Alexander Russell

Designer

Lincoln, United States

Member since May 25, 2016

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

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Portfolio

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

Employment

Founder & Lead Designer
Collectively Made
2016 - PRESENT
- 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
Freelance Work
2015 - PRESENT
- 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.
- Ability to work fast and can be trusted with projects that need to be under the radar.
- Designed the Uber for an 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
Lead Designer / Front-End Developer
Market Interactive
2014 - 2016
- 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, UI and 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
New Media Center / Student Technology
2011 - 2015
- 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 & 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 in Studio Art & Design
University of Nebraska - Lincoln - Lincoln, Nebraska (USA)
2009 - 2013

Experience

Sketch6 years
Adobe Creative Suite5 years
Human-centered Design5 years
Design Thinking5 years
Branding5 years
User Interface (UI)5 years
User Experience (UX)3 years
Product Design3 years

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite
Sketch

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