Brett Virmalo
Creative Direction, Design Strategy & User Experience
401.339.4512 | BrettVirmalo@Gmail.com | PDF Resume | Portfolio
Multi-disciplinary, business-minded design thinker and leader who crafts impactful strategy, visuals and experiences for B2C and B2B tech, SaaS, financial services, real estate, construction, healthcare, consumer goods and retail.
Highly adept in all phases of the design process from discovery, research and brainstorming through prototyping, pitch and presentation, execution, quality control, analytics and optimization.
Zealous communicator and constructive collaborator building consensus and advocating business, user and design requirements; I speak marketing, product, sales, engineering and C-suite.
Thrive in fast-paced environments juggling multiple projects, people, timelines and budgets; I apply agile project management methodologies, have project management and client service experience and consistently deliver creative delight on-time and on budget.
Present Work
CVS Health
User Experience Designer
2020 - Present
Work History
Tippingpoint Labs
Full-Service Consumer & B2B Agency
Design & Dev → Creative Director
2004-2014
“Brett’s design process, keen business acumen, and stellar communication skills make him an invaluable resource, years after he’s moved on to bigger and better things. Brett is a polished, professional, rare gem.”
Andrew Davis
Founder & Partner
Tippingpoint Labs
Unidesk
Enterprise VDI SaaS
UX/UI → Creative Director
2014-2017
“Brett’s knowledge of how to grab & keep user attention & make information available allowed us to keep users engaged. His ability to work across groups & gather consensus quickly & efficiently made it easy to stay agile.”
Jim Sivak
Director of QA
Unidesk
Nasuni
Enterprise Cloud File Management SaaS
Creative Director
2017-2019
“Recognizing the need to hit round-the- clock, interrupt-driven deadlines, he is one of those 'always on' people, day or night. We have been spoiled – having Brett is like having a creative agency all to ourselves.
Tom Rose
VP Technical Solutions
Nasuni
Skills & Expertise
Strategy, Management & Execution
- Agile Methodologies (SAFE)
- Analytics
- Animation
- Atomic Design
- Brainstorming & Ideation
- Client Service
- Content Architecture
- Content & Social Media
- Copywriting
- Code (SCSS, HTML, Javascript, PHP)
- Creative & Art Direction
- Marketing & Campaigns
- Front-End Development
- Information Architecture
- Nurture & Conversion
- Pattern & Style Libraries
- Pitch & Presentations
- Scoping, Planning & Requirements Docs
- User Research
- User Profiling & Journeys
- User Testing
Design for
- Advertising
- Android (Material) & iOS (HGI)
- Apps & Mobile
- Branding
- Content
- Data & Infographics
- Ecommerce
- Email Marketing
- Events
- Icon & Identity Systems
- Illustration
- Motion Graphics
- Responsive
- Sales Tools & Templates
- Software
- User Interface (UI)
- User Experience (UX)
Software & Tools
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Asana
- Atom
- Balsamiq
- Brightcove
- Browserstack
- Channeltivity
- Clubhouse
- Craft
- Docebo
- Drift
- Drupal
- Figma
- Google Analytics
- Google Docs Suite
- Google Tag Manager
- Hubspot
- InVision
- Jira
- MailChimp
- Miro
- Mockflow
- MS Office Suite
- Omnigraffle
- Optimizely
- OptinMonster
- Prezi
- Rally
- Slack
- Salesforce
- Seismic
- Shopify
- Sketch
- Skuid
- UserTesting.com
- WordPress