Michele Ronsen's Email & Phone Number

💼 Past Experience

Designer, researcher, educator, and founder, Michele Ronsen. Michele Ronsen is currently a Faculty (Design Methods & Research) at California College of the Arts from August 2015 to June 2016 (11 months) in San Francisco.Michele Ronsen started her career in design in 2006 as a junior creative director at Wells Fargo where she led a diverse 20-30-person team of writers, designers, producers, and support agencies. Internal customers also included various product and service groups such as Research, Credit Card, Mortgage, Insurance, Enterprise Marketing, Benefits, Corporate Social Responsibility, Employee Relations and more.Ronsen’s skills in design and MBA led her to become an assistant professor of design at Academy of Art University from January 2010 to December 2015 in San Francisco Bay Area. She taught conceptual development and mind mapping classes and led independent and group directed studies focused on individual design thesis projects.Ronsen is also a graduate faculty and curriculum developer at Academy of Art University from January 2010 to December 2015 in San Francisco Bay Area. Ronsen taught conceptual development and mind map classes and led independent and groupdirected studies focused on individual design thesis projects. She also led a team of 20 staff plus freelancers.Ronsen is responsible for $4 MM yearly operating budget in addition to all project expenses, freelance and support agency contracts. Key accomplishments include creating brand-driven innovation at Wells Fargo that drove system changes such as developing the first Internal Brand Standards, enforcing SEC and FDIC compliance,lezering online "firsts", andRESEARCHING, concepting, prototyping and executed innovations across all marketing engagements and campaigns across all media. She also spearheaded innovative strategies, provided design direction, and managed a team of 20 staff plus freelancers. Her most recent notable accomplishment was introducing and expanding Nordstrom’s product group to include 2D, 3D, and 4D components for the bank of the future.Ronsen is also a senior vice president and creative director at Bank of America from 2002 to 2005 in San Francisco and Seattle. She is responsible for $4 MM yearly operating budget in addition to all project expenses, freelance and support agency contracts. Ronsen’s notable achievements includesuccessfully launching a targeted national advertising campaign to motivate external brokers, dealers, institutional and retail audiences to buy, invest, or sell mutual funds, introducingpants for official Olympic banking sponsorship of the Salt Lake City Games, and lezing all internal and external materials for official Olympic banking sponsorship of the Salt Lake City Games.

🎓 Education

Michele Ronsen's work experience:- 2004-2006, Producer, Graphic Design for Newspaper and Road Journal majoring in Newspaper Design- 2005-2007, Manager, Graphic Design for Business Perspectives majoring in Business Design- 2007-2010, Specialist, Graphic Design and Inkscape at Harvard Business School where she received a certificate in Business Perspectives from 2007 to 2007- 2010-2011, Manager, Graphic Design for San Francisco State University where she received a degree in Contributed Studies from 2011 to 2011.

💡 Technical & Interpersonal Skills

Michele Ronsen has a B.S. from California College of the Arts in Design Methods & Research and a M.A. from the Academy of Art University in Design Studies. She has worked as a Faculty (Design Methods & Research) at California College of the Arts from August 2015 to June 2016 (11 months) in San Francisco Bay Area. Michele Ronsen also has a B.S. from The Ohio State University in Product Design and Marketing. She taught students how to deploy primary and secondary research, quantitative and qualitative ethnographic research, and other human-centered research techniques. Through an iterative process, including idea generation and rapid prototyping, students developed and presented solutions grounded in user needs. Michele Ronsen has also taught graduate students and curriculum developers (School of Design) at Academy of Art University from January 2010 to December 2015 (6 years) in San Francisco Bay Area. Michele Ronsen has also taught conceptual development and mind map classes. Michele Ronsen is currently a Faculty (Design Methods & Research) at California College of the Arts from August 2015 to June 2016 (11 months) in San Francisco Bay Area. Michele Ronsen also has a B.S. from The Ohio State University in Product Design and Marketing.