Print Design
Published Work
For Love of Water
I was honored to take lead on redesigning and rebuilding the web presence for a cause as noble and necessary as FLOW: For Love of Water, a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering leaders and communities to protect the Great Lakes (the largest source of freshwater on Earth). We conducted brand, user, and donor research and […]
Saybrook University
Saybrook was perhaps the most massive undertaking to date for myself in terms of digital projects, but I lead a knowledgeable and capable team and we stuck to our plan. Some of the many challenges included staying true to Saybrook’s unique brand, taming its complicated site architecture (5000 pages when we started the project), and […]
The Chicago School
After monitoring less than ideal user engagement on the thechicagoschool.edu homepage (originally launched 12-20-2015), we set designing a new home page with the chief goal of improving engagement and driving traffic to our cornerstone content areas. Check out the deck presented to school leadership. This is the original homepage circa 2003: This is the homepage (3rd […]
Pacific Oaks College website rebuild
Check out the finished product (launched 2/1/2017) Website Rebuild involving intensive brand discovery, qualitative/quantitative research and user-behavior analytics, and development adhering to WCAG AA 2.0 standards of web accessibility (certified from WebAIM). Glance at some of the research/planning that went into this project: Take a look at how we measured site performance post-launch using a variety […]
When Miles Met Bridget
Shortly after my wife and I got engaged, we worked together to create an online space to celebrate our journey, as well as serve as a portal where our guests could privately RSVP. My wife (a professional copywriter) wrote the story, artist friends of ours contributed original illustrations, and I designed and built the parallax-scroll […]
TCS Education System
TCS Education System was in dire need of a new website, plagued with an outdated CMS and an outdated design that did a poor job of representing who they are: “a nonprofit system of colleges advancing student success and community impact.” Check out the upgraded TCS website – relaunched in 2015. “Miles is a self-motivated, […]
Dr. Joshua Moon Johnson
I developed a website for author, scholar, and activist Dr. Joshua Moon Johnson, whose new book brings to life an on-going controversy and deep personal struggle for many as he delves into same-sex relationships and Christianity.
Obtura Spartan
I helped develop the e-commerce store for Obtura Spartan Endodontics, an oral surgery equipment company. I also perform frequent maintenance and upgrades aimed at better customer engagement.
Plaksmacker.com
During my time managing the online store PlakSmacker.com, I integrated a solution for requesting free samples and built a custom solution for ordering custom-imprinted toothbrushes (complete with a real-time render of the finished product).