Parker Ehret
California
About
Product design leader with experience across a wide range of categories - autonomous vehicles, fintech, security and encryption, on-demand hiring, social apps, content platforms, health and beauty, streaming video, AR/VR.
Led product design of a suite of software tools for autonomous vehicles at Aurora. Led product design at Logitech, designed software and gaming peripherals for Logitech G, and mobile apps for Ultimate Ears. Created a content ecosystem and design system at Yahoo, and redefined QuickBooks Apps for small businesses at Intuit.
Created award-winning digital experiences at TBWA\Chiat\Day and Deutsch LA for brands like Adidas, Apple, Dr. Pepper, The Grammy's, Infiniti, Nissan, Pepsi, Target, Tostitos, Visa, and Volkswagon.
Work Experience
Beacon is a software platform that allows you to maintain federal, state, and city building compliance, and monitor all data, services, and utility usage for any property, in real time, without any hardware. Beacon understands your usage habits and alerts you about any anomalies or abnormalities.
Investments platform, diligence, financials, reporting, design system, component library, and website.
First Product Designer hired at Aurora. Was at Aurora as it grew from less than 200 employees to over 1,700, from Series A to IPO. $AUR
- Designed a suite of autonomous vehicle software for simulation, perception, motion planning, mapping, dispatch, fleet management, vehicle operations, log playback, and company metrics
- Created the design language and design system for software at Aurora.
- Led UX and design for vehicle operators and rider experience.
- Led UX and design efforts with marketing and comms on company website and intranet.
- Helped with hiring across design, research, product management, industrial design, and engineering.
UX and Product Design for a multitude of clients across a broad spectrum of industries.
Creative Direction, Strategy and Vision, Product Design, UX, Mobile Apps, AI, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Conversational UI, Video and Photography, Illustration, Motion, Development and Engineering, E-commerce, Branding, Copywriting, Music Supervision
Advisor: Blis, DraftCard, Ghost Drive, WizeBit
Technology: Highlight, Inspo, Intuit, LiveStation, MEDL Mobile, Paired Up, QuickBooks, StriVR, Token, Tumblr, Unitas Global, What's Good, Yahoo
Entertainment: Daniel Bedingfield, Daniel Powter, Drive Music, GoDigital Media Group, Improv Olympics, Taylor Mathews, Warner Bros. Music Group
Retail and Services: First Republic Bank, Matsuda, Pacific Signaling, States Coffee, Story Coffee, The Stronghold
Acquired by Third Summit
A gig economy platform focused on people working in entertainment and video creation. The app included integrated direct messaging, contact organizer, location-based job board, and a place to create, search, and share video-based résumés.
Acquired by Neustar ($NSR)
A security and encryption platform with the mission of eliminating usernames and passwords. Our technology worked across all platforms and browsers, and was featured during the release of the Apple Watch. Using asymmetric encryption, our technology was extended to payment and checkout flows, where we powered a number of donation sites, including Ready for Hillary and the DCCC.
Senior Visual Interaction Designer for Homepage, Navigation, Magazines, News, Feed
Desktop Experience, Mobile Experience, Strategy, Branding, Product Design, Mobile Apps, IA, UI, UX, Visual Design, Motion, Interaction
Product Design, Web and Mobile Design, Visual Design, IA, UX, UI, Branding, Strategy, Marketing, Identity, Signage
Worked on: California Milk, Dr. Pepper, Fresh & Easy, HTC, Pop Secret, Target, Volkswagon
Worked on: Adidas, Apple, Bare Escentuals, Energizer, The Grammy's, Infiniti, Let There Be Dragons, Nissan, Pacific Standard Time, Pepsi, Projeqt, Qatar Foundation, Tostitos, Visa
Side Projects
In anticipation of Apple's Vision Pro, I tried to imagine what Twitter might look like using Spatial UI.
Coffee Talk Stickers are fun and expressive stickers for coffee conversation in iMessage.
Awards
6x Winner
5x Winner
9x Winner
8x Winner
2x Winner
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Volunteering
Taught Kindergarten students about forces and collisions.
Taught 3rd grade students for The Hour of Code during Computer Science Education Week.