Patrick Altair McDonald
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Patrick Altair McDonald

Designer in Vancouver, He/Him

Looking for something remote full-time. Ideally working on websites, storytelling, design and frontend code.

3 months ago

About

I’m an Irish/Canadian designer who likes to code. I’m interested in work with expressive typography, interactivity, and storytelling.

Projects

2023

A simple, public-facing tool for job candidates to understand their annualized compensation, the value of their stock options, and the probability of those options reaching maturity

+1
2021

I designed this concept of a digital bookshelf to house longform essays on the history of finance that adds some fun, colour and levity to each essay.

+4
2020

I created a distinct visual language for McAfee Labs apart from their parent brand and translated their typical PDFs into an interactive page of graphs and videos.

+6
2020

McAfee commissioned me to write, design and develop an educational visual essay on an aspect of their company. I elected to write about quantum computers and the threat they pose to encryption.

+8

Side Projects

2017

I designed and developed a digital timeline that charts the history of futuristic clothing in media and art.

+5
2015

A fashion editorial I designed and developed on how the sea has shaped the way we dress today.

+6

Writing

2016

Discussing how attempting to remake the past still creates something new.

+1
2014

My rant on how 1.618 is overrated.

+1

Work Experience

2014 — Now
Remote

I was a freelance designer and developer. I created work for tech companies like Google, font foundries like Tiro and universities like Plymouth College of Art. I also had a couple of my websites exhibited at the Tate Modern.

2022 — 2023
Remote

I was on the Growth team at Compound. My domain focused on customer attraction and conversion. A broad range that encompassed marketing, product design and branding. Some example projects were improving onboarding flow, creating educational essays, and designing public-facing tools.

2020 — 2020
Vancouver

I taught “Designing for Screens”, a 20-person university course for interaction design students where they learned to design and develop websites.

Education

2010 — 2014
BA in Visual Communication at Dublin Institute of Technology
Dublin, Ireland

First Class Honours

2013 — 2013
Paris, France

Erasmus foreign exchange

Contact

Twitter
Mastodon

Teams

Current
Compound Design