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Marketing You Location: The Nerdery, 9555 James Ave. S, Suite 245,
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Special Guests:
Zack Naylor Karla Ortloff
A senior user experience designer at The As the UX director for Thomson Reuters Legal,
Nerdery, Zack works as user research practice Karla leads a growing team of information
lead on projects for clients ranging from local architects, user interface designers, customer
small businesses, to start-ups, to Fortune 500 researchers and front end developers focusing
companies. Previously, Zack was user experience manager on web and mobile applications. She has more than 17 years
at Pikimal.com, as well as user experience designer and of industry experience and has spent the last decade
front-end developer for Lockerz.com and ModCloth.com. designing complex, content-rich interfaces that are intuitive,
simple and scalable for BestBuy.com and Thomson Reuters.
Mike Johnson
Mike is founder and director of the user Bart Heird
experience department at The Nerdery. Prior Formerly the digital creative director for JWT
to his UX role, Mike led teams of Nerdery Chicago, Bart helped spearhead the JWT
developers and designers building websites Digital group. Clients included the US Marine
and applications for high-end agency partners such as Corps, FEMA, Norfolk Southern Railways,
Fallon Worldwide, WolfMotell, and Colle+McVoy. Mike's Oscar Mayer, Nestl, Unilever, HSBC, Texas Instruments and
engineering and development background gives him per- the Illinois Office of Tourism. In his current role as Creative
spective on designing complex interactive solutions within Director, Interactive at AIMIA, he leads teams in Minneapolis
the constraints of modern platforms and technologies. and Detroit, crafting loyalty products for Proctor & Gamble,
Coca-Cola, Ford and others.
Nicole Klein
A creative with more than 15 years agency Vicki Wright
experience, Nicole as spent the last three An independent content marketing consultant,
years growing her business, Mind of Klein, Vicki has more than 20 years experience
where she s had the pleasure of working with driving strategy and leading agency and in-
brands including 3M, Kraft, Miller Brewing and others. Her house creative teams across all media. Clients
focus is on interactive and film, bringing a passion for food- include Intel, IBM, Chase Bank, Verizon, AT&T, Acura, John
industry creative and photography. She says, New ideas Deere, Amana, the Minnesota Orchestra, Piper Jaffray,
should scare and surprise you. When we step out of our Travelers and Westlaw. She also conducts workshops on
comfort zone, we're able to grow and inspire others. creative presentation skills and has taught brand strategy
and copywriting at Brainco.
Jessie Knox
As senior art director at BI Worldwide, Jessie Resume reviewer Katie Peterson Creative Recruiter
brings creative and integrated solutions to Resume reviewer Ashley Halbach Sr. Creative
employee engagement programs for clients Recruiter
including Coca-Cola, AT&T, Gap Inc, HP, Dish
Network, Pella, Eaton, and Lilly. Before going corporate,
Jessie was the first hire for Boost, a design agency, where
she created corporate communications, tradeshow collat-
eral, direct mail and packaging for loyalty marketing clients.
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