
Compulsive Designer
Greater San Diego Area

Compulsive Designer
Greater San Diego Area
(Design industry)
January 2008 — Present (7 months)
City Gates makes great websites for churches. I help design them.
(Design industry)
August 2007 — Present (1 year)
Brand New Box makes goal-driven websites for startups, universities, small businesses, and churches. I help design them.
(Design industry)
January 2003 — Present (5 years 7 months)
Matt Kirkland Design takes on all the web, product, and other projects that don't fit under the aegis of Brand New Box or City Gates.
(Design industry)
August 2006 — July 2007 (1 year)
During my time in Hong Kong, I worked intensely with manufacturers, and designed and developed products for clients like Apple, Auerhahn, Bacardi, BMW, Cybex, Omega, Saab, Toshiba, Toyota, Volvo, WMF, and World Youth Day.
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Consumer Goods industry)
June 2004 — July 2006 (2 years 2 months)
As the sole product designer for Generations, I designed storage and organization products for the craft and hobby market. This included market research, user testing, technical development, overseeing development of prototypes overseas, and product photography. I spent a whole lot of time with scrapbooking clubs.
BFA in Design, Industrial Design, 1999 — 2003
Concentration in Environmental Studies