Mark Hughes Creative

Founder, Principal Designer/ Chief Experience Officer (CXO)

AREAS OF FOCUS

• UX Strategy
• Brand Management
• User Interface Design
• Mentorship 
• Team Building

Managed all facts of the user experience design and development process from drawing board to

product release of end user UX/UI solutions for a portfolio of top-tier publishing, retail, entertainment, journalism and travel clients including, NASA, The New York Times, XBOX, Swiss Federal Railways, The Boy Scouts of America, Microsoft and Ford Motor Company.

CURRENT PROJECTS

2005 - Present

All current projects, may be found here.

LEGACY PROJECTS

2000 - 2019

NASA (National Aeronautics & Space Administration) 

NASA Ames Research Center & Kennedy Space Center (KSC)

Mountain View, CA & Cape Canaveral, FL: 2001- 2005

Creative Director / UX Design (Vendor, Rocketman Productions)

Lead development of new UI experience for the Apollo Mission Page user experience, which includes a

newly designed page layout and more user-friendly look and feel while simultaneously addressing older

branding designs in order to maintain brand consistency. Lead design for mobile iOS apps on iPhone

and iPad. Managed brand alignment of the product UI to ensure consistency across all NASA platforms.

Managed a diverse team of 2 developers and 4 designers

Space Camp California

NASA Ames Research Center Mountain View, CA; 2001 – 2003

Site Director; Director, Product Design, Mission Education

Drove interaction and visual design of a modular, gadget-style education management, time tracking

and research tool/application for elementary and secondary school science and mathematics students.

Random House Electronic Publishing

Palo Alto, CA & New York, NY; 2001 – 2003

Design Manager (Multimedia Design) (Vendor: MHC)

Apple Computer | iTunes Music Store

Cupertino, CA; 2001 – 2002

Lead architect and product designer iTunes 4.0 (Vendor: MHC)

Napster

Redwood City & Los Angeles, CA; 1999 –2001

Director of Marketing; Director, Featured Music Program Product (UX), Designer, Napster Client 2.0

Other key clients include

• Barney's New York
• Swiss Federal Railways
• New York Times
• International Olympic Committee
• Boy Scouts of America