Luke Beard
Design product, take photos. in Atlanta, GA, He/Him
About
Designed and co-founded anydistance.club & exposure.co. Photographer & product builder. Spaceflight and aerospace enthusiast.
Writing
Shot photography and wrote a guide to promote Burrow's new showroom in Atlanta.
Awards
Work Experience
A passion for the last 10+ years, my photography journey has sent me all over the world to shoot and tell the stories for brands, individuals and publications.
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Courier Magazine, Sunset Magazine, Uncrate Magazine, Casper, Marriott Hotels, Kimpton Hotels, Burrow, Google #TeamPixel, Cometeer, Floyd, Mercedes-benz, SoHo House, Veuve Clicquot, VW, Sweetgreen, Portman Architects, Offscreen Magazine, Park Mobile, Envoy, Downtown Atlanta, Cognac, Atlanta Ventures, East Pole Coffee, Jetty, Kavalan Whisky, Redbreast Whisky, Switchyards, Laphroaig, NASA Social, Rocket Farms Group, Tiptop Cocktails, Vanmoof, Campari, 1888 Rum.
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→ New York Times
→ Courier Magazine
→ Sunset Magazine
→ Uncrate Magazine
Apple Design Award for Visual and Graphics 2023
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Co-founded and lead production direction, UI and UX design, brand creative and positioning from passion project started during COVID to venture funded (pre-seed) company with over 100K+ downloads and an Apple Design Award win.
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Featured in Apple Fitness and Apple Health
App Store Best Running apps
Apple App of the Day × 2
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Discover a new way to stay active and connected with Any Distance – a social network designed to bring positivity, inclusion, and motivation to your fitness journey. Say goodbye to algorithms, ads, and competition, and embrace a close-knit community of like-minded friends.
Supported a refreshed Today view, ordering and store location experience.
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Co-founded, UI and UX Design, brand poisoning, support management, content curation and frontend web engineering. Scaled revenue to recurring 6 figures a year.
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Rivian, WWF, National Geographic, UNDP, MLS, MIT, Yale, Purdue, NFL, OCHA, State Department, Berkley, Visit Copenhagen, Tracksmith and thousands more.
Acquired by Cruise.
As the first designer at Voyage I established the visual language of the autonomous taxi service from brand design, photography, video production and product/experience design.
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→ Designed and deployed the initial brand identity and directed a rebrand
→ Supported 2 deployments with story development, photography and video production
→ Design and build of voyage.auto marketing site
→ Iterated on product design and UX for multiple rider software experiences
→ Designed a suite of internal tools to empower effective engineering culture through operations and triage
Shot various lifestyle and brand projects along the west-coast including the main feature and cover for Uncrate Magazine Issue 2.
Elepath is a product studio established in 2011 and is the generator of Exposure, Keezy, Keezy Drummer, and Thinglist.
I designed and executed a substantial iOS update to the Thinglist app, and created the marketing page for GetThinglist.com, along with providing design support for other Elepath web properties like elepath.com and keezy.co
I worked with WillCall as an iPhone and web design consultant, creating UI components and new feature concepts for iOS, leading a site-wide redesign for web, and executed HTML & CSS development for all work.
As a design consultant, I lead Hipstamatic's first company-wide web redesign, which was featured in various web design publications for the site's animation and mobile optimization. I executed all HTML & CSS development, including mobile/tablet optimization.
I also designed other notable projects for Hipstamatic, such as the web version of Snap. Magazine and the Hipstamatic Gear site.
As a design consultant, I provided the visual direction for both the Buffer iPhone app and the Buffer 2.0 web redesign. I also designed additional company web pages, including the Buffer developer portal.
Both the iPhone and Web app releases were met with critical reviews from major tech web
publications.
Volunteering
MINT’s mission is to make Atlanta a destination for the arts: a cultural hub where artists thrive, patrons experience transformative work, and communities are activated and engaged.
I help support MINT with sponsor partnerships and content creation.