United States

UX Design

UI/ Visual Design

Branding and Identity Design

Design Operations

Product Design

Growth Design

Jon Belsky

Principal Designer

Communication

Collaboration

Presentation skills

Leadership

Branding

Design systems

Figma

Framer

Notion

Adobe Creative Suite

Brought in to lead the design team at Series D. Doubled headcount of product design and started an entirely new creative services team. Managed a total team of 15+ plus partner agencies, fostering collaboration and innovation across departments.

• Re-organized the design team to orient them with the rest of the organizations operating model.
• Hands-on leader for the redesign of the consumer app, implementing payment features to elevate user experience.
• Relaunched the B2B merchant experience.
• Successfully executed a rebrand and introduced the org's first design system, ensuring cohesive/scalable approach.
• Re-envisioned leveling and rubric for the design team.
• Launched the first national brand campaigns.

Found and led the design team, shaping product/brand design. Cross-platform product design that included Chrome Extension, Web Application, SDK Implementation, and Marketing Products.

• Designed solutions for B2C and B2B AI products for scale of expansive interactive content library. 
• Worked with engineering to orchestrate a ground-up design system, streamlining the documentation and delivery process.
• Established research methods and interview cadence to guide product decisions and overall strategy.
• Led and executed brand refresh.

Head of User Experience and Design Thinking for the Madison Square Garden Company and all of their owned properties including Madison Square Garden, the New York Knicks, the New York Rangers, Radio City Music Hall, the Radio City Rockettes, and Beacon Theatre.

• Worked cross-functionally with business units, product, and engineering as a hands-on design lead for the re-launch of cross-channel platforms: MSG.com, Rockettes.com, In-Venue Ordering, Merch Store, Knicks.com, and Knicks mobile app.
• Pioneered the launch of the first Madison Square Garden app, with an overall app store rating of 4.7.
• Partnered with Product and Engineering to prototype new venue innovations.

Started the first design and marketing creative teams. Acquired by Shutterstock for $210mm.

Invested heavily in UX to better identify business opportunities through customer feedback. Implemented a design process that leveraged a customer-centric methodology. 10x revenue growth in the time I was there.

• Mentor and champion for the entire design team.
• Product and Brand Design Overhaul
• AI Implementation: Visual AI and Smart Search features.
• Membership: Monthly or annual fee for a fixed number of downloads.

Global design lead and communications director. Managed team with focus on entire customer lifecycle through brand campaigns and site localization in international markets. Executed highly scalable multi-channel marketing campaigns in more than a dozen key markets.

Integrated ACD hired to run the Capital One 360 business and add a wealth of digital experience to a traditionally focused agency. Campaigns include TV, Digital, OOH, and Social.

Featured Clients: Capital One 360, Vimeo, Sebago, Gilt, Quickchek

Lead Integrated ACD on Verizon’s innovation team. Managed 7+ creatives while guiding a 30+ person team to implement creatively lead campaigns for TV, Digital, OOH, and Social.

Featured Clients: Verizon, DROID, Motorola

Led a small team of designers and developers to create brand integrations focusing on OLA, OLV, mobile, and social. Won key new business, leading to expanded services, allowing Last Exit to grow quickly in a short period of time.

Featured Clients: Chegg, Montblanc, Belvedere Vodka, Diesel, USGA, Weight Watchers, PetMD, Origins

Started in creative, and moved to the newly formed JWT Digital at it’s inception. Worked across all client brands focusing on direction, design, and development from concept and pitch phase through final production.

Featured Clients: Cadbury Adams, Royal Caribbean, DeBeers, J and J, Kimberly Clark, Macy’s, JetBlue, Microsoft, Unilever, HSBC

Tune Rooms is a music collaboration platform developed for musicians, by musicians. Responsibilities included designing the initial visual design, UX/UI, and creating a marketing strategy. Tune Rooms raised 2 rounds of funding, and grew developed a diverse network of musicians from more than 80 countries.

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