I create Material Design:

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Previously:

Android User Experience

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Co-founder of a London startup that leveraged mobile devices to promote and sustain behavior change around environmental sustainability. Pitched for and secured venture capital. Developed service concept and business models.

Co-founder of txt2wrk.net, a service delivering SMS job alerts and text-to-speech job descriptions to any mobile phone. Helped establish a pilot program with the City of San Francisco.

Clients: txt2wrk, Fjord, Experientia, Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design (CIID)

txt2wrk helps parolees, homeless, and other job seekers compete on a more level playing field by providing text-to-speech delivery of job postings on any mobile phone. With txt2wrk, job seekers are alerted to new job postings, can listen to job descriptions, and apply for jobs, 24 hours a day, all without a connection to the internet. Employers gain access to a previously untapped pool of labor, while local workforce development and social service agencies can fulfill their mandate to connect employers with motivated job seekers.

Day-to-day creative lead for teams of interaction designers, visual designers, strategists, and technologists creating innovative products and services.

Expertise in developing product and service ecosystems that span multiple devices and platforms across time.

Responsibilities include: lead creative teams through the entire design process; define and articulate product, service, and experience strategy and vision; develop and articulate concepts through storytelling, prototypes, and detailed documentation; work with creative directors to develop and maintain client relationships, and maximize team effectiveness; work with program managers to ensure on-time delivery within budget; work with creative team to align their individual professional development goals with program needs; contribute to interaction and service design deliverables; manage and mentor four direct reports.

Creative lead for a team of 13 on a 41-week program involving 5 unique device platforms, including 2 unique mobile platforms. Program integrated within a larger on-going effort, requiring coordination with evolving experience, brand, business, and product guidelines.

Lead interaction design on major tracks of work within programs, coordinating with other interaction designers and Associate Creative Directors/Creative Directors. Contributed to all phases of programs: initial background research and immersion, stakeholder interviews and alignment, qualitative user research and contextual inquiry, research synthesis, iterative design evolutions, participatory design and validation research, and client communication.