Will Capellaro
Senior/Lead Product Designer Resume
(608) 347-4922 | will@capellaro.com | LinkedIn | portfolio
Summary
My work ranges across product channels, including responsive web, native apps, wearables, environmental, custom electronic devices, and print and packaging. Most recently my work has been narrowly focused on digital products.
I’m wired for new product innovation projects generating lots of big ideas, as well as iterative product development driving incremental change. For either strategy, I use research and design, creativity and collaboration to ship product and improve customer outcomes.
Experience
2019-Present
Lead Product Designer
Uplight
Lead Product Designer
UplightI was Agentis’ first in-house designer, and served as a design-team-of-one while laying the groundwork to develop a product design organization. Soon, we merged with our biggest competitor, so I’m working to integrate our small design team into a larger one, and to begin the difficult work of merging two legacy products into one design system.
2019-2020
Product Design Manager
CSG International
Product Design Manager
CSG InternationalLead design projects for SaaS products (subscriber relationship management solutions) and internal enterprise products.
Manage and mentor the product design team.
Manage and mentor the product design team.
2017-2019
Senior Product Designer
Devbridge Group
Senior Product Designer
Devbridge GroupWorked within a highly experienced and collaborative design
organization. Served as design lead on all my projects. Delivered product
design service as a sole contributor, as a co-lead, and as a leader of
multi-designer efforts.
As a key member of each product team, collaborated with product managers and engineers to define and develop a lean product vision—from big picture down to sprint planning.
Developed and executed research plans, architected service blueprints and new systems diagrams. Developed and contributed to design systems, contributed visual design concepts to developers within an agile & scrum culture.
Clients featured Wells Fargo, Hub Group, GrowthPlay, Schroders, Investor Cash Management.
As a key member of each product team, collaborated with product managers and engineers to define and develop a lean product vision—from big picture down to sprint planning.
Developed and executed research plans, architected service blueprints and new systems diagrams. Developed and contributed to design systems, contributed visual design concepts to developers within an agile & scrum culture.
Clients featured Wells Fargo, Hub Group, GrowthPlay, Schroders, Investor Cash Management.
2014–2017
Lead Experience Architect
Slalom Consulting
Lead Experience Architect
Slalom ConsultingLed experience design for a special projects team
focusing on digital product acceleration—getting products to market, fast.
Architected and designed screens and prototypes for iterative product development of new web apps.
Conducted lean research for ongoing product development, as well as large ethnographic studies.
Sectors included across health and fitness, workplace technology, finance, and others. Clients featured Weightwatchers, Microsoft, LA Live, AEG Group, The Warranty Group, William Blair, Herman Miller, Coca-Cola.
Architected and designed screens and prototypes for iterative product development of new web apps.
Conducted lean research for ongoing product development, as well as large ethnographic studies.
Sectors included across health and fitness, workplace technology, finance, and others. Clients featured Weightwatchers, Microsoft, LA Live, AEG Group, The Warranty Group, William Blair, Herman Miller, Coca-Cola.
2010–2014
Senior User Interface Designer
Product Development Technologies
Senior User Interface Designer
Product Development TechnologiesDesigned interfaces for web, native, and embedded electronics products on
new product development projects.
Conducted primary field research that guided user-centric ideas and decisions.
Sectors included healthcare, scientific, cellular/radio, vehicle/navigation, braille learning, and consumer tech. Clients included Intel, McDonald’s, Ronald McDonald House, Smiths Medical, AbbVie, Hospira, Roche, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Perkins School for the Blind.
Conducted primary field research that guided user-centric ideas and decisions.
Sectors included healthcare, scientific, cellular/radio, vehicle/navigation, braille learning, and consumer tech. Clients included Intel, McDonald’s, Ronald McDonald House, Smiths Medical, AbbVie, Hospira, Roche, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Perkins School for the Blind.
2004-2010
Graphic & Interaction
Designer
Various Clients
Graphic & Interaction
Designer
Various ClientsDesigned and developed K-12 educational products and
content for major publishers.
1999–2004
Art Director
American Girl/Mattel
Art Director
American Girl/MattelDesigned and directed art and production talent for
existing and new product lines. Released a high volume of successful book, game
and toy products.
Education
2010
BFA in
Designed Objects
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
BFA in
Designed Objects
The School of the Art Institute of ChicagoSAIC’s Designed Objects BFA/MFA program centers on conceptual
and experimental product design. It loosely correlates to degree programs in industrial
and interaction design, design thinking, and design research.
1998
Associates Degree in Graphic Design
Madison Area Technical College
Associates Degree in Graphic Design
Madison Area Technical CollegeConferences
UXRConf Anywhere 2020
An Event Apart Chicago 2019
Tableau Conference 2018
Adaptive Path UX Week 2017
Game Developers Conference 2013
WebVisions Chicago 2011
Norman Nielsen Usability Week 2010
An Event Apart Chicago 2019
Tableau Conference 2018
Adaptive Path UX Week 2017
Game Developers Conference 2013
WebVisions Chicago 2011
Norman Nielsen Usability Week 2010