Executive Design Leader. Equal Parts Punk + Pinstripe.
"Tra-digital" Experience
With over two decades of “tra-digital” visual and UX design experience and design team leadership, Paul has delivered award-winning, delightful and compelling experiences for brands of all sizes, across various industries. In addition to his deep knowledge and experience in brand visual identity and evolution, he is passionate about Design Thinking, user advocacy, designing for emotion, metrics-driven design decisions, business value of design, outcomes over output, emerging technologies and connecting the physical and digital worlds ("phy-gital").
Paul also coaches and mentors the next generation of design leaders in his work with Amazing Design People (adplist.org). ADPList inspires powerful conversations and collaborations among designers worldwide so together we can change the world with creativity. In addition, Paul is a founding cohort member of Punks & Pinstripes -- a private network of badass transformation executives. Because it takes a rebel to change a company. Find us at punksandpinstripes.com.
Currently, Paul is the Vice President of SCADpro, Savannah College of Art and Design's in-house design, research and innovation studio, generating new ideas and products for the world's most influential brands — including Google, Amazon, Apple, Walmart, NASA, David Yurman, Deloitte, Delta, BMW, Volvo, Uber, Mayo Clinic, The Home Depot, P&G and Chik-fil-A.
My work, including The Home Depot mobile app, has appeared in numerous media outlets, national television spots and Apple WWDC keynotes. My perspective on the value of design has appeared in various research organizations, industry related publications and podcasts.
Recent Press
SCADpro Scores At Super Bowl LVIII
SCAD Lands Its Latest Superpower
David Yurman Partners With SCAD for a Tech-Forward Holiday Campaign
SCAD Students Design David Yurman's Holiday Campaign
Inside SCAD, Finding Creative Jobs
SCAD AnimationFest 2023 Review
Next Gen Skills
SCAD Opens New Innovation Hub
Recent Press
SCAD Teams Up With Deloitte
SCADpro Partners with FilmHedge
Harnessing Customer Emotion
Podcast, UserTesting.com
Tech Crunch
Apple Adds New AR Shopping Tools to Home Depot's Toolbox
CNET
Apple expands ‘Quick Look’ To Let Retailers Sell Directly in AR
Forbes
Home Depot’s Transformation To A Fully Interconnected Retailer
Honors + Awards
SCADpro Students Design Atlanta’s New Patrol Cars
Unveiled and Celebrated by Mayor, Andre Dickens
L2 Big Box Retailers
The Home Depot, Genius and #2 Ranking
L2 Big Box Retailers
The Home Depot, Genius and #3 Ranking
Winner
The Home Depot, Forrester #1 Mobile App in Retail
Winner
The Home Depot, Project Color App, W3 Gold Award
Silver Winner
Dressbarn, Customer Engagement Awards, Retail Touchpoints
Silver Award
Promax BDA, Viacom, Viacommunity Website
Official Honoree
Webby Awards, Viacom, Viacommunity Website
Internet Retailer Hot 100 Award
AVON/mark. Facebook Widget
Listen Up. Podcast Tour '24.
Innovating With Scott Amyx
Listen to my latest interview on "The Innovating with Scott Amyx Show" where we discuss SCADpro, Savannah College of Art and Design's collaborative innovation studio that generates business solutions for the world's most influential brands including: Google, Amazon, Delta, Disney, Coca-Cola, BMW, NASA, Deloitte, Chik-Fil-A and more. Scott and I also discuss the future of AI, ROI and AI in design, AI based personas, AI in higher education, the business value of design, the future of design thinking, retention strategies for design talent and what matters in meaningful culture.
Calling All Nations
Calling All Nations – A Fan History of INXS is a visual and written history of the band curated from generous contributions from their fans, as well as memories and archive material from the band themselves. This is the First Edition Hardback, available exclusively from INXS.com.
A fan for 40+ years, I'm honored to be part of this historic book. Read my story, plus see my photo and memorabilia contributions.
The HOW Design Creative Leadership Summit is an intimate virtual gathering that focuses on the emerging challenges faced by leaders in design, product and engineering roles. Curated by Stephen Gates, myself, along with several other world class leaders and speakers, shared insights, ideas and tactics that we’ve implemented successfully to lead our teams and drive results.
Smashes, Thrashes + Hits
It Takes A Rebel To Create Change In A Company
If Pete "Maverick" Mitchell had a profile on LinkedIn, I’d not only message and follow him, but I’d recruit and enlist him into Punks & Pinstripes, a private network of 100 transformation executives. Maverick is one of us - an authentic nonconformist, classic punk that rejects by-the-book conventionalism, executive obstructionists and those out to annihilate him.
His secret weapons? You'll have to read my article, "Take My Breath Away, Top Gun's Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell Is A Punk."