colin forsyth

address

creative // designer // life enthusiast

contact

200 Water St.

New York, NY 10038
USA

ABOUT

colinforsyth.com
(under construction)

forsythdsgn@gmail.com
716-870-2804

E D U C AT I O N

I have always had a visual mind. Im

more likely to remember a restaurant
for its menus typeface and grid
structure than the taste of the food.

over the past year

and a half, I have:

Ive been creating my entire life, but it

wasnt until college that I understood
how design truly drives the world. My
liberal arts education gave me broad,
interdisciplinary perspecitves and
problem-solving skills.

CONNECITCUT COLLEGE
B.A. Design (Honors)
Computer Science

11 - 15

Advisory Board Chair

Activities Council
Varsity Squash

14
14
11 - 13

- witnessed a startup thrive and fail

- raised ~$3,000 for Make-A-Wish Foundation
- cooked an insane amount of chicken

RISD
Web Design

13

- taken a ski vacation to Jackson Hole, WY

- not had a single cup of cofee

I stay creatively charged 24/7 by

surrounding myself with work, media,
and people who inspire me most. In
order to be impactful, design must
be collaborative.

- not lost a single game of chess

- DJed 32 gigs, released 2 mixes

Vice President
Student Senate
Varsity Squash (C)

CANISIUS HIGH SCHOOL

07 - 11

- started a company with my brother, one with

11
07 - 11
07 - 11

my sister, and one with 4 of my closest friends

- became obsessed with lming life

In my spare time, I explore dierent

design/development tools in order to
hone my skills and understand the
way other people think. Sometimes I
escape reality by listening to music,
enjoying an IPA, and/or hitting the
slopes with friends. Run it!

- promised myself to preserve more memories

- learned how to juggle

EXPERIENCE

- dapped up 50Cent

tsu LLC

15 - present

Marketing Communications // Product Designer

- created inuencer/charity/investor onboarding decks
- maintained 21% OR average on marketing emails

Media Partner of the Year

- recruited and managed a team of 6 interns

SPECIALITIES

- designed overview/nancial decks for investors

- contributed to tsus v3 // v4 design

ForsythDSGN

13 - present

Marketing Communications
concept // design

Branding
identity // strategy

Product Design
UI/UX // PM

SKILLS

Graphic/Web Designer
- rebrand: logo, website, marketing

13 - 14

Connecticut College

Expanded Media Equipment Manager

Graphic Design Intern

- maintained K2 CNC router

- created a wide variety of digital and print

- oversaw machine operations

publications for college events, Source

- assisted faculty research

newspaper, conncoll.edu and social

- created print/web user manual

Sketch
Adobe Photoshop

UI/UX, rapid prototyping, workows

Adobe Illustrator

illustratoion, branding, data visualization

Adobe InDesign

presentation decks, creative writing

Adobe Premiere

narrative, product videos, lifestyle edits

Adobe After Eects

experimental motion graphics

HTML & CSS

clean, responsive websites

image editing, color theory

Javascript & Jquery

interaction design

SendGrid, MailChimp, CC

e-mail marketing, strategy

Complacency
JIRA, Asana, Bootcamp

being boring, anti-social, slacking o

Traktor Pro / Ableton

mixing up grooves

P E R S O N A L AWA R D S

CONNECTICUT COLLEGE
2015

Ammerman Center for Arts & Technology certificatea;

Mapping History of CCreative Place

Designed an augmented reality tour of Connecticut Colleges history, tradition, and transformation
focusing primarily on creative spaces around campus. My thesis explored the idea of digitally
mapping history through multiple creative mediums. Personal experiences within each place
inuenced the way my research was presented.

PM, QA, organization, breaking shit

2013

Noble Desktop: iOS Development, 2016

Rhinoceros 3D, 2013

10 week introduction to XCode/Swift; designed an app that

vectorized GPS data to make CNC-routed eating plates

pulls/displays concert information

inspired by ski slope contours

Physical Computing, 2014

Autodesk Maya, 2012

designed an interacive pinwheel drinking game using Arduino

desgined to-scale 3D modesl of my historic basements

Social Sciences, Humanities, Arts Research Program Grant

Between Solid and Liquid (Milli fast og jtandi) The Icelandic Landscape:
Exhibition focusing on the intrinsic and extrinsic qualities of glaciers, glacier melt and ice
crystal forms, while simultaneously drawing attention to the technologies employed in
the making of the work including 3-D printing, video and CAD modeling software. The
source of the work originates from a process of harnessing scientic data from satellite
imagery, GPS data, and Icelandic glacial data (Icelandic Meteorological Oce), and
transforming it into processed sound and video, large format photography and digitally
generated sculptural forms.

WORKSHOPS

CANISIUS HIGH SCHOOL

Proudly Recognized for Outstanding Service to the School Through
Artistic and Graphic Design

believed to be the last stop on the Underground Railroad

QUOTES
PA S S I O N S
Design is so simple, thats why its so complicated.

Tomorrow will be the greatest today of my life so far.

- PAUL RAND

- RORY KRAMER

visually powerful, intellectually elegant, and above all timeless

The best revenge is massive success.

- MASSIMO VIGNELLI

- FRANK SINATRA

When youre in school, youre not an artist, youre a student.

- JOSEF ALBERS

New Frontiers in Learning

-designing with, not for

Connecticut College

13 - 14

Summer 14

Freelance Business

Creativity is to think more eciently.

- PIERRE REVERDY

R E F E R E N C E S A VA I L A BL E