Ellen Rose

Ellen Rose

About

I'm a creative and strategic senior designer with an MFA in Products of Design from the School of Visual Arts, and a background in set design and fine art.

My approach combines design-thinking methodologies, elevated visual craft and high emotional intelligence.

I’m currently leading design on client engagements at SYPartners, a premier transformation consultancy. I use the power of design to untangle today’s gnarliest business problems through the lens of experience, product and AI enablement.

I'm a New Yorker who now happily calls Portland, OR home.

5 Design Principles for the AI Era

Design
Expertise

Experience Design

0→1 Design for Web and Mobile (Prototyping, Testing, Vibe-Coding, Partnering with Engineering & Dev). Experiential Design (Digital, Hybrid, In-Person).

User-Centered/Design Thinking Methodologies

User Research (Surveys, Interviews, Personas, Journey Maps); Problem Framing; Ideation and Brainstorming

AI-Native

Designing frontier AI-enablement client engagements. Leading AI adoption for my internal design team. Continually learning and experimenting with AI tooling and integration, as it intersects with design and creativity, primarily with Claude suite and Replit.

Also actively defining when not to bring AI tools into the creative process.

Visual Design

Logos; Typography; Color Palettes; Editorial Design; Print & Digital Graphic Assets; Illustration

Visual Storytelling

Concept Development; Storyboarding; Art Direction for Photo, Video and Motion Design; Presentation Design

Consulting
Expertise
  • Executive-Level Presentation
  • Systems-Thinking
  • Client/Stakeholder Management
  • High Emotional Intelligence
  • Adaptable and Resilient
  • Comfort with High Levels of Ambiguity and Complexity
Education

MFA Products of Design

Graduate program in design leadership
School of Visual Arts, NYC
Winner of the Paula Rhodes Memorial Award for Academic Excellence

RISD

Continuing Education: Graphic Design

Lafayette College

BA with Honors in Spanish & Studio Art
Magna Cum Laude
Phi Beta Kappa Honors Society

Clients
  • AARP
  • Olaplex
  • Anthropologie
  • Mars Inc.
  • BlackRock
  • Merative
  • BNY Mellon
  • MoMA Design Store
  • Cognizant
  • PayPal
  • CoreWeave
  • Saks Fifth Avenue
  • CVS Health
  • Starbucks
  • EY
  • ThinkFoodGroup
  • Freshfields
  • Upwork
  • General Catalyst
  • WBA (Walgreens)
  • Harry's Inc.
  • X
  • IBM Research
  • XQ
  • J. Crew
Work