Mike Rohde

Current

• Art Director at Northwoods Software
• Founding Member at Web414
• Blogger at Rohdesign Weblog (Sole Proprietorship)

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Past

• Art Director at MakaluMedia, Inc.
• Council Member at Palm OS User Council
• Founder, Writer & Editor at The Palm Tipsheet (Sole Proprietorship)

• Senior Designer at Hare Strigenz Design

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Education

• Milwaukee Area Technical College

Recommended

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Connections

233 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Company
• My Blog
• My Portfolio

Mike Rohde’s Summary

Art director and senior designer with focused experience in both the web and graphic design fields. Works with clients and colleagues to solve design challenges on websites and web applications. Experienced in the development and application of corporate identities, icon design and user interface design.

Mike Rohde’s Specialties:

Web design, information architecture, corporate identity development and design, branding, icon design, web usability, HTML and XHTML, CSS, concept sketches and drawings. Special interests in sketchnotes, cartooning and blogging.

Mike Rohde’s Experience

• Art Director

  Northwoods Software

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  May 2008 — Present (7 months)

  Art director and senior designer with focused experience in both the web and graphic design fields. Works with clients and colleagues to solve design challenges on websites and web applications. Experienced in the development and application of corporate identities, icon design and user interface design.

• Founding Member

  Web414

  (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

  May 2006 — Present (2 years 7 months)

  Founding member of Web414, Milwaukee's community for web designers and developers.

• Blogger

  Rohdesign Weblog (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Online Media industry)

  February 2003 — Present (5 years 10 months)

  Created the Rohdesign Weblog in February 2003 to explore blogging as a designer, artist and writer. Gained experience using Movable Type and designing for blogs as well as maintianing a personal and professional online journal at my blog site. Invited to join, and accepted membership in the 9rules network in 2006.
  
  http://www.rohdesign.com/weblog/

• Art Director

  MakaluMedia, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Design industry)

  July 1998 — May 2008 (9 years 11 months)

  I work with clients to develop effective corporate identities, branding, websites, application and user interface icons, and print materials, from concept through production. I manage multiple projects and collaborate with international colleagues, clients and art direct support staff remotely from my home office in the United States.
  
  http://www.makalumedia.com/

• Council Member

  Palm OS User Council

  (Public Company; 1-10 employees; Consumer Electronics industry)

  December 2000 — December 2006 (6 years 1 month)

  Palm OS User Council is a non-profit council of 9 members from the Palm community which provides user feedback to PalmSource, Inc. and it's licensees on PDAs, smartphones and mobile devices running on the Palm OS platform.
  
  http://www.usercouncil.org/

• Founder, Writer & Editor

  The Palm Tipsheet (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Online Media industry)

  October 1997 — April 2003 (5 years 7 months)

  Founded the Palm Tipsheet in 1997 to share news, information and practical tips with fellow Palm handheld users around the world. Wrote 40 issues of the Palm Tipsheet for distribution as an email and online newsletter, gained a readership of over 10,000 subscribers between 1997 and 2003. Sold the Palm Tipsheet name and domain in 2003.
  
  http://www.palmtipsheet.com/

• Senior Designer

  Hare Strigenz Design

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Design industry)

  January 1990 — July 1998 (8 years 7 months)

  Worked with clients to develop effective corporate identities, stationery, brochures, annual reports, signage, packaging, and websites from concept through production. Also served as systems manager of a Macintosh computer network for the design and administration staff.
  
  http://www.hare-strigenz.com/

Mike Rohde’s Education

• Milwaukee Area Technical College

  Associate of Arts, Design, Commercial Arts, Printing, 1986 — 1989

  World-Wired: My Beyond MATC Article
  http://www.rohdesign.com/weblog/archives/001627.html

  Activities and Societies:

  The Design Centre (Student Designer, 1986-89)
  M.A.T.C. Times (Graphic Editor, 1985-89)

Additional Information

Mike Rohde’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Blog
• My Portfolio

Mike Rohde’s Interests:

logo design, corporate identity design, icon design, web design, sketching, blogging, writing, new technology, mobile technology, bicylcing, travel, globalization, culture, food, music, history and podcasting.

Mike Rohde’s Groups:

9rules, Web414, Web262, Palm OS User Council, BarCampMilwaukee, Meadowbrook Church

•    Boxes and Arrows
•    Northwoods Titan CMS User's Group
•    LinkBelize
•    Twitter
•    South By Southwest (SXSW)
•    Web414
•    Tweeple
•    Web Standards Design + Development

Mike Rohde’s Honors:

Sketchnoter: SXSW Interactive (2009)
Sketchnoter: An Event Apart Chicago (2008)
Sketchnoter: SEED 3 (2008)
Member: 9rules Blog Network (2006)
Winner: ComputerRepair.com Logo Contest (2005)
Winner: MailDrop 2.0 Icon Contest (2004)

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