Who is yucky?
That’s honestly a really good question and is something I have to think about myself. Who am I?
I like to think of myself as a person who can wear many hats. If I’m interested in something, I will do what I can to figure out how to do that thing. I am a graphic/ux designer by profession, but I also have experience in developing Discord servers, simple Solidity smart contracts. I also strive to help everyone and anyone I can. No matter how large the task, I will always want to make someone’s day a little bit better.
Graphic Design
I have studied graphic design for over 15 years at this point. Everything ranging from print to signage, websites to mobile apps and everything in between! It’s hard to be a designer and not have experimented with all realms of design.
User Experience Design
I had taken my user experience design post-graduate course back in 2019 to aide my design projects, but I have been involved multiple freelance graphic design roles since then. Ultimately, I haven’t been able to use my knowledge to its full potential, but I will always be able to empathize with users I am designing for which helps me produce better results.
Discord
My experience with Discord starts back in 2016 when I first joined the platform. I knew I wanted a simple place to chat with my friends that wasn’t something like Skype, I gravitated towards Discord. From that first initial server I made for my friends, I always felt like that server was destined for 1,000+ people. Optimizing layouts for every channel that I created, appropriate emojis for each 😉, even making the server gated when there was no reason for it. Little did I know that this was just the beginning.
What is my experience?
Graphic Design
I have studied graphic design for over 15 years at this point. Everything ranging from print to signage, websites to mobile apps and everything in between! It’s hard to be a designer and not have experimented with all realms of design.
Discord
The first Web3 focused Discord server that I ever worked on was Buttheads.
Originally I joined the server as someone who was interested in minting, but realized there were a lot of repetitive questions… like, a lot. I took it upon myself to alleviate some of the stress the mods were facing.
With me actively helping in the community, it got to the point that the mod team/developer wanted to bring me on full time to the team. From this point I helped develop multiple #faq channels for the NFTs themselves and their utility coin.
As mentioned above, I started building servers almost 1 year after the release of Discord. There have been a couple passion-project servers here and there, but let’s focus on the Web3 servers.
The first server I developed was for Elderly Ape Retirement Club, an Ethereum NFT project.
This server alone peaked at 13,000+ users. Through creating and maintaining this server, I learned how to properly implement bots, build servers with security in mind and how to properly funnel users for the most optimal user experience (knew that ux bit would come back). Despite having a more backend-approach to this server, that didn’t stop me from hunkering down within the aptly named #ape-support channel answering every question that came through.
Most recently I had the pleasure to work on another Ethereum NFT project. This project is Johnny Depp NFT.
At its busiest point, the Never Fear Truth server had peaked at 77,000+ users. Due to the fact that this server is Johnny Depp’s official Discord server, there was a large influx of new users who were both a) unfamiliar with Discord, and b) lost in the Web3 world.
tl;dr
Education
Graphic Design — Advanced Diploma // 2019
User Experience Design — Post-Graduate Certificate // 2020
Experience
Marketing Designer — SaaS Company // 2021 to present
Graphic/Web Designer — Business Incubator // 2020 to 2021
Freelance Designer — Own Business // 2014 to present
Discord Moderation — Buttheads // 3,000+ users
Discord Engineer — Elderly Ape Retirement Club // 13,000+ users
Discord Security Specialist — Never Fear Truth by Johnny Depp // 77,000+ users
Discord Security & Engineer — XPRIZE // ~1000 (and growing!) users
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