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Senior Industrial Designers Wanted
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Meet Our New UX Director
To boost our UX capabilities, we are excited to announce our newest addition to the Tactile team, Marcus Pape. Welcome to the team! Marcus joins us as the UX Director to lead our UX design team to help facilitate collaboration from idea to conception. Here’s a little more about Marcus: Marcus is a designer, builder, and creative leader with over 20 years of experience. His passion for solving challenging problems and delivering meaningful experiences has shaped a diverse career spanning physical and digital product design, marketing, and branding. During the dawn of digital marketing, Marcus worked at agencies and startups creating immersive interactive experiences, before spending the next two decades helping product companies bring ideas to life. Prior to Tactile, Marcus spent over six years as a design leader at Amazon, helping build the global advertising design and user experience organization. He also oversaw the cross-platform customer experience, brand systems, and creative optimization. Marcus left Amazon last year, taking half the year off before spinning up a consulting practice which eventually brought him to Tactile. When not working, he can be found in Magnolia with his wife Jenny and dog Eva walking the neighborhood or exploring the beaches and trails of Discovery Park. Other passions include a diverse background and interests in sustainability, travel, history, culture, (all) water sports, and anything 80s. One fun fact—at the ripe age of five, Marcus lived in the jungles of Papua New Guinea with his family.
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IDSA’s Medical Design Deep Dive
Next month Tactile has the pleasure of sponsoring IDSA’s Medical Design Deep Dive in Boston on October 9-11. We’re looking forward to learning more about how the role of the design and the designer is evolving to keep up with the rapid changes in healthcare. Tickets are still available–click HERE to purchase. We hope to see you there!
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Milwaukee Digital Level Wins Gold
Last night at the 2019 IDEA ceremony, it was an evening to remember. Tactile and Milwaukee Tool received an IDEA Gold Award for the Milwaukee REDSTICK Digital Level in the digital interaction category. Recognized as one of the most prestigious design awards programs, the International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) recognizes exceptional achievement in industrial design, design strategy, branding, digital interaction, and many more categories. All IDEA winners become part of The Henry Ford Museum’s permanent collection. It’s truly an honor to be among the winners awarded for design excellence, and we’re so proud to be a part of the design collaboration. Congratulations to Milwaukee and the Tactile Design Team!
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ecobee Releases SmartSensors
Earlier this month, ecobee launched its all-new room sensor—the SmartSensor. Paired seamlessly with ecobee SmartThermostat, SmartSensor provides additional temperature and occupancy readings wherever you place them throughout your home to enhance comfort and help you save when you’re away. Fully redesigned and complementary to any room décor, SmartSensor can be positioned on any flat surface by its magnetic base or be mounted to the wall. Tactile is honored and proud to be part of the design collaboration with ecobee. Hats off to ecobee and the design team!
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Bike Everywhere Challenge
In May, Tactile hit the road with our bikes and participated in the 2019 Bike Everywhere Challenge. Although we had a small team, we logged over 1,300 miles! Whether it was commuting to/from work or a fun ride on the weekends, we enjoyed getting outdoors. For us, it’s a small step in reducing carbon emissions, a great way to experience the outdoors, and let’s be honest, we shed a few pounds while riding. Way to go team!
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Women in Design Deep Dive Event
Earlier this month Tactile had the honor of sponsoring IDSA’s Women in Design Deep Dive in San Francisco. It was an incredible event listening to strong, talented women tell their stories about the struggles and accomplishments of working in an industry historically and predominantly inhabited by men. We look forward to continued progress for women in not only design but all industries. Let’s hear it for the ladies!
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Anne Focke Arts Leadership Award
Last month Tactile proudly sponsored the Anne Focke Arts Leadership Award event offered by the School of Art + Art History + Design at the University of Washington to recognize individuals who pave the way for art, art history, or design to enliven and strengthen the community through their visionary and active leadership. This year we celebrated Steve Kaneko, an FIDSA, an alum of the School of Art + Art History + Design, and a Partner Director of Design at Microsoft. Winner of over 50 international design awards, Steve’s design of the Microsoft Mouse 2.0 is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. He’s an avid supporter of emerging talent, providing pathways for growth to generations of young designers. Congrats Steve!
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We’re Hiring: UI Design Director
We are looking for an experienced UI Design Director to join our team in Seattle who finds balance in usability, delight, and feasibility—it’s there that solutions to complex problems come to life. Interested in learning more? Click HERE for the full job description and to apply. We look forward to hearing from you!
