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Mike Borsare

Contact

• Email: [email protected]
• Website: mike-borsare.netlify.com
• Everywhere else: @mborsare

About

Hello! I'm Mike Borsare, a Product Designer/Front-end Developer living in Boston. I specialize in creating strong, memorable products. Right now I'm most interested in mentoring younger designers, creating/improving design systems, and striking a balance between excellent visual design and intuitive user experience.

Skillset

• Digital Product Design
  • Shaping minimum viable products
  • Creating prototypes
  • Crafting look and feel
  • Iterating on features and visual design
• Frontend Development (HTML/CSS/JS)
• Graphic Design
  • I'm "classically trained," i.e. I know and care about creating visual systems with intent
• Iterative Workflow (git)

Experience

• Robin — Designer & Developer • Present–2018

• thoughtbot — Designer & Developer • 2018–2014 — At thoughtbot I had the opportunity to work with clients large and small to create and improve upon digital products. In the process I designed UIs, facilitated product design sprints, implemented my own designs using various front-end tools, conducted sprint planning, and worked directly with clients to achieve business goals.

• Argus — Graphic Designer • 2014–2011 — Designed branding systems ranging from events to campaigns for a variety of clients. Created production files for print and web projects.

• VHB — Urban Planner, Graphic & GIS Specialist • 2011–2006 — Created graphics and maps integral to Master Plan documents and permitting approvals. Participated and led charette exercises towards the end of creating city plans.

• United Parcel Service — Package Handler • 2005–2001 — Sorted and loaded packages in a high pressure, fast-paced, environment. Served as an employee representative on the: safety, damage, and employee retention committees.

Education

• Massachusetts College of Art and Design • Certificate of Graphic Design — 2011
• University of Tennessee • BA Urban Studies, Minor: History — 2005
• University of Alabama • Studied Computer Science — 2000

This repo was inspired by: @dictions

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