Matt Ahrens

Experience

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  NOIS

  Dec 2020 - May 2021

  User Experience Design - Intern

  • Worked closely with founders to create a cohesive visual identity, from mobile app to entire company’s branding• Wireframed, designed, and developed a mobile application, using Figma and Bravo

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  SCAD FLUX

  Mar 2021 - May 2023

  • Officer position at SCAD's Future Leaders of User Experience Club

  • Co-Director

    Jun 2022 - May 2023

  • Lead Web Developer

    Jun 2022 - May 2023

  • Junior Web Developer

    Mar 2021 - Jun 2022
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  IBM

  Jun 2021 - Jun 2022

  • Continued employment with IBM, working as a Visual & UX Designer with Red Hat Marketplace (RHM), IBM Partner Center (IPC), and Cloud Partner Center (CPC).• Continued Design System work for RHM.• Designed high fidelity screens for IPC and CPC.• Created marketing Motion Design Video for IBM Partner Center. • 12 week internship, working as a Visual & UX Designer at the Red Hat Marketplace (RHM).• Main project was migrating RHM's entire design system from Sketch to Figma, while making it more accessible and dynamic than ever before.• Designed miscellaneous screens, mobile breakpoints, and product patterns.

  • UX Design + Visual Design - Co-op

    Sept 2021 - Jun 2022

  • UX Design + Visual Design - Intern

    Jun 2021 - Sept 2021
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  Amazon

  Jun 2022 - Sept 2022

  UX Design Intern

  • Team: Devices & Emerging Media | Advertising UX• Focused on a Blue-Sky project on advertising within physical stores

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  Youth Marketing Connection

  Aug 2022 - Dec 2022

  Samsung College Program Influencer

  Created branded social media content promoting Samsung devices across Instagram and TikTok

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  IBM

  Sept 2022 - Dec 2022

  UX Design + Visual Design - Intern

  Worked on launch of new product/offering, called IBM Watson Embeddable AI

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  Google

  Sept 2022 - Nov 2022

  UX Designer: SCADpro — Sponsored Course

  Part of cross-functional team for a SCADpro Collaboration course with Google Pay

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  Tooth & Hand

  Jul 2023 - Dec 2023

  Graphic Designer

  • Worked on a variety of projects for Fortune 500 companies, ranging from apparel, product, and packaging design.• Created production-worthy design, both conceptually and technically, that was then sent to our fabricators. • Notable clients worked with include Olipop, GMC, Activision, Mike’s Hard Lemonade, and Fredrigoni.

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  Amazon

  Jan 2024 - now

  UX Designer I

  • Part of the Display & Interactive Ads team• Contributed to vast array of products, including Amazon.com’s Sponsored Display Ads, Interactive Video Ads, Amazon Fresh, Whole Foods Market, and Third Party Partnerships.• Co-created design system for Interactive Video Ads