Patrick Widen
Lead Designer, Comcast NBCUniversal
Philadelphia, PA, USA
6153104086
be.net/patrickwiden
Work Experience
Patrick Widen
Creative Director + Experience Designer + Strategist
Created experiences for a host of Fortune 500 clients (Deloitte, Cisco, Unum, Coca-Cola and Lexus--to name a few), alongside a number of his own start-ups including his past venture, EYES/ONLY.
Projects have encompassed user experience design, corporate strategy, experiential marketing and marketing strategy.
Projects have encompassed user experience design, corporate strategy, experiential marketing and marketing strategy.
August 2008
- Present
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
EYES/ONLY
Founder + CEO
Ambitious start-up play designed to form the foundation of the world's first ultra high-net-worth digital ecosystem. Led product design, user experience, branding, strategy and partnerships.
Spending five years as an entrepreneur was the most valuable experience I've had to date.
Spending five years as an entrepreneur was the most valuable experience I've had to date.
January 2011
- January 2016
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Deloitte
Senior User Experience Designer
Harnessed insights from psychology, behavioral economics, sociology, and more in application to user experience for enterprise level products, services, and experiences. Heavy emphasis on UX/UI.
- Led UX for high-profile, high-priority projects
- Interfaced with partners, managers, principals, directors, and end-users to conduct behavioral analyses to make recommendations for new UX/UI solutions
- Created visual rebrand for large division of Deloitte (Deloitte Application Studios)
- Led UX for high-profile, high-priority projects
- Interfaced with partners, managers, principals, directors, and end-users to conduct behavioral analyses to make recommendations for new UX/UI solutions
- Created visual rebrand for large division of Deloitte (Deloitte Application Studios)
May 2012
- August 2013
Tennessee, United States
Vanderbilt University
Lecturer (Digital Media + Consumer Psychology)
Taught students at Vanderbilt's Owen Graduate School of Management how to harness digital media alongside insights from behavioral economics, psychology, and neuroscience to build smarter brands as part of Vanderbilt's Accelerator Program. Provided students with an in-depth, hands-on exploration of cutting-edge social media, marketing, and design techniques to help them with a number of consulting projects for Fortune 500 brand partners.
June 2011
- July 2011
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Iridium Development
User Experience Designer
Led the user experience, user interface, and visual identity for a consumer-facing, travel-centric mobile application that was among the top .01% applications in the App Store, which has more than 500,000 apps in total.
- Apple called it "Perfect for the next big road trip" and featured the app as New & Noteworthy, What's Hot, and as one of the top apps in Travel
- It was called a "must-have app" by The Next Web and featured on LifeHacker, The LA Times, ReadWriteWeb, CNET, and more
- Apple called it "Perfect for the next big road trip" and featured the app as New & Noteworthy, What's Hot, and as one of the top apps in Travel
- It was called a "must-have app" by The Next Web and featured on LifeHacker, The LA Times, ReadWriteWeb, CNET, and more
January 2011
- September 2011
Tennessee, United States
Education
Vanderbilt University
Bachelor of Arts
Created Vanderbilt's first program in the nexus of behavioral economics, psychology, neuroscience and design.
August 2009
- May 2012
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Skills
Adobe Illustrator,
Adobe Photoshop,
Branding,
Communications,
Creative Direction,
Digital Strategy,
Prototyping,
Strategy,
UI,
User Experience,
User Interface,
User Research ,
Ux,
Visual Design,
Web Design,
Wireframes,
XD,