Resumé KAILEN NORDHAUSEN-WILLCOX kailennordhausen.com | kailennordhausen@gmail.com | 352.871.3690
EDUCATION
DRIVE
Service Design, BFA
I design to bring change, foster innovation and generate smiles. I care about making lives better by continually raising people’s experiential expectations.
Industrial Design, BFA Savannah College Of Art & Design Savannah, GA, United States
WORK Razorfish | Information Architect | Atlanta, GA | 2013 User Experience and Information Architecture. Worked on projects for major brands such as Delta Airlines, Blackberry, Bridgestone, and Masco. Involved in the conception and development of wireframes and site architectures for promotional experiences and BD pitches. Dilated Spectrum | Designer | Savannah, GA | 2010 Worked on Graphic Design for print and screen printing. Processes involving cmyk four color process, used vastech micro-registration press Gainesville Rock Gym | Youth Climbing Instructor | Gainesville, FL | 2006-2008 Taught advance climbing techniques to adults and children. Trained Children ages 4-14 how to belay and technical climbing skills, also worked as promotional representative
PROJECTS Microsoft Studios + SCAD | Service Innovation | Savannah, GA | Fall 2012 Service design Project (NDA), Prototyped and developed new service experiences, business models and revenue streams Johnson Controls + SCAD | Service Innovation | Savannah, GA | Winter 2012 Service design Project (NDA), Developed new service delivery system, and prototyped a new brand experience with mobile and physical elements 3M + SCAD | Multi-Touch UX/Design | Savannah, GA | Spring 2011 Brainstormed, prototyped and developed new possible applications for multi-touch collaborative gesture on new 3M capacitive technology. Freescale + SCAD | Product UX/Design | Savannah, GA | Winter 2011 Designed and prototyped a new system (product and interface) for experiencing home media www.adesignaward.com/design Kids ii + SCAD | Product Design | Savannah, GA | Fall 2010 Individually researched, designed and prototyped a fully functional baby gear “category killer” for kids II
SKILLS Over time I have gained skills in combining design thinking, holistic research and business strategy. Working individually or with a group of interdisciplinary creative people, I try to identify and solve problems; delivering useful, efficient and effective systems
Discover
Define
Develop
Deliver
Observe | Learn
Identify | Empathize
Visualize | Prototype
Finalize | Implement
People
Opportunities
Models
Products
Systems
Gaps
UX/UI
Services
Nature
Problems
Strategies
ADMIT 1
Experiences
Tools Adobe CS | CAD (SolidWorks, Rhino, Alias) | Apple | MS Office | Storyboarding | Mapping | OmniGraffle