Systems Design

“In today's financial climate, we need to ensure students from every demographic have scholarship opportunities for higher education.”

High School Administrator

Overview

From 2013 through 2018, I served on the board of the organization and designed a digital portfolio recruitment system that connected prospective art & design portfolios with colleges and universities across the United States.

The system was used to manage hundreds of artwork installed in exhibitions and to provide educational scholarships for public, charter, and private high school students in the state of Illinois.  As a result, over $120 mil. in scholarship opportunities were awarded under my tenure and the processes I designed continues to be used today by the organization.

Clients

• Association of Independent Colleges of Art & Design (AICAD)

• National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)

• Bridgeport Art Center

• Zhou B Art Center

Project Outputs

• Digital portfolio recruitment system

• Judication system for 4 statewide exhibitions

• User experience journey maps

• Artwork inventory reports

• Data analysis reports

• Exhibit designs

Client & Community Outcomes

Mindsets

• Public awareness for the educational and career opportunities in the fields of art & design by creating scholarship opportunities in higher education for young people.

Behaviors

• Hundreds of teachers discovered an effective way to help their students earn scholarships from and enroll in art & design colleges and universities across the United States.