Liz Cormack

Experience Designer -- Now Hiring @ Grove Labs

Boston, MA, USA
Experience Designer at Grove Labs, designing cross-channel experiences that empower people to grow their own food. Previously Marketing Manager at The Tap Lab, a mobile gaming startup focused on location & virtual reality.

Studied Communication Design at Emerson College, Product Design in Startup Institute Boston's inaugural class, and HCD at Project Breaker, a social entrepreneurship challenge to use technology for civic engagement in NYC (now a partner of Stanford University's d.school).

Work Experience

Grove Labs

Experience Designer

Grove Labs is a Somerville-based startup putting food production back in the hands of the people! We're building a beautiful, easy-to-use farming appliance that allows you to grow fresh, organic food year round right in your kitchen.

As experience designer, I manage the user's experience from their first purchase to their first harvest to their third appliance upgrade, design Grove OS, your mobile farming companion, build the visual brand, and design print & promotional materials.
August 2014 - Present Somerville, Massachusetts, United States

The Tap Lab

Marketing Manager

Develop concept, copy and creative for marketing materials including social media assets, email newsletters, videos, and PR kits, plan and execute all aspects of product launch, build and maintain engagement with fan base, update website and third-party channels, plan and facilitate company events, assist in the development of metrics to evaluate effectiveness of programs, and provide customer support.
September 2012 - July 2014 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

CoLab Studio

Co-Founder/Director

CoLab is a non-profit that teams up creative problems solvers with nonprofit organizations in need of creative services. Alongside my co-director, I art direct, project manage, and facilitate client relations with teams of creatives in fields such as Video, Photography, Graphic Design, Branding, PR, Social Media, Marketing and Experience Design.
September 2011 - June 2013 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Press Pass TV

Graphic Design Coordinator

Designed all graphic communications to promote the non-profits mission to engage underprivileged students in media production and literacy.
Developed and project managed campaign called "Out of Pocket" to promote awareness of the Boston Public School funding crisis. Directed and produced a documentary, developed cohesive visual identity for the campaign.
January 2011 - May 2011 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Education

Emerson College

Communication Design

Emerson is the only Liberal Arts school in the country devoted solely to innovation in Communication and the Arts.
September 2009 - Present Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Boston Startup School

(non-degree) Product Design Training

Boston Startup School is a professional accelerator directed at introducing recent graduates and career changers to the technology startup scene in Boston.
June 2012 - August 2012 Massachusetts, United States

Languages

Spanish (Beginner),
French (Conversational),

Awards

EmComm

MVP Award on the ArtsEmerson Marketing Account

201012

Fairfax Academy For Communication And The Arts

Creative Leaders Scholarship Award

200905

Skills

After Effects CS5, App Store Marketing, Excel, Final Cut Pro, Illustrator CS5, Inbound Marketing, InDesign CS5 , Photoshop CS5, Powerpoint, Social Media Marketing, User Experience Design,

Hobbies

Emerson Independent Video – Associate Producer of The News at 6 and Production Assistant on The Morning Show; creative writing; magazine writing; community service work with the Local Action Learning Community

Travel

Lived: Seoul & Kwangju, South Korea; Warsaw, Poland, Paris & Rennes, France; Rockville, Maryland; Fairfax, Virginia; Boston & Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Traveled: Australia, The Netherlands, China, Japan, Spain, UK, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Canada, Belgium, Austria.