Ellen Rose

Ellen Rose

About

I'm a Multidisciplinary Experience 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, service, and product.

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 Digital Design (Prototyping, Testing, Vibe-Coding, Partnering with Engineering). Experiential Design for Digital, Hybrid, and In-Person Events, from Executive Summits to Company-Wide Launches

Service Design

Problem Framing; End-to-End Customer and Employee Journeys; Service Blueprints; Service Prototypes Across Digital and Physical Environments

Design Research

Ethnographic and Participatory Methods; User Interviews; Leadership Interviews; Surveys; In-Situ Prototype Testing; Synthesis into Personas, Journey Maps, and Insights

AI-Native Design

Designing frontier AI-enablement solutions that keep people at the center. Leading AI adoption for my design team. Building with Claude, GPT, Figma, and Replit to accelerate research, concepting, and prototyping.

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

Visual Storytelling

Storyboarding; Presentation Design; Art Direction for Illustration, Video, and Motion Design; Editorial Print and Digital Assets; Meticulous Craft; High Taste-Level

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

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