Alexander Russell

Designer

Lincoln, NE, United States

Member since May 25, 2016

Alex is a product designer who wants to work with you. He partners with startups, organizations, and agencies to rethink design strategies or invent new ones. Alex has helped startups receive collectively over $500,000 in funding. He also co-operates a research and design collective called Collectively Made.

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Portfolio

Digital Design

Quality Improvement Solutions App
- Design
- Product Design
- User Interface (UI)
- iOS
- Google Material Design
- Apps
- Mobile App Design
- Branding
Mowdo
- Product Design
- User Interface (UI)
- Wireframing
- Mockups
- Visual Design
- App Design
Market Interactive
- Web Design
- Front-end
- Jekyll
- Branding
- UX Design
City of Lexington
- Web Design
- UI Design
- User Experience (UX)
- Visual Design
- User Flows
- Information Architecture (IA)
- Front-end
The Social Life
- Visual Design
- Information Design
- Graphic Design
- Print Design
- Writing & Editing
Nebraska Medical Association
- UI Design
- Information Architecture (IA)
- Visual Design
- User Interface (UI)
- Web Design

Employment

Product Designer
2017 - PRESENT
Archrival
- Led the product design efforts on a collaboration tool currently being used by over 500 users.
- Implemented a design system framework to in an effort to increase the speed of design iteration and development.
- Organized a user testing process to yield a better understanding of user persona needs in order to better prioritize roadmap.
- Worked with big brand stakeholders such as by Adidas, Teva Sanuk, Abercrombie & Fitch, Hollister, and Spotify.
- Conceptualized and tested features in an attempt to validate ideas before wasting development time.
Technologies: Sketch, Figma, Photoshop, Wireframing, Docs
Founder | Lead Designer
2016 - PRESENT
Collectively Made
- Formed an LLC to act as a worker-owned cooperative of problem-solvers committed to making life better with technology.
- Leveraged the collective structure in order to curate the best talents and collaborate as an agile unit.
- Worked with a variety of clients, local and abroad, on diverse and experimenting projects.
- Took on a variety of projects including website & mobile application design, to kiosk hardware, to presentation designs.
- Designed and developed a mobile app from scratch that replaces the paper-based processes of a health and human services company.
Technologies: Wireframing, Sketch, InVision, Adobe CC, HTML, CSS, JavaScript
Freelance Designer
2015 - PRESENT
Freelance Work
- Worked with a range of clients focusing on mobile apps, web design, and decks.
- Helped startup clients obtain over $500,000 in funding.
- Met with clients in person and via Skype.
- Comfortable working at any stage in a product's development, from a napkin sketch to a public company.
- Worked quickly and was entrusted with projects that needed to be under the radar.
- Designed an Uber-like on-demand lawn care app, Mowdo. Duties included the UI/UX design, wireframing, conceptualization, product design, and branding.
Technologies: Sketch, Photoshop, Illustrator, App Demos, InVision, PDF Decks
UX Designer
2017 - 2018
LiveBy
- Led the product design on a number of product-related touchpoints.
- Scoped feature sets and plan design sprints.
- Crafted wireframes and prototyped unique B2B solutions and product features.
- Conducted user research, interviews, and usability testing.
- Designed and mocked high-fidelity screens in order to concept, market, and prototype product releases.
Technologies: InVision, Sketch, Figma, Photoshop, Wireframing, Google Docs
Freelance UX Designer
2016 - 2017
Hackbright Academy
- Met with stakeholders via Skype, hangouts, and phone to understand pain-points and define deliverables.
- Assisted in redesigning a variety of web pages utilizing the company's style guide and pre-built components.
- Created a number of print materials such as reports, tables, documents, and brochures.
- Consulted with a company concerning scoping projects and creating requirements.
- Implemented functional CSS code to make on-the-fly style updates without needing to ever touch the site code.
Technologies: Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite, HTML, CSS, WordPress
Freelance UX Designer
2016 - 2017
Omaha Steaks
- Wireframed, designed, and prototyped unique eCommerce experiences on a variety of touchpoints.
- Conducted user research and user testing analysis to validate UX design decisions.
- Implemented and assisted with componentization of front-end modules.
- Consulted in road mapping and scoping of new projects and business opportunities.
- Met with stakeholders to define pain points and opportunities to be solved with design.
Technologies: Wireframing, User Testing, User Research, Prototyping, HTML, CSS, jQuery
Lead Designer | Front-end Developer
2014 - 2016
Market Interactive
- Led the design and front-end development for all projects.
- Organized and worked with a small team using a variety of methodologies.
- Handled product design, art direction, and UI/UX for all projects throughout the various stages of development.
- Designed UI elements and converted those designs to front-end code.
- Managed the front-end and style guide in-house and for several big clients.
Technologies: Sketch, Adobe CC, HTML, CSS, JavaScript Ruby, Angular, Jekyll, WordPress, SCRUM, Agile
Designer
2011 - 2015
New Media Center | Student Technology
- Designed a platform for students and faculty to use when logging-in to resource centers on campus.
- Designed a platform that empowered students to ask and answer questions about classes, campus, or personal questions. Efforts included aesthetic branding design and interface and experience design.
- Led the creative direction of a majority of the output from the department, including print materials, presentation slides, website & landing page designs, style guides, educational workshops, animations, and videos.
- Designed and taught workshops educating students and faculty on Adobe programs, wireframing techniques, and UI/UX principles.
- Designed a platform that allowed students to access and request technology help from on-campus resources.
Technologies: Adobe CC

Education

Bachelor of Arts degree in Studio Art and Design
2009 - 2013
University of Nebraska–Lincoln - Lincoln, NE, USA

Experience

Sketch6 years
User Interface (UI)6 years
Product Design5 years
HTML5 years
User Experience (UX)5 years
Design Thinking5 years
Agile4 years
Figma3 years

Tools

Figma
Sketch

Alexander Russell

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