Portfolio
Digital Design
Emerson Ward
Designer in Los Angeles, United States
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.
Emerson is now available for hire
Portfolio
Digital Design
Employment
Senior Art Director
2022 - PRESENTApple- 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, MiroLead Product Designer
2020 - 2022Play 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 CCLead Product Designer
2019 - 2020Spartacus- 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, MiroSenior Product Designer
2018 - 2020Inspire- 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
Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Marketing2008 - 2012University of Massachusetts - Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Experience
- Copywriting10 years
- Sketch8 years
- Figma6 years
- Photoshop CC6 years
- Notion5 years
- User Testing5 years
- Maze4 years
- Miro4 years
Tools
- Figma
- Sketch
- Miro
- Maze
- Photoshop CC
