Portfolio
Created and presented a "Careers in Tech" deck to my hometown high school to encourage/inspire seniors in digital and/or computer science-related electives.
Started mentoring UX designers and researchers on ADPList: https://adplist.org/mentors/rachel-murawski
RachIllustrate products are now offered in 10 different brick & mortar stores across the country.
First wholesale order.
Led recruitment and moderation for our quarterly usability sessions.
Gave a presentation on the power of SVGs! Lunch & Learn focused on my insights after reading the book Practical SVG by Chris Coyier. UX and development team discussion followed. We strategized our ...
Opened up my Etsy shop, RachIllustrate, LLC.
Attended the Creative Business School workshop at the Making Midwest Conference.
Attended UX STRAT 2020 💻
Attended UXR Conf Anywhere 2021 💻
Read SPRINT by Jake Knapp
Student Web Award finalist for a website I created from scratch in HTML/CSS.
Read How to Speak Machine by John Maeda.
Read Dare to Lead by Brene Brown.
Attended An Event Apart in Chicago, Illinois
Attended Wizard World in Cleveland, Ohio as an artist/vendor.
Attended Cleveland Bazaar in Cleveland, Ohio as an artist/vendor.
Attended Wizard World in Columbus, Ohio as an artist/vendor.
Attended Wizard World in Cleveland, Ohio as an artist/vendor.
Attended Not Your Mama's Craft Show in Columbus, Ohio as an artist/vendor.
Attended Craftin Outlaws in Columbus, Ohio as an artist/vendor.
Attended Cleveland Bazaar in Cleveland, Ohio as an artist/vendor.
Attended Cleveland Bazaar in Cleveland, Ohio as an artist/vendor.
Attended ACEN (Anime Central) in Chicago, Illinois as an artist/vendor.
Attended Crafty Mart in Akron, Ohio as an artist/vendor.
Attended GDEX in Columbus, Ohio as an artist/vendor in the Artist Alley.
Attended Wizard World in Columbus, Ohio as an artist/vendor in the Artist Alley.
Attended Wizard World in Cleveland, Ohio as an artist/vendor in the Artist Alley. (First convention ever!)
Started selling products in brick & mortar stores.
Launched personal shop on rachillustrate.com.
Digital Experience Team awarded the Safelite Spirit Award.
Received the "Minds Above" award for employee excellence.
Awarded "Best of Show" portfolio by Visual Communication Design faculty at Kent State University.
Won 1st place in designated category at the Kent State University Undergraduate Research Symposium.
Featured in Communication Arts' Student Showcase for their March/April 2016 issue.
Promoted to Senior User Experience Designer at Safelite AutoGlass.
Started new job as a user experience designer at Safelite AutoGlass.
Awarded Silver ADDY for Brainchild in magazine design for District 5.
Awarded 3 silver Akron ADDYs for logo design, integrated brand campaign, and magazine design.
Participated in the CX Hackathon at Safelite.
Team lead for Kent State University's CreateAthon, a 24-hour creative blitz where teams provided non-profit design services on a pro bono basis.
Started new job as a designer at Minds On, a digital marketing agency in Columbus, Ohio.
Started new job as a UI/UX designer at the Research Center for Educational Technology at Kent State University.
Started new job as a designer at IdeaBase.
Started new job as an Art Director at Brainchild Magazine.
Started new job as a designer at Kent State University Libraries.
Started design internship at Go Media creating materials for the Weapons of Mass Creation conference in Cleveland, Ohio.
Started digital design internship at MTV in New York City.
Graduated Summa Cum Laude from Kent State University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Visual Communication Design.