Ryan Anderson

1. Light and Sound Technician, Set Designer: Ridge Activity Center|2021. For 20 hours a week over a 4-month period, I taught myself the light and audio workstation Venumagic and had creative reign over sound, light, and set design for a laser tag field.
2. Graphic Designer: Campus Ministries, Northwest University, |2022-23. For 15 hours a week over 9 months, I was the graphics project manager for creating and producing website, social media, merchandise, advertisements, and projection screen graphics for a minimum of 1,000 staff and students private college campus.
3. Freelance Design: 2021-23. Since 2021,  have been involved in many numerous start-to-finish logo and brand design projects for small businesses and sole proprietorships.
4. Design Lead, IT: Ridge Activity Center|Current. Since July 2023, I have been the lead Laser Tag designer, revamping the look, feel, and overall functionality of Laser Tag to market a working party package for customers. I also did general IT for the building.

I am experienced with usability testing, sketching, storyboarding, wireframing, prototyping, and app (re)designing. These have been done both on an individual level and within a team on campus. I also have some basic knowledge of web design using HTML and VS Code. I have a passion for user-centered design in everything I create.

I am graduating from Northwest University with a BA in User Experience Design in December 2023.