Nathan Philpot

Current

• Interaction Designer at Nathan Philpot, Inc.
• Interaction Designer at TCS

Past

• Instructor at The Learning Pad
• Visual Designer at TMLT
• Design Production at Greenfield/Belser

• Graphic Designer at LandDesign
• Graphic Designer at LIN Mfg. & Design
• Graphic Designer at SignPro

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Education

• The University of Texas at Austin
• Utah State University

Recommended

7 people have recommended Nathan

Connections

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Industry

Design

Websites

• My Website
• My Company

Nathan Philpot’s Summary

Hello. I am Nathan Philpot. I am an interaction designer.

Nathan Philpot’s Specialties:

Interaction design, user-experience, usability, interface design, prototyping, web design, XHTML, CSS, Javascript (UI toolkits), wireframes, accessibility, icons, graphic design, logos, etc.

Nathan Philpot’s Experience

• Interaction Designer

  Nathan Philpot, Inc.

  (Privately Held; Design industry)

  June 2009 — Present (6 months)

  From front-engineering to usability reviews. Paper prototypes, heuristic analysis, HTML, CSS, Javascript(JQuery), wireframes, task analysis, personas, etc. Making complexity simple for the user. Design is honest.
  
  Clients include small local companies to international giants.

• Interaction Designer

  TCS

  (Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)

  October 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)

  Interaction/Usability Designer role within TCS Financial Solutions, an organization that offers front-to-back core banking and operational software to the financial industry. Usability/interaction design for software development, and clients in a billable capacity. Other responsibilities include: visual/interface design, HTML prototyping, presales support for usability/design presentations.

• Instructor

  The Learning Pad

  (Professional Training & Coaching industry)

  June 2008 — May 2009 (1 year )

  Teaching courses in Adobe design software.

• Visual Designer

  TMLT

  (Non-Profit; Insurance industry)

  May 2005 — October 2007 (2 years 6 months)

  Primary responsibilities: website/interface development and design. Worked on a policyholder section of TMLT.org that required a registration/login process. I was one of two project managers for this project. Redesigned out-dated intranet for TMLT employees. For all above mentioned projects I was responsible for information architecture, interaction design, visual/interface design and front-end development (CSS, XHTML, Javascript). I also would interface with internal clients for approvals and input/feedback.
  
  Other responsibilities include: creative direction, art direction, graphic design, design production, website maintenance and updates, advertising, direct mail, publications, policy manuals, brochures, educational course materials, corporate identity.

• Design Production

  Greenfield/Belser

  (Marketing and Advertising industry)

  November 2004 — May 2005 (7 months)

  Web design, print design and pre-press production. Worked with copywriters, creative directors and account executives. Developed wireframes and photoshop comps for web development team.

• Graphic Designer

  LandDesign

  (Privately Held; Architecture & Planning industry)

  March 2003 — May 2004 (1 year 3 months)

  Identity and marketing development of the LandDesign brand through print and web design. Redesigned landdesign.com. Flash design and development, branding and visual design.

• Graphic Designer

  LIN Mfg. & Design

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Apparel & Fashion industry)

  August 2000 — February 2003 (2 years 7 months)

  Catalog and packaging design and sock design.

• Graphic Designer

  SignPro

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

  April 1999 — August 2000 (1 year 5 months)

  Sign design & construction, from vinyl lettering to monument signage.

Nathan Philpot’s Education

• The University of Texas at Austin

  Continuing Education , Principles of Marketing Certificate Course , 2006 — 2006

• Utah State University

  BFA , Graphic Design , 1999 — 2002

  Dean’s List, 2002

  Activities and Societies:

  USU Design Academy in Switzerland, 6 week study abroad program, Leysin Switzerland, 2002

Additional Information

Nathan Philpot’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Company

Nathan Philpot’s Interests:

family & friends

Nathan Philpot’s Groups:

•    Catalyze Community
•    Interaction Design Association
•    UX Professionals
•    Eagle's Nest--Eagle Scout Award Recipients
•    Utah State University Alumni, USU
•    Tata Consultancy Services Limited
•    Usability Professionals Association
•    Web Standards Design + Development
•    AIGA | the professional association for design
•    Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (TCS)
•    Utah Web Designers
•    UTAH Creative Professionals
•    Great Salt Lake Council, BSA Eagle's Nest

Nathan Philpot’s Honors:

Bronze Quill Award of Merit 2006, IABC Austin
Award of Distinction, Communicator Awards, 2006 Print Media
Honorable mention in the 2002 SIGRAPH Student Poster Competition
Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America

Nathan Philpot’s Contact Settings

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