Creativity that's made billions
A principal advertising & product designer based in Austin, Texas. I help businesses create resonating brands and products using AI creative tools to elevate their most authentic work and human talent.
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Creativity that's made billions
A principal advertising & product designer based in Austin, Texas. I help businesses create resonating brands and products using AI creative tools to elevate their most authentic work and human talent.
VIEW CASE STUDIES
Creativity that's made billions
A principal advertising & product designer based in Austin, Texas. I help businesses create resonating brands and products using AI creative tools to elevate their most authentic work and human talent.
VIEW CASE STUDIES
I'm Patrick Nolan
I'm Patrick Nolan
I transform creativity
into enterprise results.
I transform creativity
into enterprise results.
I'm Patrick Nolan
I transform creativity
into enterprise results.
Trusted by teams at:
HEALTHCARE & NON-PROFIT
TECHNOLOGY & FINANCIAL
INDUSTRY & GOVERNMENT
ENTERTAINMENT & MEDIA
RETAIL & DINING
TRAVEL & LEISURE
Featured work
Featured work
Featured work
Mercury Financial Brand & Digital
Mercury Financial Brand & Digital
Worldpay Virtual Payment Portal
Worldpay Virtual Payment Portal
Disney Personal Experience Portal
Disney Personal Experience Portal
How do you sell Dell Healthcare IT ecosystem?
How do you sell Dell Healthcare IT ecosystem?
Kind words from others
Kind words from others
Marty E
VP/Design GSD&M
Creatively driven
Any project, big or small, is tackled with enthusiasm
Joe K
VP/UX
His teams take off
We have seen an instant increase in productivity and a new focus on solving the right problem
Cameron D
ECD Copywriter
Sound strategic thinker
a rock solid talent with an even-keeled and methodical nature that is damn refreshing
Marty E
VP/Design GSD&M
Creatively driven
Any project, big or small, is tackled with enthusiasm
Joe K
VP/UX
His teams take off
We have seen an instant increase in productivity and a new focus on solving the right problem
Cameron D
ECD Copywriter
Sound strategic thinker
a rock solid talent with an even-keeled and methodical nature that is damn refreshing
Greg L
Executive Producer
Progressive forward thinker
Proposed a brilliant plan for (BMW). Big idea. Multiple channels of communication. A brilliantly conceived effort
Jerry C
CMO, Strategist
Forward leaning
He's persevered and suceeded through the various ups and downs of the past 10 years
Joe P
Agency Owner Chairman
Big time talent
Patrick came in on short notice, worked well with our associates and knocked the ball out of the park on the presentation he worked on. Understands both traditional marcom and is web-smart.
Greg L
Executive Producer
Progressive forward thinker
Proposed a brilliant plan for (BMW). Big idea. Multiple channels of communication. A brilliantly conceived effort
Jerry C
CMO, Strategist
Forward leaning
He's persevered and suceeded through the various ups and downs of the past 10 years
Joe P
Agency Owner Chairman
Big time talent
Patrick came in on short notice, worked well with our associates and knocked the ball out of the park on the presentation he worked on. Understands both traditional marcom and is web-smart.
Skills
UX Design
UI Design
Web Design
UX Design
UI Design
Web Design
Interaction Design
Responsive Design
Prototyping
Interaction Design
Responsive Design
Prototyping
Design Systems
UX Research
Variables
Design Systems
UX Research
Variables
Tech Stack
Experience
Product Design | Creative Consultant
2007-Present
Billion-dollar product designer, team leader, contributor
Patrick Nolan Creative, LLC
Austin, TX
Product Design | Creative Consultant
2007-Present
Billion-dollar product designer, team leader, contributor
Patrick Nolan Creative, LLC
Austin, TX
Senior UX Digital Product Design | Management
2021-2024
Led end-to-end product design for B2B SaaS tools. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to launch features that improved user retention by 35%. Mentored junior designers and helped scale the design system.
Mercury Financial, LLC
Austin, TX
Senior UX Digital Product Design | Management
2021-2024
Led end-to-end product design for B2B SaaS tools. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to launch features that improved user retention by 35%. Mentored junior designers and helped scale the design system.
Mercury Financial, LLC
Austin, TX
Senior UX & Design Consultant
Jul 2020 – Sep 2022
Prototyped real-time payment UX with predictive design and AI modeling • Created blue-sky user flows to inform smarter financial decisions • Contributed foundational design to what became Q2 Innovation Studio
Q2 eBanking
Austin, Texas
Senior UX & Design Consultant
Jul 2020 – Sep 2022
Prototyped real-time payment UX with predictive design and AI modeling • Created blue-sky user flows to inform smarter financial decisions • Contributed foundational design to what became Q2 Innovation Studio
Q2 eBanking
Austin, Texas
UI/UX Team Lead – IBM PartnerWorld
Jun 2018 - July 2019
Directed UX for SME platform with automated recommendations • Set modular, adaptive UI standards anticipating machine-learned outputs
Somnio
Austin, Texas
UI/UX Team Lead – IBM PartnerWorld
Jun 2018 - July 2019
Directed UX for SME platform with automated recommendations • Set modular, adaptive UI standards anticipating machine-learned outputs
Somnio
Austin, Texas
Senior UX Team Lead
May 2017 - Jun 2018
Managed teams in UX innovation during a $35B merger • Created online style guides and iterative research/testing cycles
Worldpay
Austin, Texas
Senior UX Team Lead
May 2017 - Jun 2018
Managed teams in UX innovation during a $35B merger • Created online style guides and iterative research/testing cycles
Worldpay
Austin, Texas
Associate Creative Director, Sr Designer, Studio Lead
May 2017 - Jun 2018
360° advertising creative—design, art direction, traditional to digital, experiential
GSD&M
Austin, Texas
Associate Creative Director, Sr Designer, Studio Lead
May 2017 - Jun 2018
360° advertising creative—design, art direction, traditional to digital, experiential
GSD&M
Austin, Texas
