# Aaron D.

> Interaction Design / Prototyping / Illustration / Animation

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/aarond

Aaron Drath is a multidisciplinary designer with 20+ years of design experience focusing on Visual Design, Interaction Design, Product Design, Branding, Identity, Prototype, Web-Development, Illustration and Motion Design.

## Work Experience
### Freelance: Illustrator / Designer / Developer @ [AI] Aaron Interactive
Jan 2025 – Present | United States

### Creative Technologist / Interaction Designer @ Google
Jan 2020 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco Bay Area
Creative Technologist : 
 
- Interaction Design
- Prototype / Game Development
- UX / Product Design / Concepting
- Illustration / Animation / Motion
- Doodle / Delight

### Director of Design @ Gordon Biersch Brewing Company
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area
Designed and developed, microsites, websites, custom CMS, 3D modeled tap handles and developed a virtual pinball machine. Established and maintained branding and identity. Created illustrations, animations, marketing and print materials for variety of beer and cider products.

### Principal Design Technologist @ Smule, Inc.
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco, California

### Principal Product Designer @ Smule, Inc.
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area
Designed and contributed core mobile app and website. Developed prototypes for landing pages on web. Animated and designed interactive data. Illustrated, animated and 3D sculpted AR assets. Lead branding and identity case studies.

### Senior Product Designer @ Pandora
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Oakland, CA

### Senior Visual / Interaction Designer @ Pandora
Jan 2012 – Jan 2015 | Oakland, CA
Designed and developed interactive microsites and interactive marketing ranging from mobile to web. Designed the marketing and advertising platform for core product web and mobile. Contributed to branding consisting of identity, concepts, animation and motion graphics.

### Senior Visual / Interaction Designer @ Meebo
Jan 2009 – Jan 2012 | San Francisco Bay Area
Started as a Senior Visual & Interactive Designer in Mountain View, CA. He then moved to Sydney Australia and worked remotely for 2.5 years. 

He designed and developed interactive advertising and micro-sites. Meebo was a chat platform that turned into an advertising agency under its own platform. These micro-sites were compact and fullscreen developed in flash/html. He then moved back to California and continued to work in-house before the Company was acquired by Google.

Meebo was an instant messaging and social networking service provider. It was founded in September 2005 by Sandy Jen, Seth Sternberg, and Elaine Wherry, and was based in Mountain View, California.

### Lead Visual / Interaction Designer @ Lightmaker
Jan 2008 – Jan 2009 | San Francisco Bay Area
Lead Visual & Interactive Designer. He designed websites, illustrations, animations and concepts. San Francisco Office closed during recession.

Lightmaker is a leading, independent digital agency with over 15 years' experience in creating digital destinations and the strategies to power them. Lightmaker USA’s headquarters in Orlando opened in 2004 and has since expanded to include a presence in California and New York.

### Advertising Graphic Designer @ BSN / Atomic Tribe
Jan 2007 – Jan 2008 | Wisconsin
At Atomic Tribe, Aaron Drath was a marketing graphic designer and illustrator. He created magazine editorials, print advertisements and web assets.

AtomicTribe is a leading, innovative marketing company that revolutionized the way print & digital media speaks to its readers. Print, Online, Mobile, Tablet, Desktop Whether those objectives are to engage the community in editorial, or promotional efforts, the right in-home print or digital approach will engage readers, let them interact and grow communities much better than raw product information efforts alone.

### Interaction Designer / Visual Designer @ Crate Media / Gutensite
Jan 2007 – Jan 2007 | Orlando, Florida Area
At Gutensite, Aaron Drath designed and developed microsites, landing pages, branding and identity.

Gutensite is a Website Design, Web Development, Branding company.

### Interaction Designer / Visual Designer @ Hydra Studio / Purple Rock Scissors
Jan 2006 – Jan 2006
At Purple Rock Scissors, Aaron Drath created flash and html websites, skateboard deck illustrations and branding.

Purple Rock Scissors (PRPL) is an Orlando-based strategic creative agency, made up of a team of strategists, creatives, and engineers focused on building great products. We exist to be a sandbox of challenging exploration where we unapologetically push boundaries and explore our world.


## Education
### Associate Degree in Digital Media & Design
Full Sail University

### Bachelor’s Degree in Illustration & Design
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/aarondrath

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Last updated: 2026-04-13