Edryd Sharp *Eds
Product designer and founding member of Woosabi. Former design lead for Sony CIM / MRP software. Passion for branding, hot technology and smart solutions.
| Headline: | Startup Member |
| Work status: | Living The Dream |
| Website: | http://www.woosabi.com |
| Skills: | Business, Design, Entrepreneurship, Graphic design, Human-Computer Interaction, Product design, Web design |
| Next step: | Our goal is to provide the essential tools for entrepreneurs with smart ideas, budding startups or small businesses to reach profitability and grow as quickly as possible. http://www.woosabi.com/ |
| Location: | Cardiff, UK |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Consulting opportunities, Finding business partners, Finding experts, Finding team mates, Giving back, Helping friends, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Providing services to startups, Receiving feedback, Recruiting for my startup, Sharing my projects, Trading services |
| Tags: | ajax, api, apps, british, cardiff, cool technology, crm, european, Innovation, simple solutions, small business, smart, software, startups, uk, web 2.0, welsh, widgets, woocrew, woohoo, woosabi |
| Schools: | University of Wales Institute, Cardiff |
FULL BIO
Experience in implementing tailored solutions for corporate, education, and startup brands, products, and services. Passion for applying solid content with strategically relevant technologies to form fun and natural digital experiences.
Core Skills
• Creative Direction
Disciplined to adopt or craft, steer, and appoint a unique visual vocabulary from Brief, mapped with an effective campaign strategy.
• Brand Creation & Identity Design
Strategically focused branding that align to deliver on business goals and objectives.
• Visual Communication Design
Creative print and digital communication collateral with visual continuity.
• Application & Web Interface Design
User centric interface and information architecture to engage, guide, and stimulate users.
• Versatile Toolset
Skilled free-hand drawing, digital photography, composition, colour, and typographic disciplines are complimented by working knowledge of leading production software.
• Focused Professional
Motivated, energetic, and organised, with a friendly disposition applied to team and client relationships. Excellent verbal and written communicator, with proven project management experience.
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Stiwdio Bondo™ |
| Position: | Sole Proprietor |
| Time period: | June 2007 - Present |
| Description: | I provide strategic-creative consulting, specialising in consumer and b2b brand experiences. By identifying emerging media opportunities and transforming ideas into compelling product and service experiences, I help start-ups and existing companies to strengthen, evolve and expand their businesses.
http://www.bondo.co.uk/ |
| Employer: | Woosabi, Ltd |
| Position: | Creative Director |
| Time period: | May 2007 - Present |
| Description: | Founding member of Woosabi.com, a web-based service that allows users to aggregate essential business resources in one secure space, creating personal and collaborative working environments. I’m responsible for the interface framework and coordinate the rollout of new features during release cycles, as well as managing all aspects of our brand strategy. |
| Employer: | Hello, Digital Media. |
| Position: | Principle Designer |
| Time period: | October 2006 - May 2007 |
| Description: | Working on a series of consumer facing web 2.0 projects, I was responsible for coordinating teams of designers and feature engineers during release cycle. Key activity included defining project requirements and drafting product specifications in the form of documentation, wire-frames and mock-up prototypes through to final product delivery. |
| Employer: | Sony Electronics. |
| Position: | Visual Communication Designer |
| Time period: | May 2002 - January 2006 |
| Description: | Contributed as lead designer on the development and commercialisation of Sony award winning software for Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) and Material Requirements Planning (MRP).
Collaborated with a variety of business development and marketing groups on high profile b2b product campaigns, brand strategies, and multilingual support services in the US, Europe and Asia. |
| Employer: | Coors Brewers. |
| Position: | Industrial Product Design. |
| Time period: | September 2001 - May 2002 |
| Description: | Collaborated with Coors Brewers to produce a detailed market research report and develop a new design concept, addressing drug rape crime and vulnerability issues associated with social drinking culture and habits. |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of Wales Institute, Cardiff |
| Time period: | 1999 - 2002 |
| Degree: | BA |
PUBLICATIONS
| Articles: | New Design Magazine. January 2003. Packaging design proposal addressing drug rape crimes, collaborating with Coors Brewers featured in the New Year issue of New Design Magazine. |
| Papers: | Design & Disability Study. 2000 – 2002. Produced a two year academic paper examining disability issues and the key roles of design, titled: “Breaking barriers, a study of disability and universal design”. |
INFORMATION
| Sports: | football, squash, rugby, pool, badminton, swimming |
| Hobbies: | sketching, chilling, trawling the web, movies, music, reading |
Edryd's Startups (1)
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Woosabi
Mind your business! truth is, we love products that work well without complexity. so we built a web-based* system that made managing our work easier. your business essentials are split in to individual time saving tools that get the job done.
Edryd is Following (10)
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YouNoodle
YouNoodle is a place to discover and support the hottest early-stage companies and university innovation.
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Scribd
Scribd is a Silicon Valley startup creating technology that makes it easy to share documents online. You can think of Scribd as a big online library where everyone can publish original content, including you!
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Slide
New online media startup headed up by the founder of PayPal, Max Levchin. Backed by Mayfield Fund, Blue Run Ventures, Khosla Ventures and the Founders Fund.
Edryd's Contacts (3)
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Ambrose Choy
Got all the dots but not sure how to join them together?
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Michael Powers
Product Manager at YouTube, early employee of Slide, founder of Ping (desktop widgets) and Flatland (3DML).
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Dan Bridge
British, 35, Serial start-up junkie now launching Woosabi