Austin Murphy: Graphic Design, Art Direction, Commercial Art, Strategic Thinking in Irvine, CA

Creating and designing a wide variety of cross-media projects involving advertising, branding, illustrations, environmental graphics, and experience for agencies, startups and academic institutions such as Fae Maps, Trace Sports AI, Birdwell Beach Britches, Laguna Beach Brewing Co, This Week's Peep Show (Comedy), and Del Taco

USC Annenberg is a leading academic institution for communication, journalism and public relations. The Office of Communication and Marketing provides support in media relations, publications, web design, and events. __ • Conceptualized, planned, and executed branding systems, posters, invitations, signage and environmental graphics for a variety of USC Annenberg events in Los Angeles and across the states • Past collaborations include working closely with HBO, UFC, Crossfit, and Riot Games

Practice Builders is a marketing agency focusing on creating helpful, useful, relevant digital and print solutions. For more than 40 years, PB has been providing marketing strategies. __ • Created and designed visual identity systems: logo, letterhead, digital advertisements, wireframes, page layouts, photography direction, and print production for a variety of clients • Worked on creative concepts and participated in pitch meetings for new business proposals

HexCare is a software company, a desktop and mobile application that uses data to create more informed interactions. __ • Conducted market research and usability testing for the mobile and desktop application • Worked closely with engineers and other designers to oversee and design the core experience of the app • Created early-stage user-interfaces, sketches, flows, wireframes and visual design for web/mobile platform

LavaLab is USC’s first product design accelerator. Twice a year LavaLab selects its cohort and creates entrepreneurs out of the best engineering, design, and business minds in Los Angeles. Developing practical, profitable and responsible solutions to real world problems. __ • Designed branding, user-interfaces, and pitch-decks for Docket mobile application • Created user-personas, storyboards, concept diagrams, usability testing and other design elements • Worked on creative concepts and pitched product vision and strategy to people in the LA tech industry