United States

Graphic Design

UX Design

UI/ Visual Design

Industrial Design

Motion Design

Branding and Identity Design

Multimedia Design

3D Design

Design Operations

Product Design

Platform Product Management

Branding

Digital Marketing

Guerilla Marketing

Offline Marketing

Direct Marketing

Product Marketing

Interaction Design

Growth Design

Hardware Design

Bachelor of Arts - BA

Bachelor of Science - BS

Robert Paige

Creative Director

Typography

Public Speaking

Product strategy

Prototyping

Communication

Collaboration

Problem-solving

Time management

Critical-thinking

Empathy

Team player

Organisation skills

Presentation skills

Customer service

Conflict resolution

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Project management

Negotiation

Analytical skills

2D Animation

3D Animation

Accessibility

Data visualisation

Illustration

Video editing

Video marketing

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe XD

Airtable

Blender

ChatGPT

Figma

HTML

Jira

Adobe Creative Suite

Adobe After Effects

Confluence

Understanding factors that lead to a motivated team - recognition, communication and more.

Keeping team members motivated

Understand the process of training, motivating and directing your team members.

Managing people

How to create a positive workplace culture that drives collaboration and productivity?

Fostering a good team culture

Steps to building and maintaining a strong, cohesive and effective team.

Building an effective team

Learn the tips to successfully manage a team in a remote environment.

Managing a remote team

Making remote and globally distributed teams work for you and your needs.

Working remotely

Learn essential burnout prevention techniques and replenish physical and emotional energy.

Managing burnout

Talk to people who have learned to manage their imposter syndrome.

Dealing with imposter syndrome

Talk to other immigrants about the nuances and challenges of working in the tech industry.

Being an immigrant in tech

Keeping your sanity, career growth and job satisfaction.

Surviving a merger or acquisition

Navigating micro-aggression, getting paid what you are worth and finding a community.

Being a woman in tech

Strategies for maximizing your design internship or co-op program.

Getting the most out of my internship

Tips for transitioning into a new role or company.

Changing roles

How to successfully prepare and position yourself for a job promotion?

How to get promoted

How to ask for a promotion and negotiate for salary raise?

Negotiating a job offer

How to think about design career paths and what progression looks like for designers?

Design career path

Get actionable feedback on your resume or portfolio.

Resume and portfolio review

Practice HR, technical and behavioural interviews with mentors.

Practice mock interviews

Talk to people who've broken into the tech industry and learn their stories.

Breaking into tech

Learn the best ways to answer technical interview questions with frameworks

Acing technical interview questions

How to set up the team for success by defining and measuring team's performance.

Choosing metrics and team goals

Best practices for running productive design critiques.

Running effective design critiques

Methods of prototyping and solution validation. When to use which kind of prototype (eg. Webflow, Notion, etc)

Prototyping methods and tips

Manage team expectations and get the most out of your meetings.

Running effective meetings

Learn how to properly present your work and share ideas and opinions.

Presenting your work with impact

How to work with team members with different skill sets but towards a common goal?

Working cross-functionally

Methods and models of exploring, deciding and delivering design.

Building a design process

Managing being the only designer at your company and working with non-designers.

Being the only designer

Explore different generative and evaluative research techniques. User research synthesis and presentation.

Conducting good user research

Ways and resources to improve your design skills.

Improving design skills

Navigating the working relationship with PM's and engineers as a designer.

Working with product and engineering

How to create personas, and leverage them in design.

Creating and leveraging user personas

Ways to provide constructive feedback to team members.

Giving effective feedback

How to conduct interviews, what to ask, and how to analyze your results? (eg. user interview)

Conducting effective customer interviews

What are design systems and how to work with them?

Building successful design systems

Directing all projects at Instacart that involve video, photography, production, and animation.

Managing the most talented production team on the planet.

Key Achievements:

• Managing animation and live studio productions.

• Reviewing high-level designs and concepts with designers.

• Directing all video projects and leading the animation production in-house.

• Directed 3 new OTT Commercials for Instacart and outperformed engagement over previous productions.

• Animated GIFs for Email Marketing.

• Creating delightful animations for In-App and working with the Product team for creating UI  and UX animations from user feedback to enhance the in-app experience.

• Built a hyper-dynamic video rendering system that automatically creates social media videos and commercial campaigns.

Leveraging my extensive professional experience, I’m in charge of developing professional animations and videos used for marketing and internal projects. It’s my job to create design concepts, strategies, and methodologies for video content projects and to oversee project production and progress. I help manage and mentor various team members including graphic designers, production artists, content writers and editors, video production team, and contracted support personnel. I also present my creative design strategy to various groups and foster consensus across all stakeholders.

Key Achievements:

• Fully accountable overseeing animation projections and delivering creative direction to designers which strengthened creative infrastructure, product development lifecycle, and video production initiatives.

• Effectively mentored and trained designers and project coordinators while directing video productions and storyboarding sessions; enhanced production workflows and improved efficiency.

• Made key contributions towards enhancing brand growth and digital footprint by spearheading campaign marketing projects and branding initiatives for social media videos.

• Created an api platform for dynamic rendering videos; seamlessly integrated video content into all Lyft social channels and media platforms.

As a Senior User Experience Motion Designer, I was responsible for managing a variety of WebVR, animation, and UX design projects. My scope of responsibility included scheduling tasks, coordinating with team members, and reviewing campaign results, along with guiding the development and launch of multiple interactive applications, websites and marketing campaigns. I worked closely with various groups to develop brand image and visual content. I also mentored and shared my graphic design knowledge with junior team members. 

Key Achievements:

• Improved social media and digital presence by providing art direction for paid social, microsites, and other branded collateral.

• Enhanced client relations by successfully conceiving, designing and animating WebVR experiences for T-Rex and Monsanto.

At TOKY, I was directly responsible for UX/UI design, mobile page layouts, editing, animation, interactive map design, and graphic design. My job was to develop visual content by assessing market position and trends, devising branding strategies, and presenting to senior management. I made key contributions during client pitches, provided strategic thought leadership on marketing and campaign initiatives, and offered guidance throughout the campaign lifecycle.

Key Achievements:

• Worked with key clients and managed UX/UI design projects for MIT, WightCo, SWT DESIGN, Tower Grove Park, and Forest Park Forever.

• Earned commendation from senior leaders for quality of animation production for Centene, HOK, and Sunshine Healthcare.

Earlier in my career, I utilized my creative spirit, professional drive, and expertise in design and brand strategy to develop a wide range of visual content for social media, digital, and web. My main duties were to enhance our brand awareness and maintain graphic consistency across all deliverables. I led tasks related to budget management, task scheduling, and milestone tracking for projects with key clients. I was also in charge of providing creative and art direction for animations and commercials.

Key Achievements:

• Bolstered relations with blue chip clients including AT&T, Enterprise, ScotTrade, Nawgan, and the St. Louis Rams by effectively leading UX/UI design projects.

• Delivered multiple projects including animations and commercial editing for AT&T, Enterprise, The Magic House, ScotTrade, LouFest, and Nawgan.

Served as a paid intern to take on available work and deliver key support.

• Designed packaging for The Roasterie, and created brochures, direct mailings, and P.O.P. for Sprint.

Robert Paige🇺🇸