Greater New York City Area
- Current
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- Director, Multi Platform User Experience at Schematic
- Past
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- Creative Strategist - Mobile, Social and Emerging Technologies at Icon Nicholson/LBi International
- Co-founder dodgeball.com at Google
- Co-founder at dodgeball.com
- Product Design Researcher at ecco Design
- Senior Interaction Designer at R/GA
- Senior Interaction Designer at Gotham Broadband
- Information Architect (web, broadband and iTV) at Razorfish
- Education
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- New York University
- Trinity College-Hartford
- Connections
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- Industry
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Alex Rainert’s Summary
I've been working in the interactive industry for the last ten years creating compelling products in a variety of mediums including wireless, broadband, web, product design, installation and application In those eight years, I have had the opportunity to work on all aspects of a product as an interaction designer, information architect, designer and developer. I was a co-founder of dodgeball.com, which was acquired by Google in May 2005 and ultimately left Google in April 2007.
A personal passion of mine has always been to soak in the culture and technology trends around me in an effort to keep the projects I work on current, as well as to better understand the users for whom I am designing.
In the Fall of 2002 I began a master's program at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program. My work there focused on the intersection of community, social software and mobile devices to create applications that empower people to enhance the way they interact with their environments. Since then I have been driven to explore how technology can be used to change the way people behave socially.
Alex Rainert’s Experience
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Director, Multi Platform User Experience
Schematic
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Online Media industry)
February 2008 — Present (6 months)
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Creative Strategist - Mobile, Social and Emerging Technologies
Icon Nicholson/LBi International
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Design industry)
2007 — January 2008 (1 year)
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Co-founder dodgeball.com
Google
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; GOOG; Internet industry)
April 2005 — April 2007 (2 years 1 month)
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Co-founder
dodgeball.com
(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)
January 2003 — April 2005 (2 years 4 months)
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Product Design Researcher
ecco Design
(Design industry)
December 2003 — May 2004 (6 months)
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Senior Interaction Designer
R/GA
(Internet industry)
November 2002 — August 2003 (10 months)
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Senior Interaction Designer
Gotham Broadband
(Internet industry)
February 2001 — April 2002 (1 year 3 months)
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Information Architect (web, broadband and iTV)
Razorfish
(Public Company; Internet industry)
May 1998 — February 2001 (2 years 10 months)
Alex Rainert’s Education
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New York University
Master's, Interactive Telecommunications Program, 2002 — 2004
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Trinity College-Hartford
BA, Philosophy, 1994 — 1998
