Adobe Experience Design

At Adobe I was the Visual Design Lead for Common User Interface.

I brought into alignment divergent visual elements and practices of four business units resulting in increased consistency to the look of the user interface in all Adobe products.

I also acted as Creative Director to the Visual Design community coordinating practices, mentoring talent and providing outside professional influences by coordinating speakers from ILM, Pixar and others. I Successfully aligned the activities and goals of the user interface, marketing and brand groups and was on the Brand Integration Counsel for the Adobe / Macromedia merger

I produced this document for Adobe outlining a few of their UI inconsistencies, the importance of segment personalities and how to tie these diverse segments together under one brand.

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At Adobe I did a number of things to broaden the perspective and thinking of their UI designers.

I coordinated bringing in speakers from Lucasfilm, Pixar and others to talk on subjects ranging from the value of learning 3-D applications to rapid visualization techniques. One project that I initiated involved the cooperation of Adobe and Lucas to create a cutting edge interactive art installation for the ISEA/ZeroOne symposium.Adobe and Lucas to create a cutting edge interactive art installation for the ISEA/ZeroOne symposium.