.ABOUT

Ted Pioli

Designer

Hey there! I'm Ted, a native New Englander who's currently calling Somerville MA home. By day I'm a UX / UI designer at FormLabs. By night I am a freelance brand and web designer working for startups, local businesses, and interesting projects that come my way. Im also an adjunct faculty member at The Massachusetts College of Art and Design where I am teaching a sophomore design course. In the wee hours I am a practicing Illustrator, working under the moniker Strange Folks on posters, beer cans, murals, and branded artwork.

I have partnered with a variety of clients from startups to Fortune 100 companies. Past and current clients include key players in healthcare, IOT, robotics R&D, game design, food & beverage, fashion, and financial services (As well as local mom-&-pop shops, breweries, and startups).

When I'm not working I enjoy resting in hammocks, sharing beer with friends, tending to my plants, and being with family.

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SERVICES

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Native App Design
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Web Design
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Product Strategy
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User testing
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Prototyping
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Design Systems
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UX Design
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UI Design
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Brand strategy
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Identity Design
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Package Design
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Illustration

RESUME

Things I am currently Doing
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Senior Product Designer

FormLabs
Location
Somerville
Year
Sept 2019 – Present

As a designer on the product team at Formlabs, my role is not limited to digital. Any touch point a user may have with our products is a touch point that can be controlled with design. I influence the design of everything from embedded UI screens and desktop software / web apps to package design, branding, and the unique and varying ways humans interact with 3D printers.

Adjunct Design Faculty

Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Location
Boston
Year
May 2021 - Present

Advanced Interactive Projects is a class focused on information architecture, user experience, design research, and UI for the graduate design program at MASSART. The class is centered around two main projects (one app based and one service based) where students develop and test their skills relating to the design process of digital experiences (research, persona development, user flows, feature selection, prototyping, creating unbiased testing, presentation, and more).

Adjunct Design Faculty

Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Location
Boston
Year
September 2019 - December 2019

Making as Research is an undergraduate class in the Design program at MASSART. Its purpose is to lay the foundational work needed for students to become strong designers. The class is focused on developing critical thinking skills as a designer and the ability to communicate those concepts through making.

UX / UI Designer

Intrepid | Accenture Interactive
Location
Cambridge
Year
March 2018 – Sept 2019

Intrepid is a digital agency in Cambridge MA focusing primarily on the execution and development of apps, websites, and services. I worked within a large design team in close collaboration with project management, clients, developers, and leadership. My experiences include participation in design sprints, stakeholder interviews, producing common deliverables similar to journey maps, app flows, blue sky concept creation, development support, design systems, mobile app design, and large scale web experiences.

UX / UI Designer

Altitude Inc.| Accenture Interactive
Location
Cambridge
Year
Aug 2016 – March 2018

Altitude Inc. is a Product Design Studio with a focus on physical products and research. As a designer, I worked in multidisciplinary teams alongside engineers, researchers, strategists, and industrial designers to help define products. Client industries include medical, military, robotics, technology, and consumer goods with a focus on connected products. Examples of work include journey mapping, mobile apps, I.O.T. UI & experiences, branding, user interviews, and field research.

Senior Brand Designer

Heart, LLC.
Location
Boston
Year
Jan 2016 – August 2016

Heart is a branding agency with a focus on identity systems and brand strategy. I worked with a multidisciplinary team of sculptors, designers, videographers, and architects on a variety of projects ranging from conceptual brand strategy and identity design, to motion design and creative 3D installation experiences for large brands (Sam Adams, Puma, Nike etc).

Freelance Illustrator

Strange Folks
Location
Somerville
Year
2016 – Present

In my spare time I am a practicing artist as well as freelance illustrator working under the moniker Strange Folks. My work consists of paintings, sculpture, drawings, illustrations, toy design, packaging, commercial artwork, branded artwork, and more. You can see my artwork over at StrangeFolks.art

Brand & Web Designer

Ted Pioli Designs
Location
Boston
Year
September 2015 – Present

For the past six years I have been taking on select clients looking for brand strategy, identity systems, and websites. I use this business to focus on passion projects and to refine my craft as a designer. Recent clients include: Boston Dynamics, MIT, Ogilvy, the Boston Bruins.

Brand Designer

Massachusetts Institute Of Technology
Location
Cambridge
Year
2013 – 2016

For three years I worked as a Contract Designer for the MIT Energy Conference, a meeting of all the leaders in the energy industry. Responsibilities included project management, development of web presence and marketing, print collateral, book design, mobile ticketing campaign, and creative consulting.

Product Design Apprentice

Altitude Inc.
Location
Somerville
Year
Sept 2015 – Jan 2016

As an apprentice at Altitude I was trained on best practices for product design, research tactics, presentation skills, and working with clients. A lot of my time was spent designing for IOT devices, prototypes, and brand identity projects.

Visual Design Apprentice

Stoltze Design
Location
Boston
Year
May – Sept 2015

At Stoltze I gained insight into the inner workings of running a design studio as well as typographic discipline, & traditional print methods. Contributed to magazines including Architecture Boston, various web projects, branding, & package design.

UX/UI Intern

Pitney Bowes | Red Ventures
Location
Waltham MA
Year
June 2013 – May 2014

At the technology branch of Pitney Bowes I worked on mobile applications utilizing geolocation data, neighborhood discovery, & complex digital experiences for the U.S. Government.

Visiting Artist / Reviewer

Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Location
Boston MA
Year
June 2017 - Present

I served as a guest lecturer, portfolio reviewer, and visiting artist at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Not all work is volunteer work but as a whole I treated this time as “giving back”, inspiring, and building an appreciation for design in the Boston area.

Youth Designer Mentor

The Center for Art & Community Partnerships
Location
Boston MA
Year
September – June 2013

I helped run the design department at a local non-profit aimed at limiting the unsupervised after-school time of high-risk youth. In addition, I also taught art & substituted for surrounding elementary schools.

Features & Awards

Some things of note outside of work
2019
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Feature
Poster Designer in the Bay State Design Shop Poster show
2019
02
Feature
Featured artist of Collective Arts Beer Can Design
2017
03
Award
Top 50 placement of open science prizeBrainbox project )
2019
04
Feature
Juror & Curator of the Massart All School Show
2015
05
Award
Adobe National Design Competition Semifinalist
2015
06
Award
Winner of Boston Book Builders’ Competition
2013
07
Feature
Artist and Curator of Graphic Notions Gallery Exhibition