Bart Renner

About Bart Renner

I am a design leader with 10+ years experience elevating the business and human impact of design. I am an empathetic and nurturing people manager, and I lead a human-centered and data-driven practice to design a smarter, more effective, and more humane future.I\'ve worked both in-house and in agencies with fortune 100 clients helping teams explore and design how people and technology behave together. Interests include embodied cognition, narrative theory, music, education, and dinosaurs. I live in Austin, TX with my incredible wife and daughter, three cats, two bikes, and a dog.Most recently Design Director at Funsize. Previously, Design Lead for the Helix Design System at Rackspace and cofounder of the RackLabs Innovation Program. Check out my writing at bartrenner.com/writingI also offer mentoring on ADPList! If you\'re feeling stuck, you want some feedback on your materials, or maybe could use some practice presenting your portfolio, please sign up. I\'m rooting for you!#mentoring #LetsDoThisTogether https://adplist.org/mentors/m-barton-renner

Experience

1. Sr Ux Design Manager

   Syniverse

   Jun 2025 — Present

Education

• University of Virginia

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Poetry Writing, Religious Studies

  2002 — 2006

• Yale Divinity School

  M.A.R., Religion and Literature

  2006 — 2008

Skills

• Wire Framing
• Copywriting
• Education
• Wireframes
• Heuristic Evaluation
• Wireframing
• Creative Writing
• Poetics
• Interactive Storytelling
• User Interface
• User Experience Design
• Interaction Design
• Brand Development
• Concept Mapping
• Integrated Marketing
• Ideation
• Information Architecture
• Branding & Identity
• Critical Thinking
• Narrative Theory
• Brand Narrative Development
• Creative Direction
• Storytelling
• User Experience Architecture
• User Interface Design
• User Research
• Site Maps
• Experience Design
• Interdisciplinary Collaboration
• Story Structure
• Digital Copywriting
• User Experience
• Content Strategy