I am a multidisciplinary designer that specializes in user experience (UX), user interface (UI), visual design, product design, design research, and graphic design. This background allows me to see things from many different angles and deliver a better solution. I've worked with startups, agencies, and Fortune 500 companies on projects as both a design lead and production contributor. --- **Employment and project experience** **Owner / Product Designer / UX and UI Designer** ODELL Design · Self-employed _Jul 2001 - Present_ Remote Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area · Remote I provide consulting and contract UX/UI design services for clients that include consumer goods, technology/software services, design firms and agencies. **Founding Talent Member** Braintrust · Contract _Jul 2019 - Present_ Remote Working with enterprise level and Fortune 100 companies. Projects include native mobile or web based applications for either internal or customer facing use. Services provided include user experience (UX) design, user interface (UI) system creation, visual design, documentation, user testing and project management. I work directly with established teams and leadership on project deliverables. **Senior Product, UX and UI Design Consultant** Gigster · Contract _Nov 2016 - Present_ Remote Working with clients ranging from startups to established brands and enterprises. Projects include native mobile applications and responsive websites for either internal or customer facing use. Services provided include UX design, user interface (UI) system creation, visual design, documentation and project management. I work directly with established teams and leadership to deliver project deliverables. **Co-Founder & Lead Product Designer** EveryOrder · Self-employed _Dec 2014 - Present_ _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ · Remote Co-founder and lead designer for Etsy plugin service that allows sellers to quickly batch print their orders.Co founder and lead designer for Etsy plugin service that allows sellers to quickly batch print their orders. **Senior Visual Designer** Visualhero Design _Oct 2011 - Jun 2014_ Grand Rapids, MI Provided design services ranging from graphic design, to UX and UI design for a range of clients that included Apple, Amazon and Adobe as well as smaller startups and local/regional companies. I worked with various teams internally and on the client side and managed core projects. Visualhero was acquired by Open Systems Technologies Inc. in 2016 (_Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ **Art Director** Grey Matter Group _Sep 2006 - Oct 2011_ Grand Rapids, MI Part of an award winning full service agency. Was responsible for graphic design, UI design and production on projects such as print materials, websites and other digital experiences.

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I am a multidisciplinary designer that specializes in user experience (UX), user interface (UI), visual design, product design, design research, and graphic design. This background allows me to see things from many different angles and deliver a better solution. I've worked with startups, agencies, and Fortune 500 companies on projects as both a design lead and production contributor. --- **Employment and project experience** **Owner / Product Designer / UX and UI Designer** ODELL Design · Self-employed _Jul 2001 - Present_ Remote Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area · Remote I provide consulting and contract UX/UI design services for clients that include consumer goods, technology/software services, design firms and agencies. **Founding Talent Member** Braintrust · Contract _Jul 2019 - Present_ Remote Working with enterprise level and Fortune 100 companies. Projects include native mobile or web based applications for either internal or customer facing use. Services provided include user experience (UX) design, user interface (UI) system creation, visual design, documentation, user testing and project management. I work directly with established teams and leadership on project deliverables. **Senior Product, UX and UI Design Consultant** Gigster · Contract _Nov 2016 - Present_ Remote Working with clients ranging from startups to established brands and enterprises. Projects include native mobile applications and responsive websites for either internal or customer facing use. Services provided include UX design, user interface (UI) system creation, visual design, documentation and project management. I work directly with established teams and leadership to deliver project deliverables. **Co-Founder & Lead Product Designer** EveryOrder · Self-employed _Dec 2014 - Present_ _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ · Remote Co-founder and lead designer for Etsy plugin service that allows sellers to quickly batch print their orders.Co founder and lead designer for Etsy plugin service that allows sellers to quickly batch print their orders. **Senior Visual Designer** Visualhero Design _Oct 2011 - Jun 2014_ Grand Rapids, MI Provided design services ranging from graphic design, to UX and UI design for a range of clients that included Apple, Amazon and Adobe as well as smaller startups and local/regional companies. I worked with various teams internally and on the client side and managed core projects. Visualhero was acquired by Open Systems Technologies Inc. in 2016 (_Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ **Art Director** Grey Matter Group _Sep 2006 - Oct 2011_ Grand Rapids, MI Part of an award winning full service agency. Was responsible for graphic design, UI design and production on projects such as print materials, websites and other digital experiences.

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I am a multidisciplinary designer that specializes in user experience (UX), user interface (UI), visual design, product design, design research, and graphic design.
This background allows me to see things from many different angles and deliver a better solution.

I’ve worked with startups, agencies, and Fortune 500 companies on projects as both a design lead and production contributor.


Employment and project experience

Owner / Product Designer / UX and UI Designer
ODELL Design · Self-employed
Jul 2001 - Present
Remote
Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area · Remote
I provide consulting and contract UX/UI design services for clients that include consumer goods, technology/software services, design firms and agencies.

Founding Talent Member
Braintrust · Contract
Jul 2019 - Present
Remote
Working with enterprise level and Fortune 100 companies. Projects include native mobile or web based applications for either internal or customer facing use. Services provided include user experience (UX) design, user interface (UI) system creation, visual design, documentation, user testing and project management. I work directly with established teams and leadership on project deliverables.

Senior Product, UX and UI Design Consultant
Gigster · Contract
Nov 2016 - Present
Remote
Working with clients ranging from startups to established brands and enterprises. Projects include native mobile applications and responsive websites for either internal or customer facing use. Services provided include UX design, user interface (UI) system creation, visual design, documentation and project management. I work directly with established teams and leadership to deliver project deliverables.

Co-Founder & Lead Product Designer
EveryOrder · Self-employed
Dec 2014 - Present
Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup · Remote
Co-founder and lead designer for Etsy plugin service that allows sellers to quickly batch print their orders.Co founder and lead designer for Etsy plugin service that allows sellers to quickly batch print their orders.

Senior Visual Designer
Visualhero Design
Oct 2011 - Jun 2014
Grand Rapids, MI
Provided design services ranging from graphic design, to UX and UI design for a range of clients that included Apple, Amazon and Adobe as well as smaller startups and local/regional companies. I worked with various teams internally and on the client side and managed core projects.

Visualhero was acquired by Open Systems Technologies Inc. in 2016 (Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup

Art Director
Grey Matter Group
Sep 2006 - Oct 2011
Grand Rapids, MI
Part of an award winning full service agency. Was responsible for graphic design, UI design and production on projects such as print materials, websites and other digital experiences.

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Skills

Adobe Illustrator
Ap
App Design
Figma
UI
We
Web Design
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Experience Level

Adobe Illustrator
Expert
App Design
Expert
Figma
Expert
UI
Expert
Web Design
Expert
Adobe InDesign
Expert
Jira
Expert
AI Data Labelling
Intermediate

Education

Bachelor of Arts at Kendall College of Art and Design
August 2, 1999 - May 15, 2003
Majored in Visual Communications

Qualifications

Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Certified
February 2, 2015 - February 2, 2016

Industry Experience

Computers & Electronics, Financial Services, Healthcare, Media & Entertainment, Retail, Software & Internet, Telecommunications, Transportation & Logistics, Wholesale & Distribution
    uniE621 Work Samples
    https://www.twine.net/signin https://www.twine.net/signin That work tends to be more UI/visual in nature so here's a video demoing my process and some UX work: https://www.twine.net/signin