Adjunct Professor (Part-time)
2019 - PRESENT
Parsons School of Design
- Taught a course in professional development, including portfolio-building, to graduating students in strategic and integrated design.
Technologies: Apple Keynote, Canvas, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop
UI/UX Designer and Creative Director (Consultant)
2017 - PRESENT
Ian Spangler Design
- Led and executed on digital projects with the agencies Designity and Toptal.
- Defined strategy and architecture for brand-elevating website overhauls, managed designer workflows, and provided constructive iterative feedback.
- Collaborated closely with clients, estimating scope and cost, providing regular progress reports, and delivering on key business objectives.
- Laid down the foundation of UX design thinking for an education platform, conducting market research, surveying users, and wireframing solutions.
Technologies: JavaScript, CSS3, HTML5, Balsamiq, WordPress, InVision, Sketch, Adobe Photoshop
Principal Designer (In-house Consultant)
2016 - PRESENT
ZergNet
- Worked cross-functionally with C-level leaders, engineers, marketers, business developers, and content editors as an integral one-man design department within a high-growth media startup.
- Designed and iterated on CTR-optimized website designs for six editorial and news brands receiving 60+ million visitors per month.
- Defined or elevated visual identities of ZergNet-owned-and-operated properties across multiple channels.
- Devised CSS-driven spec systems, annotations, and brand guides for interdependent sites that help ensure accurate translation of designs.
- Designed traffic-growing widgets for Rolling Stone, Thrillist, New York Post, Hollywood Reporter, and other sites.
Technologies: CSS3, HTML5, Adobe Illustrator, Sketch, Adobe Photoshop
Co-founder and Director of Product (UX + Tech)
2013 - 2016
The Imagine Film List
- Co-designed, and built from scratch, the premiere social platform for promoting books as movie and TV shows, attracting 300+ best-selling authors.
- Translated complex business requirements into a UX architecture scheme and onboarding flow that helped spur an 11% average conversion rate with 100,000 users registered in the first nine months.
- Devised a series of innovative, intuitive forms that inspired users to publish hundreds of thousands of story and casting ideas.
- Facilitated a collaborative design process that included research, user scenario definition, wireframing, prototyping, and user testing.
- Defined visual styles and micro-interactions for the application UI based on branding and input from co-founders.
- Assembled and led a team of two full-time developers and contractors to expand and evolve rich custom features and admin tools.
- Prepared user activity reports from Google Analytics data and SQL queries to inform on progress and actionable plans for improving user engagement.
Technologies: CSS, Web Technologies, Google Analytics, JavaScript, HTML, Adobe Photoshop, OmniGraffle
Interactive Designer
2011 - 2013
Townsquare Media
- Worked as a UI/UX designer with product managers, art directors, and developers on a vast suite of national music news and radio station websites.
- Devised wireframes and user flows for mobile sites, a streaming music player, and an online auction system for an eCommerce website.
- Designed themed versions of entire sites plus interfaces for editorial features, onboarding, loyalty programs, and a flagship mobile application.
- Helmed a design system that successfully transitioned 300+ websites to a responsive, mobile-friendly framework.
Technologies: OmniGraffle, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
Interactive Developer/Designer
2007 - 2011
True North, Inc.
- Served national clients such as Disney, ABC, Glamour, and Toys ‘R Us as a creative technologist and digital art director in a mid-sized agency.
- Crafted custom-coded media websites, microsites, animations, desktop widgets, Facebook apps, and games.
- Planned, led, and managed the execution of internal web applications from UI/UX planning through development, QA testing, and launch.
- Provided key contributions to three ECHO-award-winning campaigns.
Technologies: CSS, Unity3D, PHP, OmniGraffle, jQuery, HTML, Adobe Photoshop, Flash
Interactive Designer and Developer (Consultant)
2006 - 2006
Sanborn Media Factory
- Designed and hand-coded front ends of marketing sites and emails for high-profile publishers including GQ, Architectural Digest, and Bon Appetit.
Technologies: CSS, Flash, HTML, Adobe Photoshop