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Hi I'm Raph,

I’m a hacker, improviser and behavioral econ nerd seeking a full-time interaction design position starting July 2012.
I ♥ making sense of big qualitative data, crafting persuasive interactions and shaping the conditions for good design.
One day I’d like to be a choice architect.


Drop me a line

email : raph.damico@gmail.com
skype : raphdamico

CONTACT
raph.damico@gmail.com

EDUCATION

Master of Design
(Pew Fellowship)
IIT Institute of Design
2009-2012 | Chicago

GMAT
740/800 (97th percentile)

Chartered Financial Analyst
(CFA) Level 1 Pass

BSc in Economics
London School of Economics
and Political Science
2003 – 2006

SKILLS

Tech & Tools

Javascript
NodeJS
InDesign
Keynote
After Effects
Premiere
Flash
HTML5, CSS
Photoshop
Illustrator
Office
Rhino
Keyshot
SolidWorks

Experimented with PHP, .NET, Ruby, Objective-C, Processing, Arduino

Languages

English:
French:
Italian:
Spanish:
German:
fluent
fluent
fluent
intermediate
beginner

Passions

Improv
Rock climbing
Snowboarding
Indie games
Sketching
Beatboxing

EXPERIENCE

Clarity Consulting | Interactive Design Intern | Fall 2011 | Chicago
Leading interaction and software implementation consultancy. Part-time support for ideation, design and development of a range of design projects.

S.C. Johnson | Design Intern | Summer 2011 | Racine, WI
Leading global maker of household products. Synthesized a decade of selected previous projects. Assisted in the analysis of large scale qualitative data. Presented an approach to diffusing ethnographic insight throughout the organization. (www.scjohnson.com)

Chicago Loop Alliance | Experience Design Intern | Summer 2010 | Chicago
Membership organization that promotes Chicago’s Loop. Researched and designed physical & digital experience for Art Loop Open, a $50,000 art competition featuring 200 works scattered around Chicago, with the winner decided by open public voting. (www.artloopopen.com)

Acanthus Advisers | Associate | Sep 2006-Jul 2009 | London, UK
Advisory firm helping European private equity funds seeking to raise €100m-€1bn from institutional investors. (www.acanthus.eu.com)

  • Assisted three clients seeking €620 million ($890m). Led stakeholder interviews, analysis and synthesis of client’s history into a compelling story
  • Started research function. Created a comprehensive private equity database and produced reports distributed to the top 1,000 players in the market
  • Designed and implemented an intranet. This tracked new business, streamlined project management and obsoleted the research function.

Sensory Overload Records | Co-Founder | Jan 2004 – Jan 2006 | London
Independent UK hip-hop record label with eleven releases from 2004-6.

PROJECTS

Design Research Conference
Co-Chair | Sep 2009 - May 2010
400+ attendees and 40 speakers including Tim Brown, Don Norman & Rick Robinson. (drc.id.iit.edu)

Shakeoutblog.com | Nov 2009 -
A blog to explore and catalogue what it might take to design a better world.

Improv | May 2008 to current
Perform or train three to five times a week at The Annoyance, Gorilla Tango, iO, Underground Lounge.

Acid Jam | Jan-Dec 2008
Co-ran a successful monthly creative event built around live improvised music and group art.