Joshua Morrow

Upon relocating back to Columbus in late February 2012, I have been working as a Design Strategy and Research Consultant gaining experience by working with local research company Lextant (www.lextant.com) on a contractual basis assisting in and augmenting their fielding capabilities.

As a Vice Chair of the Central OH Chapter of the IDSA I participate in event planning and organizing with the goal of improving the chapter's presence within the National organization. Additionally I manage the chapter's social engagement program through the curation of multiple social media channels.

As a design strategy and research intern at Karten Design I was continuously engaged in deep, user-focused investigations in order to discover authentic and actionable insights to help the creative team identify and meet real customer needs. While there I employed or was involved in the following methods and techniques: contextual inquiry, ethnography, interviews, design clinics, perceptual studies, work flow analysis and usability research

While in the position of Team Sergeant, I was responsible for the well being of three other team members and the proper integration of the team into the combat element that we where embedded. This integration was carried out in order to help achieve the combat elements objectives of establishing a legitimized district government as well as self sustaining economic programs in the remote district in which we operated.

During my internship at LG Electronics I worked on ideation and development of LG's next generation Cyking canister vacuum with HEPA filter technology.

Design Strategy and Research