Sébastien Derenoncourt

As a seasoned UX, IxD, Visual, Brand, and Product Director with over 20 years of experience, I have led the creative and strategic direction of award-winning global interactive properties, eCommerce businesses, online publishing concerns, Mobile and Social products, and advertising strategies, delivering evidence-driven and creative solutions.

• I bring an astute and critical mind to creative leadership, with respected team leadership skills and an award-winning design sensibility.
• I possess progressive expertise in multidisciplinary interactive roles, including large-scale web and user experience design initiatives, branding, marketing, ecommerce, print design and production, animation, video, and photography.
• I successfully marry business goals, marketing benchmarks, and real-world user needs to create effective project designs.
• I lead all stages of software development, systems implementation, and integration initiatives, from defining requirements and gathering needs to overseeing concepting, design, development, implementation, and support.

• I possess a solid understanding of multiple business and development areas, allowing me to coordinate directly and precisely with cross-functional departments and executive management.
• I have experience in various environments, from start-ups to global agencies, and tend to thrive and innovate in dynamic, fast-paced settings.
• As a proven educator and strategic thinker, I have successfully maximized the creative potential of design and user experience teams by utilizing industry-leading design methodologies.

2015-present Independent Creative Consultant Various Clients,
Greater Philadelphia Area.
Art Direction/Interactive Design/Graphic Design/User Experience

• 2018-2019 UX/IxD Consultant
  Penn Medicine Center for Digital Health, Philadelphia, PA
  MOHS Department of Dermatology, skin cancer monitoring project
• 2016-2022  Brand Consultant
  WhiskeyTit Publishing, Hancock VT
  Creating, designing and systematizing independent publishers corporate identity system, and branding direction; estabishing future product direction, creating marketing material guidelines, and systematizing tone and visual language of the company
• 2019-2024  Art Director
  WhiskeyTit Publishing, Hancock VT
  Creating, designing and producing a number of book covers for this independent publisher
• 2023  Brand Consultant
  DVMS Veterinary Mobile Surgery, 
  Creating, designing and producing a corporate identity for this small mobile veterinary startup

2013-2014 Senior Creative Consultant 
Electronic Ink,
Philadelphia, PA
User Experience/Usability Consulting/Business Process Engineering/Information Design/Data Visualization/Art Direction/Graphic Design

Art Director 
Rosetta,
Princeton, NJ
Art Direction/Interactive Design

Art Director
NBCSports,
Philadelphia, Pa
Art Direction/Interactive Design/Graphic Design

Senior Designer 
GreeneTweed,
Landsdale, Pa 
Interactive Design/Graphic Design

Associate Creative Director 
Boombox NYC,
New York, Ny 
Advertising & Marketing Creative Direction

Art Director / Senior Designer 
Barnes & Noble Online,
New York, Ny 
Art Direction/Interactive Design/Graphic Design

Art Director / Senior Designer 
Nition,
New York, Ny
Art Direction/Interactive Design/Graphic Design

Creative Director/Principal 
SD/SMALLD,
New York, NY
Executive & Creative management of small Interactive Design Agency

Independent Creative Consultant
Various Clients,
New York, Ny
User Experience/Usability Consulting/Art Direction/ Interactive Design/Graphic Design

Art Director / Senior Designer 
Community Connect Inc,
New York, Ny 
User Experience/Art Direction/Graphic Design

Independent Creative Consultant
Various Clients,
New York, Ny
Motion Graphics/Video Editing/Video & Film Production/Art Direction/ Interactive Design/Graphic Design

Senior Designer
FUNNY GARBAGE,
New York, NY
User Experience/Interactive Design/Graphic Design

Senior Designer 
HOMEARTS/WOMEN.COM NETWORKS,
New York, NY
User Experience/Interactive Design/Graphic Design

Senior Designer
HEARST PUBLISHING, New York, NY
User Experience/Interactive Design/Graphic Design

Senior Designer
MCCANN ERICKSON INTERACTIVE,
New York, NY
User Experience/Interactive Design/Graphic Design

2022 – ongoing Adjunct Professor 
University of Pennsylvania: School of Design, Philadelphia, PA

• Foundations for Art, Design, and Digital Culture
• Design21: Design After the Digital2021- 2022 Adjunct Professor Moore College of Art and Design Philadelphia, PA
• Art, Life, Work: Professional Practice MFA Foundations

2019- 2023 Lecturer 
University of Delaware, Newark, DE

• Core Moving Images: Intro to Video Art
• Core Painting: Intro to painting

2014-2019 Lecturer
University of Pennsylvania: School of Design, Philadelphia, PA

• Interfacing Culture: Designing for Mobile, Web and Public Media
• Art of the Web: Interactive Concepts for Art & Design
• Foundations for Art, Design, and Digital Culture • Intro to film/Video production & post
• Video 1: Introduction to video

2015-2016 Continuing Studies Instructor 
University of The Arts, Philadelphia, PA

• Foundations for Web Design & Development
• Designing Effective Web Pages

Education

Undergraduate Fine Arts

• The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL
  Painting, Photography, Art and Technology (New Media/Video/Sound/Performance)

2019-2022 Masters Fine Arts 
University of Delaware Newark, DE

• Interactive, Video & Sound Installation

RECOGNITIONS:

• 2019-2020 & 2020-2021 Dean’s Graduate Scholar Awards
• 2021-2022 Think Thank EcoMaterialism Graduate Fellow. University of Delaware Centre for Material Culture Studies
• 2021 UD College of Arts & Sciences Research Travel Grant: Project “Finding Clotilda”

CERTIFICATIONS & ACCREDITATIONS:

• 2020-2022 Delaware Master Naturalist Certification University of Delaware Cooperative Extension

Higher Education

• Graphic Design methods, techniques, process & theory
• User Experience methods, ideas, process & theory
• Time & New Media Arts ideas, concepts & theory
• Video & Audio Production & Post methods, processes, techniques
• Intro to Photography methods and techniques

UX, RESEARCH, CONSULTING

• UX,IxD,UI (User Experience, Interaction Design, User Interface Design)
• UX & IxD User Research & Analysis
• Participatory Design Workshops
• Product & Service Usability & Heuristic Reviews
• Corporate Identity Development
• Viral & Social Media Advertising strategy

DESIGN & CREATIVE

• Graphic Design & Typography
• Video, Animation & Motion Graphics
• Digital Compositing & Illustration
• Digital & Film Photography
• Video pre, post & production
• Audio production and post

TECHNICAL ABILITIES

• Platforms: MacOs, Windows, Linux, Unix
• Ux/Ixd/UI/Graphic Design: Sketch App, Invision, Justinmind, Omnigraffle, Visio, Axure, Adobe Creative Suite
• Photography: Photoshop, Lightroom, Capture one pro, medium/large format analogue
• Video: Premiere, After Effects, Final Cut Pro,Motion, Davinci Resolve, Avid Media Composer, Various Analogue systems
• Animation: Cinema 4D, Adobe Animate (Flash), Painter, Blender
• Dev: Web stack (HTML/CSS/Javascript/php), Processing, Python, Arduino
• Audio: Logic Pro, Ableton Live, Audition, Various Analogue systems
• Professional Video and Audio Production equipment: Sony, Canon, Panasonic, JVC, Black Magic Design; Zoom, Tascam, Sennheiser, Rode, Audio Technica, etc.
• Lighting support/gaffer: Arri, Bogen, Lowell, etc

BUSINESS CONSULTING

• Product Development Strategy
• Brand Research & Development
• Creative Management
• Business Process Modelling & Engineering
• Marketing Strategy & Development
• E-Commerce Site Strategy & Design
• B2B & B2C mobile product, strategy, Planning & Design
• Online Publishing Strategy, Planning & Deployment

LANGUAGES

• English: 85%
• French: 75%
• Spanish: 35%