Richard Groot

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Employment and project experience

Senior Designer Apple Inc.
January 2017 - March 2017

UX Designer Airbnb Inc.
January 2019 - March 2019

  • 37 years' experience
  • Joined April 2026

Industry experience

  • Consumer Goods
  • Professional Services
  • Media & Entertainment
  • Retail
  • Education
  • Manufacturing

Work experience· 9 roles

Graphic Designer · Morgan Street Holdings / GMSOct 2021 – Sep 2025 · 4 yrs

Support the Starbucks business by designing new drinkware products and packaging for regional markets worldwide. Collaborate with Product Teams on conception and execution of a wide variety of drinkware products and accessories. Maintain a deep understanding of the Starbucks brand identity and work within the stylistic parameters. Develop, contribute, and maintain creative tools and processes to reduce long-term workloads and provide creative tools to internal partners while balancing daily work.

Sole Proprietor · Groot DesignJan 2015 – Oct 2021 · 6 yrs 10 mos

Creative direction, client relations, creative strategy and design for print and digital. Clients include: Classic Impressions, Carl Solway Gallery, Michael Solway Gallery, Coho Creative, Hudson Jones Gallery, Kim Klosterman Jewelry, M80Inc, N'60 Marketing, Upstream 360, Ziemer Ophthalmology.

Partner · Traction, LLCFeb 2012 – Dec 2014 · 2 yrs 11 mos

Responsible for managing a team of 7 designers, mentoring, billing, estimating, proposals, HR, payroll, creative direction, client relations, design strategy and design. Clients included: ArtsWave, Cincinnati Marathon, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber of Commerce, Disabled American Veterans, Florence Freedom, FOTOFOCUS, Game Day Communications, GoPro, Joliet Slammers, The Kroger Company, P&G, The Scotts Miracle-Gro Co., U. S. Playing Card, United Way of Greater Cincinnati.

Sole Proprietor · 4hiredesignMay 2008 – Feb 2012 · 3 yrs 10 mos
Design Director · Libby Perszyk Kathman, Inc. (LPK)May 2006 – Apr 2008 · 2 yrs
Design Director · Deskey Associates, IncJul 1998 – May 2006 · 7 yrs 11 mos
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Graphic Design, Art History & Design · University of Notre DameMay 1996 – May 1998 · 2 yrs 1 mo
Assistant Professor, Graphic Design, Fine Arts · University of KentuckyAug 1993 – May 1995 · 1 yr 10 mos

Education· 6

Master of Fine Arts, Graphic Design · University of Notre Dame, School of Art, Art History & Design1996 – 1998
Summer Program in Graphic Design · Yale University, Brissago, Switzerland1986 – 2026
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Graphic Design · Indiana University, School of Fine Arts1979 – 1985
Master of Fine Arts, Graphic Design · University of Notre Dame1996 – 1998

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