# Andrew Sawyer > Graphic Design / Experience Design / Digital Exhibit Design Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/andrewsawyer1 Over a decade of experience designing multi-touchpoint digital projects for orgs of all sizes. My work visualizes complex concepts, considers scalability, and engaged with the design and experience from concept to implementation, in order to deepen engage audiences of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds. My most recent role at the California Academy of Sciences involved managing a talented digital design team, focusing on accessible, digital brand, UX, and responsive design to transform how guests interact with content, both on-site and remotely. ## Work Experience ### Graphic Designer @ NAOMI NOMI Jan 2025 – Present | Brooklyn, New York, United States Leading graphic design, branding, packaging, UX, and web design for this NYC based women’s apparel company that is all handmade in NY. ### Graphic Design / Experience Design @ Freelance Jan 2011 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area/ New York City Experience working on experiential/immersive design for events and exhibits, digital design, illustration, and print-based graphic design projects. Clients include: Howard Hughes Medical Institute(HHMI), InquirED educational software, Old Navy, Autodesk, Climate Change Museum, Peters Cellars Winery, Harris Face Music, The Potomac School, SASS School, Root Division, and more. ### Digital Design Manager @ California Academy of Sciences Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco, California, United States • Hired and managed a digital design team at the California Academy of Sciences, working on the experience and visual design of digital projects across visitor touchpoints. • Lead the design of multilingual implementations and accessibility projects and audience interaction. • Designed a new "Phenomenon" blog, microsites and apps for subject specific topics, and web UI elements such as a quick purchase ticketing widget. • Art directed junior designers for dozens of marketing and fundraising campaigns, printed signage, and web designs. ### Sr. Digital Interaction Designer @ California Academy of Sciences Jan 2020 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco, California, United States • Designed interactive exhibits, websites, apps, and digital signage at the Academy of Sciences. • Helped define the digital strategy for how to integrate screens into the museum experience shaping the future of digital museum experiences both on-site and remotely. • Designed the UX, UI, and architecture of a new e-commerce platform, and designed multi-touchpoint ticketing system to leverage the new Tessitura system. • Designed a new responsive digital ID system to tell multilingual and multimedia stories about 300+ objects and specimens. ### Digital Interaction Designer @ California Academy of Sciences Jan 2017 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco, California, United States • Designed interactive exhibits and digital products, including a re-design of the California Academy of Sciences homepages and 10+ exhibit interactive apps. • Special focus on sustainability initiatives, developing digital design systems, immersive visitor experience, and fundraising. • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to create engaging websites and apps for the institution. • Utilized skills in graphic design, digital design, and user experience to enhance the Academy's digital presences across visitor touchpoints. ### Visual Designer @ Matter™ Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco, CA • Designed an immersive end-to-end visitor and staff experiences for new Carnival cruise ships. • Created a dynamic visual system for the platform, including icon design, and GPS reactive animations. • The goal was to create a connected experience and digital concierge that responds to who you are with, and your surroundings by a NFT wearable (designed by Matter). • System includes web pre-board experience, mobile, stateroom TVs, wall-sized wayfinding screens, and staff app. ### Experience Designer @ NewDealDesign Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco, California, United States • Designed interfaces for new consumer tech products such as wearables and iOT (internet of things) devices, designed apps, websites, and blue-sky ideation. • Collaborated with in-house industrial designers, engineers, and strategists to create innovative solutions for clients for startups and high-end global organizations. • Conducted user research to inform design decisions and improve product usability. ### Visual Designer @ Intel Corporation Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Santa Clara, California, United States Kno Inc. was acquired by Intel Education in 2013 Expanded on the version 2.0 design of Kno products, aligning the design with Intel Education product suite. ### Visual Designer @ Kno, Inc. Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Santa Clara, California, United States • Designed a multi-platform suite of education apps to enhance the classroom and textbook experience for both students and instructors. • Responsible for the design of the branding, visual app design, feature UI, web design, as well as sales and marketing collateral. • Ensured 508 compliance designing for peak accessibility across all platforms. ### Visual Designer/UX Designer @ PixInk Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 • Designed UI elements, visual design, graphic design projects, and branding efforts for Pixink. • For experience design, worked on the UX and all of the web design stages from concept to delivering for development. • Increase in engagement through intuitive design solutions and user-centric design principles. ### User Experience Designer @ Autodesk Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | San Francisco, California, United States Visual design and user experience work with a team focused on the big picture story about Autodesk's product suite. Work included product mapping, wireframing, illustrating, and presentation design. ### Associate Designer @ The Huffington Post Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Manhattan, New York, United States • Designed layouts, UI for the website, digital assets, marketing materials, and helping to expand the branding for new international platforms • Part of the team working to conceptualize future of The Huffington Post post-acquisition by AOL. • Identified and implemented solutions to workflow challenges in order to increase efficiency and organization for improved user engagement. ### Design Intern @ Pentagram Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | Manhattan, New York, United States Designer on Michael Gericke's team • Responsibilities includes: identity design, wayfinding signage, environmental graphics, exhibit design, web design, packaging, copywriting, and motion graphics. • High-profile clients included Big 10 (football conference), Airlines for America, World Trade Center redevelopment, and an exhibit celebrating the 100th anniversary of the New York Public Library. • Utilized skills in graphic design, branding, photo retouching, model making, animation, and visual communication to meet the needs of the project. ### Graphic Design Intern @ Popular Mechanics Magazine Jan 2010 – Jan 2010 | Manhattan, New York, United States Worked on the graphic design and UI for a first of its kind interactive Popular Mechanics iPad magazine. • Created new UI patterns to translate printed magazine layouts into interactive elements. • Designed ways to make content discoverable and promote adoption of a new platform as an evolution of the printed magazine experience. ### Design Intern @ Rational Beauty / American Craft Magazine Jan 2009 – Jan 2009 | Manhattan, New York, United States • Designed layouts and created typographic artworks for American Craft Magazine, contributing to web and publication assets. • Assisted in the development of "3DTypography" book by Jeanette Abbink and Emily Anderson (published 2010), managing artist selection and project timelines. ## Education ### Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) ### High School Diploma Mamaroneck High School ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/adsawyer - Portfolio: http://andrewsawyer.net/ --- Source: https://flows.cv/andrewsawyer1 JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/andrewsawyer1/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13