Hello.

👋 Hi there. I am Mystie, and this is my story, abbreviated. I am a New York City-based 🍎 transdisciplinary product designer and transmedia marketing visual storyteller. I work with clients to fulfill their media design and technological needs with a focus on user experience, user interface design, and visually-focused transmedia storytelling. I'm currently seeking a possible hybrid position and projects that make the best use of my interdisciplinary knowledge and transmedia UX/UI product design skillset.

"Play Mystie For Me

I was born on the bayou 🎶, and named after Erroll Garner's jazz standard 📻 popularized by Johnny Mathis in a cover version used in the 1971 psychological thriller 🙀 (and Clint Eastwood's directorial debut) 📽️ "Play Misty for Me." As such, media, entertainment, and music has been a sizable defining part of what makes up my identity.

What I do:

I have over 24 years 🦄 of experience designing for web, social media, and music marketing. I have designed and launched responsive websites, created cohesive brand-identity content for ad campaigns, as well as designed systems for interactive mobile apps, games, and enterprise software. 👩‍💻 While my primary strength is visual design, I can contribute more holistically as a writer, photographer, editor, illustrator, and motion animator. Before my career in design, I received my BA in Art & Art History with a Concentration in Media Arts and a Double Emphasis in Photography & Digital Video from DePaul University. My minor was in Communications with a Media Studies Emphasis specifically focused on Audience and Fan Studies. My interest in human-centered design drove me to expand my skill set by attending the NYC Flatiron Schools UX/UI Design Intensive Bootcamp Program.

Why I do it:

Throughout my life, I’ve worked towards the blending of the sense-based arts with communication arts, while simultaneously driving my professional development forward. As far as I know, you only live once, so I’d like to try and understand as much as humanly possible. I think great design, like a good story, can help to describe and define the seemingly mysterious as well as empower people with deep empathy and understanding.

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In my limited "spare time," I can be found:

• practicing my guitar 🎸 technique
• dying my hair 🌈
• songwriting 📓
• singing 👩‍🎤
• recording 🎙️
• doodling 🖊️
• working the merch table 💪 (and helping with pre and post-production) for a show
• playing fetch with my cats🐱🐾, and
• taking an online professional development course 🧠

When I need a moment of reflection, I'll usually step away from the computer or merch table to workout on the elliptical, dance (if you can call it dancing)💃🏼, or practice some sun salutations 🧘🏼‍♀️. I'm also a twin ♊, but I swear I'm the good one

Share your story with me:

madebymystie@gmail.com