Emerson Ward, Designer in Los Angeles, United States
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Emerson Ward

Verified Expert  in Design

Designer

Location
Los Angeles, United States
Toptal Member Since
October 5, 2022

Emerson is a product design leader and art director who has led projects for Apple, Neuralink, Worldcoin, and Google, among others. His selected projects have been featured on The Brand Identity, Brand New, Logos.Ai, First Round Conference, and Design Feed. Emerson is passionate about designing exquisite products that deepen brand experiences.

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Portfolio

Work Experience

Senior Art Director

2022 - PRESENT
Apple
  • Led the design for the Apple App Store and Apple.com digital experiences.
  • Directed the design for in-store retail physical displays and in-store retail digital experiences.
  • Contributed to Apple's human interface design system.
Technologies: Sketch, Photoshop CC, Illustrator CC, Miro

Lead Product Designer

2020 - 2022
Play All Day
  • Designed product experiences, motor-interface control lesson UX, and other features for Neuralink's brain-machine interface app.
  • Created product experiences and brand identity for Worldcoin, led by Sam Altman of OpenAI—a new, collectively owned global currency distributed fairly to as many people as possible.
  • Created product experiences and brand identities for many other clients, including Sparrow, Cantos, and Neo.Tax.
  • Contributed to projects featured on The Brand Identity, Brand New, Logos.ai, First Round Conference, and Design Feed.
Technologies: Figma, Photoshop CC, Illustrator CC

Lead Product Designer

2019 - 2020
Spartacus
  • Led the product design to the initial product launch to thousands of users.
  • Contributed to a successful Series A funding round presentation and process.
  • Redesigned the entire product funnel and logged-in dashboard experience.
Technologies: Figma, Photoshop CC, Illustrator CC, ProtoPie, Principle, Notion, Miro

Senior Product Designer

2018 - 2020
Inspire
  • Redesigned Inspire's smart home app with thermostat control and rewards experience.
  • Remodeled the thermostat schedule feature that tripped feature adoption and doubled user engagement over the user lifecycle.
  • Contributed to Inspire's brand redesign, bringing Inspire to a more premium and modern identity.
Technologies: Sketch, Figma, Miro, ProtoPie, Illustrator CC, Photoshop CC, Notion
2008 - 2012

Bachelor's Degree in Marketing

University of Massachusetts - Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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