Andy Rutledge – Principal / Design Strategist
Andy Rutledge is a designer, author, and speaker, and his articles on design and professionalism are widely read in the design and business communities.
Andy was formerly creative director for a Dallas area interactive agency, where he helped to redefine the agency’s clientele and place in the marketing business community. While there, he worked on projects and winning bids for clients such as RadioShack, Maggiano’s, Worldwide Express, The Kimbell Art Museum, Quarem, Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Dallas Cowboys, Rug Doctor, Schlegel Sports, HemoBioTech, and more. See Andy’s personal portfolio.
Before entering the design profession, Andy worked for 12 years as General Manager of a successful chain of Hallmark Gold Crown card and gift stores, where he helped to double the size of the chain. So he understands the concerns and many operational practices of business, and brings this understanding to his design work and project planning. Andy is a regular contributor to some of the world’s finest print and online design publications.
Angela Conlon – Principal / Design Strategist
As Design Strategist at Unit Interactive, Angela concerns herself with strategic website design, standards-compliant CSS and XHTML development, information architecture design, and basically providing clients with the best possible design solution to strengthen their marketing efforts.
In preparation for her life as design guru, Angela studied at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor earning her B.S. in Computer Graphic Design. After working in the Marketing Department for the YMCA Association in San Antonio, she filled the role of Art Director at a Dallas area interactive agency where she joined forces with account executives, developers and fellow designers to develop new strategies and techniques for online marketing. While there, she worked on projects and winning bids for clients such as Maggiano’s, Daisy Brand, Southwest Airlines Pilot’s Association, Preferred Health Systems, Acute Kids Urgent Care, Jani-King, and more. See Angela’s personal portfolio.
Nathan Ford – Design Strategist
Nathan is a completely hopeless dork, just as apt to geek out over kerning as a tidy page of code. He spends his free time trying to figure out why things work—visually, technically, or psychologically. Not that he has had much free time since graduating from the Communication Design program at UNT in 2006.
In his first gig as an Art Director for MARC USA, Nathan helped develop print and interactive solutions for brands such as the Corner Bakery, Samsung and Safety-Kleen, as well as lead his fellow creatives through the oft scary funhouse of emerging technologies. Now, he has fully given over his talents to the field of interactive and has found a good home at Unit Interactive, in an environment dedicated to the best of practices. See Nathan's personal site.
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guts, personal responsibility, deadlines, candid discussion, proactivity, empowerment, design for specific objectives, intuition, passion, family, fitness, honesty, quality thinking, quality execution, puzzles, lunch in the park, hard work, hard play, ice cream, detail, challenges, reality television, competence, big picture thinking, Lost, extrapolation, professionalism, athletes and bulls of the PBR, social responsibility, follow-through, Haribo gummy bears…