John Keese

Design leader with over 20 years of digital design experience as both a consultant and in-house contributor.

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Passionate about empowering teams and creating engaging experiences for clients such as Westpac, 7-Eleven, FedEx and Pizza Hut through UX, UI and generative research.


Highlighted work

2019-22 Ryan logo

Ryan is a global, corporate tax services firm headquartered in Dallas, TX serving over 18,000 clients in over 60 countries. While leading the account and delivery team over more than 3 years, we partnered with the internal team to uncover opportunities and bring their solutions to life.

I was honored to interview Ryan's clients in 8 states; designed systems described as the “best piece of software” Ryan has ever made; was the first non-employee to present at Ryan's annual firm meeting; co-wrote the keynote pivoting Ryan's direction for the next 30 years; made mistakes and learned from them; and founded lasting relationships with team members throughout the organization.

# Stats:

  • 3+ years
  • 26 consulting team members
  • 7+ apps

# Experience Team:

  • John Keese
  • Christopher Hyde
  • Alicia Lomas
  • Jinny Seo
  • Brittney Holbrook
  • Lindsey Norman
  • +21 other dev, project, and sales team members
2017-18 7-Eleven logo

7-Eleven was on a mission to enable customer's orders and deliveries, including beer and wine — an industry first at the time.

Joining the team, I created a visual style aligning with 7-Eleven's current branding. It was applied across all future and in-progress screens.

# Team:

  • Andy Riley
  • Jared Christensen
  • Kim Harris
  • Chelsea Soprano
  • John Keese
2016 LIKEtoKNOW.it logo

LIKEtoKNOW.it allows influencers to easily monetize — and still own — the content they produce.

  • Designed groundbreaking shopping app LIKEtoKNOW.it; Featured in App Store “New apps we love”, Top 20 Shopping app
  • Crafted user interface and experience for multiple digital properties including web sites, dashboards, iOS and Android apps, videos and emails (5.5 Million+ monthly pageviews)
  • Architected digital plans and UX for back office dashboards supporting over $1 Billion in sales

# Team:

  • Jason LeBlanc
  • John Keese
  • An amazing dev and QA team