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Jacob Cotten . myself

As a digital product designer, I have worked within startups, agencies, web software, and in consulting roles while participating in every step of the design process with titles like Product Designer, Creative Director, and / or Sr UX Designer.

As a strong UX advocate, I ascribe to Design Thinking and a philosophy that the best work is created within multidisciplinary teams of diverse, smart, and passionate individuals. I often find that I am as focused on process and culture as I am on strategy and execution. I believe in kindness as a defining quality, and that has combined with compulsive curiosity and an obsession with excellence to give me a lot of opportunities. I value people and am strongly committed to cross mentorship between fields.

I’m always looking for new ways to challenge myself in depth and breadth. Please reach out if you think we could create something great together! In the meantime, here’s a little more detail on what kinds of roles I play within an organization:

Product Creation

Working with startups and small agencies means I often oversee the entire creation process while I collaborate with different software specialists and developers to build the products I design.

UX & Design Process

I enjoy creating delightful experiences, from big picture to tiny details. I specialize in the processes necessary to understand, discover, and implement those experiences.

UI & Visual Design

When I am designing a user interface, visual design is as tied to code and technology for me as it is to best practices, trends, experimentation, testing, iteration and the timeless and proven principles of print design.

Creative Direction

I love growing compelling brands through story. I build brand perception through interactive experiences, media, and language in a way that is analogous to the traditional components of storytelling, now told around the customer, user, or consumer.

Based out of Phoenix, Arizona, Jacob is passionate about his family and his community. When not with them, he can often be found reading, writing, or pursuing photography.

Website designed, written and coded by Jacob.
© 2018 Jacob Cotten.  Legalities

I was the principal designer for all of the work shown unless otherwise noted, and I am the author and creator of the case studies within this portfolio. This website exists as a digital resume for the purpose of providing proof of experience in order to gain future potential work. Many of these projects were completed collaboratively in a “creative for hire” agency, freelance contract, or software company with copyright assigned to that entity or client.

I always have language in my creative contracts that I discuss with clients and employers that specifies my ability to display my work publicly. This includes concepts and processes as well as final deliverables, given that all of these are necessary to display my competence as a UX and Product Designer. I follow best practices to the best of my ability to assure that my work for clients is in compliance with copyright, either through open licensing or purchase of stock photography, mockups, icons, and other creative resources. However, I recognize that digital ownership is sometimes disputed on the internet. I do not assume legal liability for work completed in good faith on behalf of corporations and organizations, even if it is displayed here in my Resume. Even so, I take copyright and intellectual property seriously as a professional designer and photographer.

If you have any questions or concerns about something displayed here, please contact me and I will do my best to resolve them as simply and expediently as possible. Thank you!