United States

UX Design

Graphic Design

UI/ Visual Design

Branding and Identity Design

Product Design

Branding

UX Testing

UX Research

Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)

Shane Richardson

Associate Director of UX

Typography

Public Speaking

Prototyping

Communication

Collaboration

Problem-solving

Critical-thinking

Team player

Presentation skills

Leadership

Design systems

User research

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Figma

Adobe Creative Suite

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

Getting the most out of my internship

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

How to get promoted

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

Best practices for running productive design critiques.

Running effective design critiques

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

Tips on how to work and collaborate with designers.

Working with designers

Ways and resources to improve your design skills.

Improving design skills

Ways to provide constructive feedback to team members.

Giving effective feedback

Led design efforts across multiple campaigns and initiatives. Worked closely with Creative Directors and Senior Designers to assist with Art Direction, developed final marketing materials for print and digital campaigns, worked closely with freelancers by providing design direction throughout various project stages.

Creative Ideation | Communicate new ideas and solutions from insights in the form of low-fidelity deliverables such as writing and sketching.

Elite Communication Design | Develop elite Fortune 500 results in various areas of visual
design (i.e. Finalized versions of visual identities, presentations, web, manuals, posters, packaging,
exhibitions, displays, corporate communications, etc)

Prototyping Strategy | Work together using common tools to plan and prototype a strategy that takes the form of flat plans, presentation outlines, mock websites, etc.

Research Support | Assist with ethnography, coding, analysis, surveys, workshops, and creating presentations.

Strategy Support | Assist in strategy creation, creating presentations, and rapid 2D design mockups.

Design Direction | Directing internal and external designers through project brief building, scheduling, creative direction, time management, relationship building, up-to-date knowledge of design software, etc. with a professional approach to time, costs, and deadlines

Business Development Support | Assist in pitch development with presentation storyboarding & design. Helping estimate the time required to complete the work and providing quotes for clients.

Assisted with the development of brands such as Quilted Northern, Dixie, Fage and the Cincinnati Heart Mini Marathon. Contributed to the ideation of conceptual territories and explored design solutions to be presented to clients.

Headed the conceptional development and execution for Restaurant Week Columbus 2014. Assisted with the editorial design for 614 Magazine, Stock & Barrel and Fit Magazine. Developed advertisements for local businesses to be ran in the magazine.

Responsible for the production of printed materials for various clients. Ensured that printers were maintained properly and that prints were above average quality standards. Completed orders and met various deadlines on a daily basis.

Operated and maintained various printers including:

Xerox Color i1000’s
Xerox iGen 4’s
Xerox iGen 150
Xerox Docucolor 8080

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