Senior Service Designer
XAVIER DEVAUGHN, New York, NY (United States) — Founder, Lead Senior Designer & Strategist, MARCH 2020 - PRESENT | Led over 15 end-to-end design engagements across NGO’s, IGO’s, and multinational companies, translating research into visually innovative products and services.
SuperDeep Studios, Portland, OR (United States) — Brand & Service Designer, DECEMBER 2019 - SEPTEMBER 2023 | Directed cross-functional stakeholder alignment and service operations for urban planning initiatives, utilizing R&D and visual frameworks like visual analysis, service blueprints, and journey maps to launch inclusive, highly coordinated public experiences.
NYC Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity, Brooklyn, NY (United States) — Communication Design Fellow, DECEMBER 2021 - SEPTEMBER 2022 | Developed and co-led branding projects and marketing deliverables for over 5 internal and external organizations, providing strategic communications and storytelling initiatives across different sectors.
United Nations OCHA, New York, NY (United States) — Graphic & Multimedia Design Consultant, SEPTEMBER 2019 - SEPTEMBER 2020 | Launched and supported global humanitarian communication campaigns by designing UN-branded visual systems and aligning across 10+ countries, and enhancing international stakeholder communications.
Blocher Partner; Rare Breed; NAIL Communications; NYU Tandon; Rodrigo, New York, NY (United States) — Graphic Design Consultant, JULY 2016 - MARCH 2020 | Delivered brand identity systems, UX strategies, and design research across the NGO, health, environment, and technology sectors, while mentoring junior designers and establishing standardized toolkits to scale service design practices across multidisciplinary teams.
University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland — SDSI Joint Master’s in Service Design, Management & Leadership, September 2023 - May 2025 | Thesis Research: Notion of Physis: Exploring the role of Nature in Modern Service Design through Eco-art therapy | | Contact: info@sdsi.ma | Yliopistonkatu 8, 96300 Rovaniemi, Finland
Estonia Academy of Art, Tallinn, Estonia — SDSI Joint Master’s in Service Design, Management & Leadership, September 2023 - May 2025 | Contact: artun@artun.ee | Põhja puiestee 7 Tallinn 10412, Estonia
Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia — SDSI Joint Master’s in Service Design, Management & Leadership, September 2023 - May 2025 | Contact: info@sdsi.ma | Kalpaka boulevard 13, Riga LV–1050, Latvia
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island — Bachelor's in Graphic Design, September 2013 - May 2016 | Contact: cemail@risd.edu | | 20 Washington Place, Providence, RI 02903-2784, United States
Community College of Baltimore County, Essex, Maryland (United States) — Associate's Degree in Fine & Performing Arts, September 2009 - June 2013 | Contact: studentcentral@ccbcmd.edu | 7201 Rossville Blvd, Baltimore, MD 21237
