texas Graduate with 30+ years of continuous career progression and evolution• Proven work ethic delivering on deadlines, budget, and keeping projects on track• Reliable, stable seeking the same in clients and companies • Empathizes with stakeholders and users• A rich global network of personal and industry professional business leaders and resources• Mentoring ability and unquenchable curiosity• Austin,Texas owner-run business and project management

Austin, Tx, Us

• Led the end-to-end creative process for Discovery, Research, UX Design, and Product Architecture and validated new designs. • Launched a rebranded mobile app platform in just six months • Collaborated with the VP of Marketing to rebrand and launch the mobile app to drive rebranding, align on KPIs, and gather stakeholder input.• Created the value proposition for a multi-platform payment IP asset and patent submissions. Socialized the new potential IP within the company and for stakeholders • Introduced cross-functional teams to the key vision and planning for the rollout• Grew the UX practice: Daily agile stand-ups, Design Reviews, and Sprint Planning• Developed and managed Figma Design System Library to create a scaleable toolset grounded in best practices from major industry leaders like Ford UX.

Denver, Co, Us

• Directed and led UX & UI designers on product priorities, collaborating with Engineering and Product for design strategy updates.• Planned and directed UX research with Product Owners, driving user-centered design iterations based on user interviews.• Acted as a conduit between Product and Marketing, driving creative direction of marketing assets for a financial payments facilitator SaaS software team.

Austin, Texas, Us

• Led a UX/UI design team at IBM PartnerWorld, implementing creative solutions and managing multiple agile projects through team collaboration.• Facilitated daily scrums, sprint planning, and grooming sessions to ensure project alignment and success.• Built strong relationships with clients, producers, and developers to deliver innovative solutions and drive client satisfaction.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

• Worldpay Austin Senior User Experience Design Team Lead on flagship Virtual Terminal Product • Interviewed and Hired for Innovation & Design Team in Atlanta and Austin• Accelerated user research for MVP product using UserTesting.com and personal interviews• Sketched and built low to hi-fi prototypes in Axure RP and Adobe XD for MVP • Collocated with Product Lead and Dev Lead for x-functional decisions and standups• Stood up Product RPID team with Atlanta leadership • Daily standups with the full dev team to share user research, and UI design progress • Drove user-centered design experience across the Worldpay portfolio of Products • Utilized heuristic reviews, analytic research, competitive data, • Defined hypotheses, tests and validated the product iterations

I consult and create emerging technology user experience solutions using UX, UI and Conceptual Thinking. Creative vision from deep user understanding and business goals drives powerful outcomes.Just as deep user knowledge guides the truth of user experiences through design thinking, creative conceptual thinking compiles the discreet knowledge into innovative, brandable, ownable, unique expressions of the users desires. Apple Watch users don't just want to know what time it is. Having a UX designer at the Creative Direction level curating the vision is huge. Having that UX/UI, Visual Designer and experience in one person uniquely streamlines and elevates the MVP outcome.Projects include:- Dell UX Director & designer for an international financial customer portal- Dell Global Product Launches Art Director at AdPeople- Content strategy and copy for IDfour.com- BDS Luxury Coffee website and marketing repositioning- Dell Discover Healthcare IT website PO/UX/UI/CD/PM - Dell SMB/PLE Site Content Optimization Project- Schematic, Possible Worldwide global AD- Panasonic Hospitality Division - CD/AD- Appiction - iOS App design- Simply Interactive - CD on GSK and American Heart Association- frog design - Online tutorials for AT&T services - frog design - Disney Personal Experience Portal Application and iPhone app design- WebQuest.nobelity.org & Nobelity.org - design and development- YouData interactive/advertising branding project- WPP BLUE, Singapore: Interactive web-based learning project- Tahiti Tourisme Pitch with the Phelps Group in Santa Monica- Discovery Channel documentary, "In the Shadow of the Blade" - Designer - Nobelity Film - Design and development - "Six Man, Texas" a film by Alan Barber - Animation and marketing National competence, award-winning creativity, strategically-guided, business savvy, expertise, network and efficiency. One of the talented minds behind America's best brands.

Austin, Tx, Us

Award-winning art director, designer and creative contributor for marketing solutions across all media: New Media, Print, Broadcast, Mobile, Event, Interactive and Film.Pioneered efforts in rich media, experience marketing, participating in problem-solving groups, mentoring and leadership. Over twelve years experience with America's Most Respected Companies including BMW, Southwest Airlines, WalMart and the U.S. Air Force. http://activthrust.com/about .

B.S., Advertising

Associate Of Arts And Sciences - Aas, Advertising Design