PATRICK NOLAN UX Lead/Design Director 512.619.4591 | www.activthrust.com www.linkedin.com/in/pnbrandingexperiencecreative
Agile. Brand Experienced. UX Driven. Proven. Character. Charisma. Enthusiasm. Empath. Flexible. Curious. Imaginative. Idealistic. Logical.
Experience: 2018
Worldpay - Team UX Design Lead RPID Agile Process, Journeys, Personas, Prototypes, Research, Stakeholder awareness, Business and Development
2007- 2017
Dell Financial Services UX Lead Engineer & Designer
A3 Online - Experience Design Director
Dell.com Global Content Team - Enterprise and SMB Design Redesign
Dell Healthcare IT - Total website architecture, strategy, creative and execution
AdPeople Senior Art Director - Global Product Launch
Frog design - Visual Designer Disney World Reservation/Ride Management Redesign
Blue Interactive, WPP Singapore - Creative Director/Art Director/Illustrator
Appiction - Visual Designer for iPhone/iPad app design
Simply Interactive - Creative Director American Heart, Glaxo Smith Kline, DaVita
Panasonic - Phelps Group Creative Director for Hospitality & Advertising Display creativeThe
Nobelity Project - Art Director/Architect for user experience on Nobelity.org & Nobelity WebQuest
WPP - Digital Creative on the first Dell global integrated campaign
McCann-Erickson - GiantEagle Pitch Art Director
Phelps Group - Santa Monica Agency, Creative Director Tahiti Tourism Pitch
GSD&M - Design Consultant - Air Force mobile project design
Patrick Nolan Creative, LLC Activthrust CD/Owner Creative Direction/Solutions 1995-2007 GSD&M, Austin /05-07/ [ ACD - Art Director, Designer: Traditional & New Media ] /00-05/ [ Senior Designer/Art Director/Interactive ] /99-00/ [ Senior Designer ] /97-99/ [ Designer ] /95-97/ [ Studio Group Head ]
At nationally awarded advertising agency GSD&M for twelve years, I learned how to create great advertising creative for big brands but also gained empathy for the consumer/user in defining how our work was welcomed into peoples’ homes and lives. The values of curiosity, integrity, freedom & responsibility are etched into my DNA.
Pre-Agency Work University Co-op /92-95/ [ Marketing Director ] Koy Design /86-87/ [ Internship ] Designer IBBA Magazine /86-87/ [ Internship ] Production & Design
Education: University of Texas, Austin /1992/ B.S. Advertising Art Direction concentration Illustrator - University of Texas DailyTexan
San Antonio College /1986/ Associate Applied Science in Advertising Advertising Manager - Ranger Newspaper
Recognition: NY Art Directors Club, CA, Print, Graphis, Austin Addy’s Interactive Best In Show, Addy Awards, Texas Interactive Media Awards
Accounts: U.S. Air Force McCann-Erickson Southwest Airlines BMW MGM Mirage Tahiti Tourism Brinker Norwegian Cruise Lines Texas Tourism Charles Schwab On The Border The Steel Alliance Chili’s Panasonic The Ad Council Clinton Foundation Pearle Vision United Health Group DreamWorks Pennzoil Walmart Fannie Mae Pebble Beach Walt Disney World LBJ Foundation PGA World Market Lennox Princess Cruises Worldpay Macaroni Grill SBC/AT&T WPP Mastercard Sea World References: Joe Kleinwaechter -VP Innovation & Design - 404-514-0646 Sharon Carter - UX Director - 770-315-0049 Daniel Russ, Creative Director Design - 702-557-9975 Joe Phelps, Mentor, Creative Coach, The Phelps Group (see my LinkedIn)
Soft Skills As a nationally recognized and awarded Advertising, Graphic, Product, Interface and UX Designer, you don’t go far unless you can first build relationships. Active listening validates business needs. Coming to each project with an open and positive mindset is no less important. Having empathy for everyone who created the product idea, who will sell it and who will use or buy it directs curiosity, intuition and creativity. Grit and determination for the long term innovation cycles and ultimately a sense of integrity that you’ve delivered on your promises. Finally, coaching, building capabilities in others and connecting interdisciplinary teams through humor and integrity. Being attentive to the bottom line, burn rates, velocities…and working with a self-starting entrepreneurial mindset.
Hard Skills Enterprise and global scale information architecture, taxonomies, proofs of concept, creative direction, production, presentations and briefings, product management, UX design, UX research including qualitative and quantitative, primary and secondary, competitive analysis, A/B… UI design, design artifacts, pattern libraries, developing brand color palates. Blue sky creative thinking and innovation.
Software: Adobe Creative Cloud, Axure RP Adobe XD, familiar with HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, Google or Microsoft Office Applications, other tips, tricks and utilities as needed to accomplish the above.