Patrick Haney

Patrick Haney is not a sausage. He’s a UX Designer & Front-End Developer, an instructor at RIT’s School of Design, and an accomplished conference speaker.

Skills

Web Development

Senior
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JavaScript
  • WordPress
  • CMS

Web Design

Senior
  • Adobe Creative Cloud
  • Sketch

Work Experience (8)

https://tokenring.com

Part of a small team around a new product for securing your identity in the form of a ring.

  • Designing the experience of purchasing, sizing, setting up, and using a biometrically-secure smart ring.

  • Building native iOS and Android apps for Token using Qt 5 and QML Quick components

  • Working with the marketing team on the Token website, HTML emails, and social media experiences

https://hanerino.com

Working with clients big and small, creating & building experiences that delight across web, mobile, and TV platforms alike.

  • Launched the Boston Creates website as part of the culture initiative for the City of Boston

  • Presented multi-device design guidelines at several conferences, including UX London, and wrote an article for net magazine

  • Designed and built a fully responsive website for Esplanade Travel, a boutique travel agency in Boston

https://artdesign.rit.edu/schools/design

Teaching the Graphic Tactics course to undergrad students in the Industrial Design program at RIT's School of Design.

  • Reviewing the history of typography while diving into the details of letterforms, styles, and specific font families

  • Taking the class on a field trip to a local letterpress shop to see typography as it was before computers

  • Providing design portfolio help for students by showing them how to create an online portfolio

https://helloflynn.com

Providing design, front-end development, and thought leadership on digital marketing & media strategies to internal teams and clients to ensure that the agency provides the best approach using educated insights to deliver experiences that delight.

  • Rebranded an established agency as Flynn, provided the initial design concept and helped with iterations, and built a robust website for the new brand

  • Launched the Ask Aysa website to coincide with the iOS and Android native apps created by VisualDx

  • Improved development processes and client website management systems

https://partnersandnapier.com

Lead process improvements for a small team at an integrated agency while creating web & email experiences for clients like BMW, MINI, & Delta.

  • Lead the design and development of the award-winning MINI Ringtones website

  • Handled a full redesign and the modular development of all BMW & MINI Financial Services email templates

  • Launched a full redesign of the Mederma mobile app and worked directly with developers on implementation

https://litmus.com

First design lead at Litmus, working on both marketing and product design/development, focused on user research and metrics to help inform design decisions

  • Lead the design and front-end development of a new feature called Live Testing for HTML email previews

  • Setup A/B testing of the Litmus marketing website and made adjustments based on user data

  • Built several forward-thinking HTML email templates, including a responsive template for the Litmus newsletter

https://icommons.harvard.edu

Lead designer for iSites, a content/course management system for Harvard, with a priority on improving customization and implementing accessibility features.

  • Lead the improvement of theming capabilities for iSites, used for course and department websites within Harvard

  • Created a handful of new default themes and assisted in the design & development of several custom department sites

  • Improved the accessibility of websites built on iSites by working with the development team to change the markup of individual content modules

http://library.rit.edu

Lead designer & developer for all library web properties at RIT, while also coordinating and teaching technical workshops for students, faculty, and staff.

  • Designed, developed, and launched websites for Art on Campus & What's in a Name?

  • Taught quartely workshops on Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, and basic website development

  • Actively maintained the Wallace Library website and worked with librarians on making their own updates

Volunteer

Web Director
AIGA Upstate New York
Jun 2016 - Jun 2018

Official board member of the Upstate New York chapter of AIGA, a volunteer role that includes the design, development, and maintenance of the chapter website and any other web properties the chapter requires.

  • Helped organize local Coffee with Creatives events

  • Made regular updates to the chapter website and assisted with social media posts

  • Advised other board members on using the WordPress CMS to make website content updates as needed

Director of Web & Social Media
AIGA Boston
Mar 2013 - Aug 2014

Volunteered my time as an official board member to help the Boston chapter of AIGA with their web entities and organization of numerous design-related events.

  • Integrated chapter & national events into the Boston chapter website using some WordPress and Eventbrite

  • Created an 'Invite to Slack' form to include on the chapter website, which is now used by several other chapters

  • Designed and launched the Design Exchange Boston conference website with limited time before the event

Co-Founder & Lead Organizer
Refresh Boston
Mar 2006 - Aug 2014

Co-creator and lead organizer of free events for the design/development community in and around Boston. Singlehandedly ran the marketing campaign and organization of over 40 events featuring guest speakers from both local and national companies in the industry.

  • Ran over 40 free events in the Boston area over 8 years, with an average of 30 attendees for each event

  • Brought in local and national speakers on topics such as responsive web design, web typography, and git for designers

  • Created and maintained the Refresh Boston website, email campaigns, social media accounts, and other marketing materials

Education (1)

Bachelor
Information Technology
Rochester Institute of Technology
1996 - 2001
  • Computer-Human Interface Design
  • Human Factors
  • Programming for the WWW
  • Web Site Design and Implementation
  • Marketing

Awards

Online/Interactive Gold Addy Award
American Advertising Awards
2017

The Experience team at Partners + Napier brought home a Gold ADDY award in the Online/Interactive: Websites category for our work on the MINI Ringtones website.

Publications

12 Oct 2018

As part of the Ask a UXpert series, Adobe interviews a few UX Designers about how they approach UX strategies for the wide range of devices and screen sizes available today.

14 Sep 2015

The second feature of net magazine's October 2015 issue on designing for smart devices of all shapes and sizes.

Light It Up With Markup in Web Advent
12 Dec 2012

A short article written for Web Advent, a daily advent calendar of useful tips from web professionals.

4 May 2009

An interview with Unmatched Style on design, inspiration, and where the web is headed.

Photoshop vs. Fireworks in Digital Web Magazine
22 Jul 2008

Who doesn't love a good healthy debate over software choices?

Languages

English

Native speaker

Interests

Sports

  • Golf
  • Soccer
  • Volleyball
  • Snowboarding

Cars

  • Audi
  • MINI

Photography

  • GoPro
  • Leica
  • iPhone

Design

  • Web Design
  • Interior Design
  • Packaging Design
  • Mid-Century Modern

Internet of Things

  • IoT
  • Smart Home
  • SmartThings
  • Alexa
  • Siri

Teaching

  • Adjunct Instructor
  • Conferences
  • Workshops