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David McGaw
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Chicago, Illinois | Email
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Skills
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- Design planning; structured innovation
- Strategy analysis and formulation
- Implementation and culture change
- Narrative context setting: framing problems, exploring scenarios, developing themes
- Presentations and creative meeting leadership: brainstorming and concept development; innovation workshops
- Ethnographic field research
- Communication design; experience design
- Team management; project planning
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Education
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Institute of Design Illinois Institute of Technology | Chicago, Illinois
Master of Design candidate, focusing on design planning, with coursework in strategic innovation, design synthesis, and implementation. Recipient of the MetaDesign, Samuel Farber, and Grace Colby Fellowships. Teaching Assistant for Structured Planning, Design Analysis, and Design Synthesis classes. May 2007.
Yale University New Haven, Connecticut
Bachelor of Arts cum laude with a concentration in history and extensive studies in graphic design. Senior thesis on the leadership techniques of the Roman Emperor Trajan (AD 98–117). Awarded the Lohman Prize for Excellence in Typography and Design, and the Thomas Goddard Bergin Cup (of Timothy Dwight College) for Wit, Character, and Scholarship in the Humanities. May 1990.
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Work Experience
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Strategy Lead [an innovation consulting firm] | Chicago, Illinois
- Lead teams to develop meaningfully different opportunities for a variety of clients.
June 2009 to present.
Associate [a management consulting firm] | Washington, D.C.
- Developed solutions to challenges facing global Fortune 1000 companies, working with cross-disciplinary teams in a variety of contexts.
May 2007 to May 2009.
Independent Consultant Chicago, Illinois; Falls Church, Virginia
- Provided communication design and brand strategy consulting to
clients such as McDonald’s Corporation, the Smithsonian Institution, the Embassy of Switzerland, and Washington National Cathedral.
June 2004 to May 2007.
Customer Experience Design Intern McDonald’s Corporation | Oak Brook, Illinois
- Worked with a cross-functional team to develop next generation concepts for customer service.
- Lead researcher for customer observations; designed and constructed full-scale prototypes; assisted in concept validation testing with users.
May to August 2006.
Chief Brand Strategist Alliant Studios | Fairfax, Virginia
- Designed identity systems and marketing collateral.
- Created and guided implementation of client brand strategy.
- Led creative development teams; provided art direction; and supervised project manager, freelance artists, and software developers.
October 1999 to August 2005.
Senior Creative Campus Crusade for Christ | Orlando, Florida
May 1995 to October 1999.
Field Staff Campus Crusade for Christ | Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
June 1991 to May 1995.
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Other Leadership and Community Involvement
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Co-chair, recruitID Institute of Design | Chicago, Illinois
Board Member St. Paul’s Church, K Street | Washington, D.C.
Board Member Cathedral Church of St. Luke | Orlando, Florida
Pro-bono Projects
Graphic design support provided to:
- The Cathedral Church of St. Luke, Orlando, Florida (1997 to 2007)
- Cathedral Choral Society, Washington, D.C. (2003 to 2006)
- St. Paul’s Parish Church, Washington, D.C. (2000 to present)
- The Suspicious Cheese Lords, Washington, D.C. (2002 to present)
- Bolivian Street Children Project of Park Street Church, Boston, Mass. (2004, 2006)
- The Rivendell Institute at Yale University, New Haven, Conn. (1996, 2004)
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Awards
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Lohman Prize for Excellence in Printing & Typography Yale University (1990)
The Samuel Farber Fellowship, The Grace Colby Fellowship, and The MetaDesign Fellowship IIT Institute of Design (2005, 2006)
Time Magazine Person of the Year* (2006) (*joint honor shared with approximately 1 Billion worldwide Internet users)
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Other Interests
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Performance with Vocal Ensembles
- Washington National Cathedral Choral Society
- Parish Choir, St. Paul’s Church, K Street, Washington, D.C.
- The Suspicious Cheese Lords
- (A full list of musical involvement can be found here.)
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