Sean Endler

About Sean Endler

Never Stop Pushing the BoundariesToday as a creative product design and user experience executive I incubate, execute and commercialize game-changing large-scale digital initiatives, having engineered multiple patents with Sony and Yahoo, built an innovation design center for Legacy.com and established industry standards at Napster. By blending subject matter knowledge, marketing insight and business savvy with natural leadership, a collaborative approach and engaging interpersonal style I deliver results in key areas: Creative Strategy, User Experience Design and Optimization, Visionary Product Development, and Marketing & Business Strategy.

Experience

1. Chief Creative Officer

   Cleared For Takeoff, Inc

   Jan 2021 — Present · Los Angeles, CA, US

   CFT is a cutting-edge design and technology firm specializing in B2B, SaaS, and D2C platforms, spanning diverse industries with a keen emphasis on user experiences and productivity tools. We craft distinctive experiences that drive user engagement and seamlessly integrate brands, catering to both startups and established entities like the United States Department of Defense, Reddit, Ferrari, among others. My role involves design, talent acquisition, articulation of value propositions, active participation in fundraising through investor decks and pitches, and the cultivation of strategic partnerships. I provide comprehensive executive leadership to shape and deliver compelling company narratives.• Built and launched selfie platform connecting brands to users’ stories through user-generated content, providing marketers with high-value proprietary demographic data and digital experiences called FanCard™• Created all digital and physical organizational materials, documents and marketing collateral, including personalized pitch decks and demos for attracting and securing new clients• Secured consecutive multi year contracts with the Department of Defense, NFL, MLB, NHL, NCAA, NBCUniversal, St. Jude Charity, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, and multiple start-upsPortfolio

Education

• School of the Art Institute of Chicago

  Visual Communication

  1991 — 1995

Skills

• Art Direction
• User Interface Design
• E-Commerce
• Human-Computer Interaction
• Digital Strategy
• Information Design
• Competitive Analysis
• Web Design
• Start-Ups
• Creative Direction
• User-Centered Design
• User Experience
• Content Strategy
• Product Development
• Usability Testing
• Design Thinking
• Mobile Devices
• User Interface
• Flash
• Strategic Design
• Usability
• Human Computer Interaction
• Web Development
• SEO
• Information Visualization
• Graphics
• Mobile Design
• Agile Methodologies
• Front-End
• Digital Media
• Interaction Design
• Product Design
• Design Strategy
• Web Analytics
• Brand Development
• Design Management
• Integrated Marketing
• Usability Engineering
• Social Design
• Experience Design