Matt Danko

Visual designer, art director, Identity developer, brand manager, craftsman, strategist, teacher, artist and eccentric, I shape experiential solutions to creative challenges. Owner, designer and fabricator of DANKOMADE sustainable urban furniture studio.

Collaboration amongst an international, remote team of developers, designers, researchers, stakeholders and analysts. Aligned design systems and leveraged data sets to refine product features, scale and improve UX.

Collaboration amongst an international, remote team of developers, designers, researchers, stakeholders and analysts. Aligned design systems and leveraged data sets to refine product features, scale and improve UX.

Collaborative creative designer within various teams of developers, designers and UX strategists, within a design agency. Contributor to the art direction, UI design, design systems, branding and style guides of an alternative banking app MVP and a financial health SaaS for Commerzbank AG.

Collaborative creative authority and designer within an international team of ten developers, executives and specialists. Design direction of company identity rebrand, SaaS desktop and mobile app MVP, XD + UI design, style guide, visual language and design systems, responsive website redesign, product strategy, illustration and MarCom. Executive, stakeholder, client, user, agency and competitor relations.

Art Director and team lead focused on global CI, brand, visual design and systems, marketing, product and creative.

Senior V isual Designer / Team Lead in an agile mobile games startup studio environment. Responsible for brand and identity management, strategy, mobile game UI & UX design, web design, MarCom management and typography.

UX / UI d esign, visual design and game branding, corporate identity, MarCom, web design, illustration and art for mobile games. Global launch and marketing of Grand Gin Rummy and Belote.

Design instructor for the Technical Communication Certificate Program, introducing students to design basics, typography, business practices how to structure content for print, web and other media publications.

Creative Lead responsible for project management and art direction; significant influence during international expansion. Leader of a team of ten creative staff. Responsible for account management, stakeholder relations and company representation. Cross-functionality with international Sales and Business Development; comfortable in a complex organization with lots of moving parts.

Contracted to redesign the appearance and functionality of the OEB internal Intranet resource database, public and industry websites, as well as provide intuitive creative / graphic design solutions and ideas (logo / icon design, layout, UX/UI, info architecture, content management).

Designer in charge of the development of public promotional materials (branding, signage, logo and identity design); medical Illustrator.

Designer involved with project strategy, web and identity design, premium & luxury branding. Administrative assistant; product research and communications representative.

Psychology, art direction, creative direction, PR, marketing.