Thomas Sesler

• Remote, project-based externship focused on algorithm-driven features for digital news products
• Translated algorithmic concepts into UX deliverables and explored how automated systems shape user trust and engagement
• Produced a final project presentation articulating design decisions and tradeoffs

• Remote, project-based externship developing brand-voice frameworks and visual identity systems with reusable templates and content grids
• Applied design-system thinking for cross-platform consistency across Instagram and TikTok — caption frameworks and content templates
• Synthesized the work into a Brand Voice & Content Playbook as the program capstone

• Design client websites end-to-end in Figma — discovery, custom design systems, component libraries — then build and ship them as live sites
• Build custom, easy-to-use content-management back ends so non-technical business owners can update their own sites without technical help
• Maintain client sites — Andy's (bar & grill), Bullfrog (bar), and Sea Cave (aquatics retail) — with a combined 2,500+ users and 50,000+ Google search impressions a month (Sea Cave alone: ~25,000)
• Produced 15+ complete spec-pitch site concepts for local businesses across hospitality, retail, and services, controlling design and build end-to-end
• Also design and build my own products, including MIDDLEMAN — a merchandising and inventory system for beer distributors

• Helped students with Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) and project-design questions during open lab hours

• Stocked and merchandised beer product across retail accounts
• Hands-on retail experience that inspired the concept for MIDDLEMAN

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