Go Brand Yourself!

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Go Brand Yourself! Leaving your mark on the internet, and beyond. Patrick Haney UX Designer at Hanerino notasausage

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Go Brand Yourself!Leaving your mark on the internet, and beyond.

Patrick Haney UX Designer at Hanerino

notasausage

Hi, I’m Patrick Haney.I’m also not a sausage.

That’s my personal brand.What’s yours?

Find your brandCreate something that’s you, or let it find you.

STEP 1

patrickhaney.comHow did I ever

get a job as a designer?

Own your brandMake it yours and let the world know what you're about.

STEP 2

Photo by Steve Caruso: https://flic.kr/p/R3bFn

Help people find you• Register your full name as a

domain

• Create social media profiles with your brand or your name

• Google yourself and influence the results

Patrick Haney is not a sausage.

He’s a designer who codes,

an educated leader &

successful speaker, and an

active member of his local

design community.

Patrick is currently a board

member of the AIGA

Upstate New York chapter,

and previously of the

Boston chapter.

portfolio.patrickhaney.com

More portfolio work available

upon request.

Patrick Haney

Rochester, NY

[email protected]

patrickhaney.com

linkedin.com/in/patrickhaney

lanyrd.com/notasausage

Professional references

available upon request.

UX Designer & Front-End Developer

Hanerino in Rochester, NY

March 2009 - Present

Experienced designer with strong coding skills and one-half of a two-person design studio •

Designing & building experiences for client websites and applications • CMS setup and

custom development work • Researching and implementing responsive web design

best practices

Experience Designer

Partners + Napier in Rochester, NY

December 2015 - November 2016

Part of a small UX and front-end development team at an integrated agency • Working

directly with clients like BMW & MINI Financial Services, Mederma, and Delta Private Jets •

Designing, building and testing HTML emails and landing page experiences

Adjunct Instructor

The Center for Digital Arts in Waltham, MA

November 2009 - April 2014

Part time instructor in the Graphic and Web Design/Web Development programs at CDIA •

Teaching modules on CSS, XHTML, JavaScript, PHP and more to small class sizes • Assisting

with the development and improvement of modules within the program

Lead Designer

Litmus in Cambridge, MA

October 2011 - April 2012

Design and code for Litmus web application, including rework of old features and creation of

new features • Layout and content work for new marketing site pages • Application of user

metrics to realign site and app design elements

User Interface Designer

Harvard University in Cambridge, MA

November 2005 - March 2010

Lead designer for iSites, a content/course management system for Harvard with a robust

customization engine • Improved usability & accessibility of iSites with standards-based

HTML and CSS • Created new iSites themes for schools and departments to use

Web Developer

RIT Libraries in Rochester, NY

November 2003 - November 2005

Actively maintained and improved websites at RIT Libraries • Designed and built the Art on

Campus (artoncampus.rit.edu) and What’s in a Name? (whatsinaname.rit.edu) websites •

Created materials and taught quarterly seminars open to students, faculty and staff

Prior experience also includes employment with Element K, NetSetGo, Eastman Kodak and

Xerox. Previous clients include BMW & MINI Financial Services, Mederma, The Food

Network and Delta Private Jets.

• Make sure it’s not only easy to read, but easy to scan.

• Allow your brand, and your personality, to show

• Keep it to a single page

Letterhead

• Have a cover letter ready

Your portfolioMake the time

to put your work online

cmdspace.com

Refine your brandOnce they find you, make them like you.

STEP 3

http://bit.ly/youronlinerep

of employers have rejected a job candidate because of information they found out about them online

70%

http://bit.ly/youronlinerep

of employers say that a positive online reputation influences

their hiring decisions

85%

Create contentaround your subject matter

Make lasting connectionsMeet them, greet them, and make them remember you.

STEP 4

Leave your comfort zoneExpand your network, and

your knowledge.