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I am a Wilmington, Delaware native active in the local art community. I worked at Capital One for over 12 years, managing multiple junior designers and giving them the opportunity to lead their own projects while collaborating directly with product owners and developers. Illustration and Graphic Design are the things that bring me the most joy and energy. I also love facilitating a local creative community effort, The Monster Project. Inspiring creativity in elementary school children and giving them a real life example of being an artist as an adult is exciting and fulfilling.…I am a Wilmington, Delaware native active in the local art community. I worked at Capital One for over 12 years, managing multiple junior designers and giving them the opportunity to lead their own projects while collaborating directly with product owners and developers. Illustration and Graphic Design are the things that bring me the most joy and energy. I also love facilitating a local creative community effort, The Monster Project. Inspiring creativity in elementary school children and giving them a real life example of being an artist as an adult is exciting and fulfilling.

Edward Abbott

Illustrator, Graphic Designer, UX Designer

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I am a Wilmington, Delaware native active in the local art community. I worked at Capital One for over 12 years, managing multiple junior designers and giving them the opportunity to lead their own projects while collaborating directly with product owners and developers. Illustration and Graphic Design are the things that bring me the most joy and energy. I also love facilitating a local creative community effort, The Monster Project. Inspiring creativity in elementary school children and giving them a real life example of being an artist as an adult is exciting and fulfilling.…I am a Wilmington, Delaware native active in the local art community. I worked at Capital One for over 12 years, managing multiple junior designers and giving them the opportunity to lead their own projects while collaborating directly with product owners and developers. Illustration and Graphic Design are the things that bring me the most joy and energy. I also love facilitating a local creative community effort, The Monster Project. Inspiring creativity in elementary school children and giving them a real life example of being an artist as an adult is exciting and fulfilling.

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I am a Wilmington, Delaware native active in the local art community. I worked at Capital One for over 12 years, managing multiple junior designers and giving them the opportunity to lead their own projects while collaborating directly with product owners and developers. Illustration and Graphic Design are the things that bring me the most joy and energy. I also love facilitating a local creative community effort, The Monster Project. Inspiring creativity in elementary school children and giving them a real life example of being an artist as an adult is exciting and fulfilling.

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Illustrator at Ed Abbott Illustration

April 1, 2024 - Present

Looking for opportunities with Illustration and Graphic Design for, but not limited to, Editorial (Magazine) Illustration, Children’s books, comics and greeting cards.

UX Design Manager at Capital One

May 1, 2024 - August 9, 2025

User Experience Designer supporting the Savings workstream at Capital One, partnering with product and tech managers to deliver customer-facing savings features for the Capital One mobile app and website. Designed end to end user flows across key moments of the customer journey, identifying opportunities for enhancement that also align to business goals. Led partnerships with multiple teams including research and content strategy to ensure designs are grounded in real customer needs and advocating for data and research to support design decisions.

Assistant Creative Director at Bright Orange Thread

February 1, 2012 - August 9, 2025

Designed and developed lead generation B2B and B2C websites with focus on SEO using Adobe Photoshop, PHP, semantic HTML and a variety of CMS management software.