Will Freeman
Visual Designer, Art Director, Interaction Designer
San Francisco, CA, USA
4154812464
be.net/williamfreeman
I seek to create beautiful, engaging, and meaningful solutions to various design challenges. I'm passionate about what I do. I tend to focus on Art Direction, Visual Design, and Interaction Design.
Work Experience
Ideo
Digital Design Director
June 2022
- Present
Freem & Co.
Principal
2013
- Present
California, United States
Self-Employed
Touring Club DJ
Toured around Asia, Europe and the U.S. djing a finally tuned blend of: house, disco, electro, italo, afrobeat, boogie and early eighties hip hop.
2006
- 2019
Japan
Adobe
Art Director
August 2015
- February 2020
California, United States
Adobe
UX Designer
December 2014
- March 2017
California, United States
Ancestry.com
Product design/UX intern
After assisting with multiple quantitative and qualitative research methods (one on one interviews, surveys and rapid prototyping methods), I helped develop a more streamlined approach for editing tools used when editing one's family tree.
June 2012
- December 2013
California, United States
Nitevibe.com
Lead writer
Wrote weekly stories for a music event listing web- site. Tasks included: writing, enforcing deadlines, fact checking and ensuring that the site had fresh, quality content.
January 2007
- October 2011
San Francisco, California, United States
Djtechtools..com
Lead writer
Wrote several stories monthly about DJing and technology.
2009
- 2010
San Francisco, California, United States
BFG Communications
Creative consultant
Created advertisement and marketing tactics to promote a variety of products in a fast paced, marketing/ public relations based environment.
2004
- 2006
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
KWMU 90.7 Missouri Public Radio
Graphic designer, Copy writer
Wrote occasional copy for local programs and data entry. As well, Designed station promotional materials, brochures, and posters for fundraising events.
2002
- 2003
Missouri, United States
Education
California College Of The Arts
MFA Design (interaction design)
I specialize in interaction design, graphic design and sound design. Recently I have worked on a wide variety of projects including: creating a social network that allows neighborhood groups to crowd source funds and volunteers, organizing a crowd sourcing campaign, both qualitative and quantitative design research projects, as well as, creating interaction prototypes in TouchOSC, Processing and Arduino programming environments.
June 2011
- June 2013
California, United States
Columbia College Chicago
BA Graphic Design
graphic design
2003
- 2004
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Minneapolis College Of Art And Design
graphic design
2001
- 2002
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
School Of The Art Institute Of Chicago (SAIC)
Summer semester focusing on figure and fine art drawing.
1998
- 1998
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Skills
Ableton Live,
Adobe Illustrator,
Adobe Indesign,
Adobe Photoshop,
Adobe Premier,
Adobe XD,
Apple Keynote ,
Apple Logic Pro,
Arduino,
Art Direction,
Collaboration,
Curation,
DJing,
Figma,
Graphic Design,
Journalism,
MAX/MSP,
Mock Ups,
Processing,
Rapid Prototyping,
Sketch,
Trend Forcasting,
UI Design ,