Ronan Kenny

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RONAN KENNY

I AM A CREATIVE INNOVATORMy friends and colleagues describe me as a forward thinker.

I have been immersed in Design over the past two decades, working on projects ranging in scale from architecture and urban design to graphic and web design. My current focus is on User Experience.

My strength lies in the overlapping area of digital and physical design where human experience crosses the boundaries of technology.

I have a lot of ideas about the future.

I am always open to new opportunities.

www.ronankenny.comRonan Kenny

RONAN KENNY

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WHERE I HAVE WORKED

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UX Designer Architect

NEW YORK

Environmental Designer

SAN FRANCISCO

Brand Designer Achitect

SAN SALVADOR

Urban Designer Architect

COPENHAGEN

Freelance DesignerArchitect

DUBLIN

CURRENT EXPERIENCE

Director of interactive @ launchpadAugust 2015 - Present

My current role as a Director of Interactive combines interaction design with information architecture and user experience design.

Launchpad is a New York-based, independent, full-service agency who work with service brands, with an approach that drives meaningful relationships. Launchpad has been included by Inc on their Inc. 5000 list of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies.

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

UX ARCHITECT @ Modern ASSEMBLYAugust 2014 - August 2015

Modern Assembly is a creative technology collective that provides brands and nonprofits with business and communication solutions. We create connected experiences that leverage data, behavior, and culture using the latest technology.

My role was both strategic and executional. I worked with visual designers, developers and producers for clients such as UNICEF, TBWA, Droga5, Matter Unlimited, Green Stone and The Climate Reality Project.

PROJECTS @ MODERN ASSEMBLY

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UNICEF TAP CAMPAIGN - ARMANIThis mobile web app tracks user’s activity and rewards them for going without their phone. Users can help provide clean drinking water to children in developing countries. This year, I worked on UX for additional features.

THE ROCK CLOCK - DUANE JOHNSONDuane ‘The Rock’ Johnson is a former wrestler/actor emerging as a major celebrity. He wants to help motivate underprivileged youths to achieve their goals by waking them up every morning. I helped create a UX prototype for Duane.

THE CLIMATE REALITY PROJECTThis card game app will track users behaviour around Climate Action and helps to motivate people to become Climate Leaders like Al Gore as part of The Climate Reality Project. I helped develop the concept through the UX.


OTHER EXPERIENCE

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AKA - ArchitectURE & DesignMarch 2013 - March 2014 - NYC AKA is a Manhattan-based architecture and design firm that is committed to artistry and innovation, working with global brands such as Guggenheim, Saks Fifth Avenue, Swarovski and Tiffany's to express their core identities through architectural experiences.

UTOPUS - ArchitectURE & DesignAugust 2012 - March 2013 - NYC Utopus is a multi-disciplinary design studio based in New York that creates products, furniture, lighting and architecture for exclusive private individuals, luxury retail brands and high profile corporate clients such as L'Oréal, Lumifer and Culture Home

ARCHITECTURE REPUBLIC - DESIGNAugust 2011 - August 2012 - Dublin Architecture Republic operates in the fields of architecture, urbanism and landscape design. We engage with engineers, artists, researchers, policy-makers, and other professionals through research, analysis and cross disciplinary collaboration. Clients include Dublin City Council.


MY PROCESS

RESEARCHBefore jumping to a solution I immerse myself in research.

ITERATEThere is always room for improvement.

PROTOTYPETesting assumptions is critically important.

DESIGNIt is not just about the big idea but how to communicate that idea to others.

Open Possibilities is a social innovation platform created by NBCUniversal to support socially-impactful journeys for next-generation entrepreneurs and changemakers.

#ShareTheGood is a social media campaign that helps to elevate good deeds and and ignite positive action in daily life.

Content is crowd sourced through instagram and featured on the NBCU website to increase engagement and participation.

CASE STUDY NBCU

TECHNOLOGY

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Choosing a visual marketing automation platform called Chute to aggregate content from Instagram based on popular hashtags, we were able to get access to rights cleared user photos & videos to kickstart the campaign.


CLOUD SOURCING FROM INSTAGRAM

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STRATEGY

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MOBILE DESKTOP TABLET

We create deep-linked URLs that can be experienced immersively on desktop.

The website is fully responsive and can be used on any size device.

Since the campaign uses crowd sourced photography, mobile comes first.


DESIGN

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By simulating the user interface of Instagram I was able to create an intuitive user experience with a low barrier to entry for new users.

Content that would previously be reserved for Instagram users gets exposure to a wider audience.

UX WIREFLOW

Designer: Ronan Kenny

Software: Sketch + Invision

Schedule: 6 weeks


PROTOTYPE

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I created a clickable prototype from the wireframes I made in sketch. This helped me to understand how the interaction would work for the user and allowed me to reshape the wireframes before testing with real users.

INVISION CLICKABLE PROTOTYPE

The client was able to understand how the experience would flow without needing to decipher UX wireframes and instructions.

DESIGN TOOL USER TESTING CLIENT PRESENTATION


MOBILE

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‣ After getting approval for the initial wireframes, we moved into the design development stage

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DEVELOPMENT PROCESSSimple animated instructions explain the CTACALL TO ACTION

Engaging interactive motion graphics INTERACTION

Curated photos feature on the homepage.FEATURED PHOTOS

Filtering allows the user to discover more.DISCOVERY

‣ My producer helped me to coordinate with the visual designer and developer collaboratively.

‣ We presented some initial design directions to the client before creating visual mockups.

‣ We chose specific interactions and animations that we wanted to include from design references.

‣ The developer shared each version of the build with us so we could ensure consistency.


DESKTOP

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Works with the existing infrastructureINTEGRATED

Resources are shared within teamsCOLLABORATIVE

Colours and visuals align with the brandBRAND ALIGNMENT

Photos viewed at high resolutionIMMERSIVE

Connects to Facebook and TwitterSOCIAL

Instagram login makes it personalPERSONAL


TABLET

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The color scheme can adjust to the campaignCAMPAIGN DRIVEN

Previous campaigns can be exploredDISCOVERY

Users can browse by popular or recent photosFILTERING

Adjusts to any screen size for any deviceRESPONSIVE

It works in a similar way to instagramINTUITIVE

Comments from Instagram can be screenedMODERATED


WEARABLE

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Feel the reactions to your good deedINSTANT NOTIFICATION

Just one tap to appreciate a good deedINSTALIKE

See something good? Capture it!CAPTURE RIGHT AWAY

At the time of the project we were considering how the project would look on apple or android watches.

The idea was to present the user with a good news feed right on their wrist and let them share with one tap.

NEXT ITERATION


My experience as a designer goes beyond UX and I want to take this opportunity to show you some of my other recent work of which I am particularly proud.

There is some campaign strategy, innovative technological ideas involving 3D cameras and augmented reality, visual design work as well as some of my previous work as an architectural designer and product designer.

OTHER PROJECTS

OTHER PROJECTS

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BRAND IdenTITY AND WEBSITESKeg & Lantern Brewing Co. is a new microbrewery in Greenpoint. With my partner, I helped them to rebrand with a new logo, storefront, menu and website design. We also created a projected wall infographic mural which we traced in chalk.

INTERACTIVE DIGITAL MEDIAIntel Inside Social Film is a project I worked on with Pereira & O’Dell to concept strategic and creative ideas for the release. We found a way to harness the power of 3D to bring the crowd sourced animated characters to life throughout the campaign.

RESEARCH, STRATEGY & DESIGNMatter Unlimited is an agency I worked with on a number of UX projects from campaign strategy for the rental housing crisis issue as part of the next presidential election to a social media campaign for NBC Universal Open Possibilities.

VIRTUAL/AUGMENTED REALITYCity AR is an augmented reality app for urban planning I developed with Metaio and a team at GA, we designed a use case for the Domino factory site in Williamsburg. It helps visualising the future of cities.


OTHER PROJECTS

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PRODUCT DESIGNThe Switch Desk Lamp by Utopus for Lumifer Lighting is a brass and blackened steel armature that is crafted by metalworkers. I created technical design drawings and specifications that helped translate the concept into a working production prototype.

INTERIOR DESIGNI designed luxury residential interiors for private homes on the Upper East side, Tribeca and in a new high rise on the high line for Utopus and AKA architects. I was responsible for creating realistic renders and detailed design drawings for developers.

ARCHITECTUREThe most complex part of my education and training as an architect was to translate individual spacial requirements into a sequence of experiences that were of cultural and practical utility to very particular communities of people.

URBAN PLANNINGI have also been involved in the planning process for new urban spaces and master plans for new cities. This project I worked on with COBE architects for Nordhavn Harbor in Copenhagen is the most sustainable, creative and advanced of it’s kind.


CONTACT ME

@ronankenny

WWW. ronankenny.com

New York +1 (347) 2957170

DUBLIN +353 (87) 4156909

[email protected]

linkedin.com/in/kennyronanI appreciate you taking the time to read through my portfolio and hope it has given you a better understanding of my process, experience and design aesthetic.

Please feel free to contact me anytime.

THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.

Ronan Kenny

Design

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