Neil Nisbet

Designer in Taos, NM, United States

Member since March 16, 2020

Neil is a creative director and designer with two decades of experience as a design thinker, leader, and maker with expertise spanning strategic definition to creative direction and hands-on crafting of design experience and brand systems. His work encompasses digital experiences (UX/UI), brand systems, and physical environments. Ultimately, he is interested in a holistic brand experience that delivers on business goals.

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Digital Design

Clear Branding and Web Experience
- Brand Design
- Web Design
- UI Design
- UX Design
- Digital Experience Design
- Physical Experience Design
- Brand Guidelines
- Visual Identity
- Biometric Security
- Industrial Design
- Illustration
- Art Direction
- Logo Design
- Typography
- System Design
- UX Flows
- Branding
- Wireframing
- Adobe Suite
- InVision
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe InDesign
- Apple Keynote
- Digital Branding
- Biometrics
Ancestry Experience Design
- Digital Experience Design
- User Interface (UI)
- Digital Strategy
- Creative Direction
- Digital Creative Direction
- User Experience (UX)
- Visual Identity
- Typography
- Virtual Reality (VR)
- Virtual Reality App Design
- Design Research
- System Design
- User Flows
- Scenario Mapping
- UX Scenarios
- Persona Development
- Mood Board
- Adobe Suite
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe InDesign
- Genealogy
- Apple Keynote
AR Exhibition
- Augmented Reality (AR)
- Design
- Digital Experience Design
- User Interface (UI)
- User Experience (UX)
- Illustration
- Icon Design
- Physical Experience Design
- Editorial Design
- Logo Design
- Brand Identity
- Visual Identity
- Virtual Reality App Design
- Virtual Reality (VR)
- Web Design
- Mobile App UI
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe InDesign
- App Design
- Entertainment & Leisure
MedAvante Experience Design
- Digital Experience Design
- Brand Design
- UI Design
- User Experience (UX)
- Design Research
- Visual Identity
- Logo Design
- System Design
- Web Design
- Data Visualization
- Typography
- Brand Guidelines
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe Illustrator
- B2B
- Clinical Trials
- Apple Keynote
Grimshaw Web Experience
- Web Design
- User Interface (UI)
- Brand Identity
- Digital Brand Identity
- Strategy
- User Experience (UX)
- Editorial Design
- Content Strategy
- Adobe Suite
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe InDesign
- Architecture
- Industrial Design
Cox Rebrand
- Visual Identity
- Brand Identity
- Vehicle Livery
- Advertising
- Social Media Campaigns
- Motion Design
- Logo Design
- Typography
- Art Direction
- Experience Design
- Adobe Suite
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe InDesign
- Creative Direction
- Branding
- Apple Keynote
Canary Web Experience
- Web Design
- Visual Identity
- Mobile Web Design
- Creative Direction
- Digital Creative Direction
- Typography
- Smart Homes
- Design Research
- User Experience (UX)
- Adobe Suite
- Sketch
- InVision
- Apple Keynote

Employment

Design Consultant
2019 - 2019
Apple
- Designed packaging for a high profile product.
- Creative-directed 3D visuals with a specialist 3D team.
- Created 3D visuals in Keyshot for packaging project.
- Did regular print reviews for packaging project.
- Designed environmental graphics for campaign.
Technologies: KeyShot, Adobe Suite
Creative Director
2018 - 2018
DesignStudio
- Provided creative direction for the rebrand of Cox Communications, a $10 billion revenue technology company.
- Managed a team of five with several team members working remotely.
- Led in-person presentations to Cox's head of marketing and his team.
- Partnered with Cox's advertising and web agencies.
- Personally designed much of the creative work, logo design, visual identity system, motion, and tone of voice.
- Prepared client presentations.
- Commissioned, directed, and managed motion and typographic work.
- Designed and produced motion work.
Technologies: Apple Keynote, Adobe After Effects, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator
Design Director
2018 - 2018
Collins
- Provided brand design expertise for a variety of clients and industries such as fintect, lifestyle tech, and social media.
Technologies: Adobe Suite
Associate Creative Director
2015 - 2018
Method Experience Design
- Led an experience design and brand building project for biometric access company CLEAR.
- Headed experience design for Ancestry. Reimagined the experience for collaborative genealogy.
- Directed the experience design for a Google charitable platform.
- Oversaw the web experience for Canary smart home security systems.
- Led the experience design and branding for clinical trails platform MedAvante. It included an extensive platform design and a complete rebrand and UI design.
- Contributed to regular in-person client presentations and collaborations.
Technologies: InVision, Sketch, Adobe Suite
Head of Visual Design
2008 - 2015
Grimshaw Architects
- Designed the web experience for this prestigious architecture firm. Contributed to cross-platform, strategized business goals, audience and content strategy, designed UX and UI partnering with remote developers in the UK.
- Led the brand redesign working with the chairman's office including brand strategy, logo, key assets, guidelines, and template systems.
- Designed augmented reality exhibitions in Milan and Singapore. Worked on sub-brands, marketing, exhibition design, and app design.
- Designed digital iPad app experience for journal of essays and think pieces by partner group.
- Designed the UX and UI for an internal new business platform.
Technologies: Adobe Suite
Designer
2001 - 2008
Manchester Studios
- Contributed as a designer at various studios in Manchester UK.
- Designed the branding for city-wide cultural organizations.
- Created branding and marketing materials for music festivals.
- Designed branding and marketing materials for the hospitality industry.
Technologies: Adobe Suite

Education

Bachelor of Arts Degree in Fine Art
1996 - 2000
Manchester School of Art - Manchester, United Kingdom

Experience

Visual Identity18 years
Digital Experience Design10 years
Digital Creative Direction10 years
Mobile Apps10 years
Creative Direction10 years
Web Design10 years
User Interface (UI)10 years
User Experience (UX)8 years

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