Josh Gravholt

Director of Product Design, Director of User Experience (UX), Creative Director, Interactive Branding Specialist, Innovation Leader, Change Agent

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About Me

I’m a product experience/user experience design leader and interactive creative director with 25+ years experience.  I have a proven track record of building excellent design teams by recruiting and retaining talented people. I have a history of successful relationship building with business stakeholders and partnering for strategic alignment to meet both business and user needs with proven, quantifiable results.

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About Me

I’m a product experience/user experience design leader and interactive creative director with 25+ years experience.  I have a proven track record of building excellent design teams by recruiting and retaining talented people. I have a history of successful relationship building with business stakeholders and partnering for strategic alignment to meet both business and user needs with proven, quantifiable results.

Experience design leadership
Experience design leadership

Experience Design Leadership

  • User-centered Design

  • Storyboarding/Storytelling

  • Information Architecture

  • Research/Usability Plans

  • User Interview/Surveys/Testing

  • Experience Mapping (Service, User, Story, Customer)

Digital Strategy

  • Design Systems, Pattern Libraries, Style Guides

  • Desktop and Mobile, Responsive Design

  • Mobile Application Strategy

  • SEC, SOC, HIPPA, 508-Compliance

  • SASS Product Evaluation

  • Personas

Creative Direction

  • Interactive Branding

  • Leading Brainstorm/Design Sessions

  • Interpersonal Skills, Design Critique

  • Interactive and Data-rich Application Design (Sketch, XD, Figma)

  • Visual Design (Adobe Creative Suite)


Marketing

  • Content Strategy

  • CMS (Content Management Systems- Drupal-Acquia, WordPress, Oracle UCM)

  • SEO (Search Engine Optimization- organic, Yoast, MOZ)

  • Direct Marketing (Eloqua, Mailchimp, Mandrill, Hubspot)

  • CRM (Client Relationship Management- Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics)

Software Development

  • Agile Software Development, Scrum

  • Agile UX, Lean UX

  • Wireframing (Figma)

  • Prototyping (Figma)

  • Process Flows

  • Software Development Life Cycle

Product Management & Analytics

  • Web User Analytics (Pendo, Full Story, Google Analytics, AppDynamics)

  • Executive Dashboards (Tableau, Power BI)

  • Product Team Collaboration (Teams, Jive, Slack, Basecamp)

  • Roadmap & Project Management (Jira, Confluence, Hipchat)

Education and Certifications

Education and Certifications

AI (Artificial Intelligence) Strategy
eCornell- Cornell University

UX Certification
Nielson Norman Group

Level 3 Marketing Certification
Pragmatic Marketing: Focus, Plan, Build

Leadership & Executive Speaking Certification
Dale Carnegie International

Project Management Fundamentals
Global Knowledge

Developing a UX Strategy Playbook
User Interface Engineering Group

Communicating with Diplomacy & Credibility
American Management Association

User Experience Management
Nielson Norman Group

Competent Communication
Toastmasters International

Masters of Fine Arts
University of Arizona
Multi-media, Digital, Interactive Branding

Bachelors of Fine Arts
University of Minnesota
Multi-media

Awards and Recognition

Awards and Recognition

Wunderman Thompson: Matt Reese Award for for Innovation, Excellence, and Leadership

Cambridge Associates: Innovation Challenge Recognition, App Design

HealthPartners:
President's Award

© Josh Gravholt 2025

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