Jordan M. Clayton
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Charleston, SC, United States
Toptal member since April 9, 2018
Jordan is a hands-on design leader who thrives at the intersection of product innovation and interactive marketing. With a diverse background in UX/UI design, he helps clients create powerful interactive solutions across various media. His clients have ranged from small nonprofit organizations to global Fortune 500 companies. With over 50 industry awards under his belt, he still feels the best is yet to come!
Portfolio
JohnFreida.com
PUR | Know Your Water
Jack Daniels | Barrel Hunt
Work Experience
Principal Designer, UX/UI
Freelance
- Founded a remote-friendly design consultancy that provides experience design services to cutting-edge product and marketing clients.
- Developed prospects and scopes for projects as well as managing and executing the design development.
- Worked for clients such as TripAdvisor, LoJack, Fidelity, Cornell University, Jibo Robotics, CIEE, the Social Institute, CalAmp, and Cree.
SVP | Creative Director
Arnold Worldwide
- Led the global agency's user experience design discipline.
- Set and managed the UX's organization, team, tasks, tools, recruiting, reviews, and goals.
- Oversaw the strategy, concept, and execution of all the interactive projects across major offices.
- Played an integral role in scoping, selling, and scaling the agency's interactive work.
- Worked for clients such as Carnival, Jack Daniels, Progressive, Century Link, John Frieda, PUR, and Santander.
Director of Experience Design
McKinney
- Founded and built the experience design department and capabilities for the agency (across all major projects and clients).
- Implemented human-centered design and Agile methodologies into the creative process.
- Conducted design workshops and mentorship sessions with various disciplines, departments, and clients.
- Acted as a member of the agency leadership team.
- Worked for clients such as Travelocity, Sherwin-Williams, Nationwide, Mizuno, Meijer, and Golds Gym.
Director of User Experience
Wuhu
- Led the UX strategy and conceptual development for an online travel startup.
- Developed an interactive prototype that successfully secured investors and over $1 million in startup capital.
- Successfully maintained an Agile design process while collaborating with a team of designers, developers, and stakeholders around the globe (Durham, Boston, Providence, Sydney, Bangalore).
Associate Experience Director
Crispin Porter + Bogusky Europe
- Was sent to Europe to help grow the international UX discipline across the Sweden and London offices.
- Designed and directed the creative work that ran in over 18 countries and in multiple languages, taking into account cultural nuances and sensitivities.
- Played a key role in creating and selling international brand work for multiple clients and new business pitches.
- Provided UX and interactive design education across offices, departments, clients, and projects.
- Worked for clients such as Discovery Networks, Ubisoft, P&G, Milka, Scania, SAS, and Telia.
Senior Experience Designer
Crispin Porter + Bogusky
- Served as a core creative partner to the concept, design, and tech teams in charge of developing big brand ideas.
- Provided unique concept and ecosystem visualization techniques that allowed me to collaborate across various teams, projects, and clients.
- Created a wide variety of interactive products, tools, toys, games, platforms, contests, social experiments, apps, and more.
- Worked for clients such as Old Navy, Coke Zero, VW, Guitar Hero, Best Buy, Jose Cuervo, Burger King, Dominos, and AMEX.
Designer
Freelance Work
- Entrepreneurially led a freelance creative consultancy which mainly consisted of pitching, creating, and delivering all strategy, design, and production work.
- Sought-out and won various clients; handled complex design problems and ensured on-time project delivery that surpassed expectations.
- Grew the design offering through successfully taking on various interactive, architectural, fashion, graphic, and identity design work.
- Worked for clients such as Burton, Nova Natural, Pure Wellness, Avian Resources, and VWAC.
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Industrial Design, Interaction Design
Savannah College of Art and Design - Savannah, GA, USA
Skills
Tools
iMovie, Sketch 4, InVision, Apple Keynote, Adobe CC, Axure RP Pro, OmniGraffle, Sketch, Figma, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Dreamweaver, Flash, Trello
Industry Expertise
Marketing, Travel & Leisure, Automotive, Security, Food & Beverage
Platforms
iOS, Windows, Android, MacOS, Axure, Drupal
Languages
HTML, Charity
Other
Creative Advertising, Sitemaps, User Flows, Digital Ecosystem Mapping, Experience Maps, Digital Creative Direction, Design Management, Creative Strategy, Brand Ecosystems, Wireframing, Information Architecture (IA), Ideation, User Testing, Rapid Prototyping, Design Evaluation, UI Design, Concept Sketching, User Personas, User Scenarios, Product Design, UI Pattern Library, Infographics, UX Leadership, Game Mechanics, UX Design, Prototyping, UX Strategy, Creative Direction, Higher Education, Design Research, Blog Design, Web Applications, Internationalization, Workshop Facilitation, Stakeholder Interviews, Responsive Design, UX Direction, eCommerce, Beauty Products, Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG), Customization, Digital Strategy, Content Management Systems (CMS), Personas, Team Leadership, Conceptual Design, Big Data, Water Industry, Home Goods, Campaign Design, UX Wireflows, Running, Sports & Athletics, Mobile App Design, Strategy, UX Testing, Video Games, Game Design, Toys & Children's Products, Concept Modeling, Interaction Design (IxD), Global Strategy, Team Management, Concepting, System Flow, Cruise Industry, Virtual Reality (VR), Mechanics, 360° Video, 3D Video, Whiteboarding, Logic Design, Cause Marketing, Mobile Web, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Robotics, Voice User Interfaces (VUI), Design Leadership, Visual Design, A/B Testing, UX Research, Storyboarding
Experience
- Information Architecture (IA) - 13 years
- Ideation - 13 years
- Rapid Prototyping - 13 years
- Experience Maps - 13 years
- Product Design - 10 years
- UX Leadership - 7 years
- Digital Creative Direction - 7 years
- UI Design - 6 years
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