Russel Quadros

About

With a robust background in graphic design and business thinking, I have honed my skills through diverse roles in the design industry. I hold a BFA in Graphic Design from the Savannah College of Art and Design and have completed a course in Business Thinking at Second Wave Dive. My career began with roles such as Design Consultant at Dr. B and Designer at SuperFriendly, where I provided art direction and branding for various projects. I founded Temper, Inc., a boutique design collaborative, where I directed brand strategy and product design systems for eight years. Currently, I am the Design Lead for CX Design Experience US at Cisco, where I guide initiatives across UX and design systems, mentor teams, and lead creative strategies. My experience spans across branding, UX design, and product development, with a focus on creating cohesive and innovative design solutions.

Experience

• Design Lead — CX Design Experience US · Cisco12-01-2023 – 11-01-2024

  • Guided initiatives and best practices across brand, UX, DS, and Research efforts; collaborated with UX designers to formalize new interactions and visual experience of our product in alignment with our design system; supported and mentored our design team; and presented ideas and work to directors, executive leadership, and our XDi team. • Led a hackathon team in ideation, strategy, and design of an AI-powered dashboard feature. • Presented multiple projects across our design org, and to senior directors. • Led an ad-hoc design team to brand an internal UX Research conference. • Led initiatives to improve documentation of design patterns and build cross-functional collaboration within UX, UI, and Design System teams. • Led brainstorming sessions on how to define a creative strategy to meet the needs of our customer and establish direction for our product.

• Design (Product & Brand) · Almanac09-01-2021 – 02-01-2023

  • Collaborated with designers, PMs, engineers, and the marketing team to iterate toward product market fit. • Worked with Growth to redesign and iterate their self-serve registration flow, addressing web and mobile experiences. • Redesigned Inbox and email notifications feature. • Redesigned the company brand identity and its relaunched marketing website; provided design support on ads tested on social media channels. • Designed several Editor features and helped redesign the overall Editor chrome and menus. • Collaborated with the design team to organize and componentize the design system.

• Founder & Design Director · Temper, Inc.09-01-2015 – 12-01-2023

  Temper is a boutique design collaborative that crafts brand strategy, identity, and product design systems to help internal teams express a coordinated experience. • Worked with product or marketing teams to rebrand their growing business, providing strategy and design assets needed to implement, maintain, and grow their brand over the long-term. • Directed the strategy and design of every project and recruited from a trusted pool of experienced team members to meet each project’s needs, managing everything remotely.

• Designer, Director · SuperFriendly03-01-2021 – 06-01-2021

  Freelanced with their distributed team on a project basis, providing art direction, branding, and UI/UX design on a photography e-commerce web-app.

• Design Consultant (Product & Brand) · Dr. B04-01-2021 – 06-01-2021

  • Worked on brand design explorations and definition to establish visual consistency. • Provided design support to the web and product side, including designing or refining web pages and components, and iterating on Provider and Patient login and signup flows. • Supported Provider and Patient operations by creating physical and digital marketing assets and merchandise, designing the Zendesk Help Center, and customizing email marketing campaigns.

Education

• Second Wave DiveBusiness Thinking
• Savannah College of Art and DesignBFA, Graphic Design

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