My name is Russel, I am a multidiscipline communication and product designer based in Texas. I am currently building big things at Highwire.


 

Now

I obsess over good design and storytelling. When I am not collaborating on design initiatives I am adventuring with my wife and daughters, drawing, reading, writing, or world-building for stories and games.


 

Then

Early in my career I cut my teeth within small design and advertising agencies. I pursued a freelance path to be closer to the creative work, to hit clearer and agile project goals, and to develop broad experience. For well over a decade I have worked on numerous brands for startups, SaaS UX and UI, consulting agencies, and local consumer products.

I hold a BFA in Communication Design from Baylor University, where I pursued classical art, photography, and computer science. I was fortunate to have been part of an interdisciplinary core curriculum. The alternative studies rarely involved textbooks or exams and instead focused on original texts and discourse. This examined approach has become prolific in all pursuits. 

Past and present collaborations

  • AIGA Austin

  • American Medicinal Arts

  • AMS Pictures

  • Austin Ad Fed

  • Austin City Limits Music Festival

  • Big Day Out Australia

  • BLUECASE

  • Breed & Company

  • C3 Presents

  • Center for Inquiry, Austin

  • Chef.io

  • Chipotle

  • ClickTripz

  • Highwire

  • Coyote Creek Farm

  • Dobbs Stanford

  • Duck Camp

  • Gartner

  • Greener Pastures Chicken

  • HomeAway

  • Horizon Bank of Texas

  • Lollapalooza

  • Moravia Machine

  • Mounted Warfare Foundation

  • Naukabout Brewery

  • Neill-Cochran House Museum

  • NETSTOCK

  • Ninja RMM

  • Orvis

  • Sierra Club

  • Software Advice

  • St. Edwards University

  • Sustainable Food Center

  • Tashkent Park Creative

  • Texas Book Festival

  • Texas Education Agency

  • Texas Organic Farmers & Gardeners Association

  • TEXSAR Search & Rescue

  • The Noble Lab

  • VRBO

  • Yeti Coolers