Hi, I’m Stu.

I am a multidisciplinary designer with a focus on product design.I’ve worked on a broad range of B2B and B2C design projects software applications to websites to brand identity and collateral. Let’s talk!

Experience

Design Consultant

Various Clients

Nov, 2018 – Apr, 2021 | Contract

Engagements included design leadership, UX and UI design, brand identity design, low and high-fidelity prototype creation and QA of development work.

• Senior UX/UI Designer at Avionos, creating an elite service portal for Mercury Marine engines and membership design for Brunswick’s Freedom Boat Club.

• Delivered design leadership, UX/UI design, brand identity design, and prototype creation across multiple projects.

• Senior UX/UI Designer at Avionos, creating an elite service portal for Mercury Marine engines and membership design for Brunswick’s Freedom Boat Club.

• UX Lead at Rightpoint for Century Communities’ site redesign, including user story mapping, information architecture, and wireframing.

• Directed naming, brand identity, and experience design for Hempra, a CBD subscription startup.

• Led Lexicon’s comprehensive law practice management software design, integrating UX and Visual Design, saving over 100 design hours.

• Provided creative direction for Abbott’s Freestyle Libre glucose testing device user journey map, securing additional budget for future design efforts.

• Design and direction for RegimenPro’s e-commerce cosmetics service launch. Designed brand identity, responsive site design, directed product photography, and managed trade show booth design.

Provided creative direction and design for projects across multiple accounts. Worked with sales team and executive management to pitch new business. Managed and mentored design coworkers and contractors.

• Led redesign of Audi’s sales team intranet site. Managed client relationship and contract design resources.

• Provided design direction for redesign of CoyoteLogistics.com. Gathered and synthesized requirements and input from Coyote creative and marketing teams. Directed Jr. Designer in design of new site.

• Integrated newly acquired Ceilings Plus business into USG.com site design. Led design team and worked with Ceilings Plus owner to ensure the new design accurately reflected the essence of the CP brand.

• Traveled to Shift7 offices to capture photos of the company’s essence for marketing purposes.

Design Lead

Fjord

Dec, 2013 – Jun, 2018 | Full time

Led UX, UI, and visual design projects from concept through delivery across multiple accounts. Traveled nationally and internationally for client work and design team-building events.

• Led design team to redefine the UX and visual design of Accenture’s Code of Business Ethics communication platform. We designed a responsive, user friendly website embedded with a genial chatbot named COBE. Site and chatbot design resulted in a 20-fold increase in daily site visits.

• Led responsive redesign of ConsumersEnergy.com. Redesign repositioned CE’s JD Powers customer satisfaction index ranking from 37th to 12th out of 59 utility companies, raising them from the 3rd to 1st.

• Joined forces with team to define Best Buy’s “My Best Buy” customer account UX. Designed a dashboard displaying personalized content and calls to action based on purchases. Our work resulted in online sales growth of 24% in 3rd quarter. (Moody’s).

Sr. Art Director

Acquity Group

Apr, 2008 – Dec, 2013 | Full time

Led design efforts for a wide range of projects. Contributed to the expansion of AG’s creative team by defining processes and standards and managing the design of major accounts instrumental in Accenture's acquisition.

• Redesigned Grainger.com UI/visuals, driving revenue and customer satisfaction.

• Elevated Penske’s truck rental web app design, winning a Mobile Web Award.

• Developed naming process guidelines for new Penske digital products and services.

• Created an online cooking school application for Condé Nast, involving research, UX, and UI design.