Colin Forsyth: Over The Past Year and A Half, I Have

colin forsyth
address
creative // designer // life enthusiast
contact
200 Water St.

New York, NY 10038
USA
ABOUT
colinforsyth.com
(under construction)
[email protected]
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
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colin forsyth

creative // designer // life enthusiast

200 Water St.

I have always had a visual mind. Im

over the past year

Ive been creating my entire life, but it

Advisory Board Chair

- witnessed a startup thrive and fail

- taken a ski vacation to Jackson Hole, WY

I stay creatively charged 24/7 by

- not lost a single game of chess

CANISIUS HIGH SCHOOL

- started a company with my brother, one with

my sister, and one with 4 of my closest friends

In my spare time, I explore dierent

- promised myself to preserve more memories

Marketing Communications // Product Designer

Media Partner of the Year

- recruited and managed a team of 6 interns

- designed overview/nancial decks for investors

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

UI/UX, rapid prototyping, workows

illustratoion, branding, data visualization

presentation decks, creative writing

narrative, product videos, lifestyle edits

Adobe After Eects

experimental motion graphics

HTML & CSS

clean, responsive websites

image editing, color theory

Javascript & Jquery

e-mail marketing, strategy

being boring, anti-social, slacking o

Traktor Pro / Ableton

Ammerman Center for Arts & Technology certificatea;

Mapping History of CCreative Place

PM, QA, organization, breaking shit

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

CANISIUS HIGH SCHOOL

believed to be the last stop on the Underground Railroad

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