My Career so far

I’ve been working in the industry for 10+ years designing for the web with a focus on the user experience and visual design.  I’ve worked local freelance and been part of global reaching companies. The most rewarding role I've played so far was as a lead designer, guiding a small team of designers and taking on innovative solo projects.

(Wearer of many hats)

Main Skill Set
Visual Design
UI Design
Prototyping
UX Design
Motion Design
Illustration

Work Experience

Seattle Audobon 

2019 (3 month)

Lead Designer

Volunteered to work with a team of multidisciplinary volunteers including a business manager, project manager, copy writer, UX designer and UX researcher to reach a more inclusive audience. Shared in the research role, including interviewing share holders and the intended audience. Created poster for final deliverable.

Smart Sheet 

2018-2019

Senior Designer

Designed for both digital and print. Digital included ads, emails, and social media as well as illustrations and animations. Print included brochures, event swag, and event booth coverings.

POP 

2018

Designer

Created digital ads for Target.

CDK (Cobalt/ADP) 

2011-2017

Lead Designer

Headed teams of designers and developers in the production of various new advertising products.  Produced the design side of pitches to clients and internal stakeholders. Innovative solo projects for branded ad campaigns.

Designer II

Designed ads, webpages, and emails for online marketing campaigns.  Trained new team members and documenting best practices.  Took on the challenge of our first international brand with Australian dealerships with Holden.

Designer I

Designing and developing dynamic animated interactive ads for many major automobile brands as well as dealerships.

Harvard 

2007-2008

Illustrator / Animator / Developer

Part of a small team working with professors to create exciting interactive online lessons for students. This involved illustrating and animating characters, scripts, videos as well as utilizing actionscript to create interactive exercises for the students.

Tools of the Trade

Design

Pencil & Paper
Photoshop
Illustrator
Figma
Axure
‍Keynote / Powerpoint
HTML / CSS

Organization

Confluence
JIRA
Trello
Slack
Hipchat
Campfire / Basecamp

Want to get in touch?
Drop me a line!

krisaring@gmail.com