David Cotton

Product Designer

‘Workflow First’ is my mantra. I'm a user experience designer. I'm dedicated to crafting enjoyable and intuitive experiences for customers regardless of the platform.
I'm a system level thinker with experience helping to architect and build entire ecosystems.
I see my designs from conception through to completion.

I'm great to have on a team and can wear many hats... plus I'm nice:)

Experience

Lead Product Designer at Avid (January 2022 - Present)

Music creation workflow design and feature development for Pro Tools. Deep involvement in product strategy and new product innovation.

Sr Principal Product Designer at Avid (March 2015 - December 2021)

Product Designer and Product Owner for Pro Tools and the surrounding ecosystem.

Producer at LeapFrog (September 2006 - March 2015)

Designed, prototyped, and user-tested educational electronic toys and software.

Avid (September 2004 - September 2006)

Productized the Rocket Network assets post Avid acquisition. Then proceeded to make bunches of audio plug-ins.

Rocket Network (June 1999 - June 2004)

Helped build a collaboration platform for musicians. Created a centralized-server architecture for audio collaboration and version control before ‘the Cloud’. Integrated our client with popular third-party audio software.

Mix/Recording Engineer at Infinite Studios (January 1998 - January 1999)

Small commercial recording facility specializing in rap and hip-hop.

Assistant Mix/Recording Engineer at Studio 880 (January 1997 - January 1998)

Big commercial recording studio. Rock and pop!

Contact

Email: Daveyc@sonic.net

Phone: 5103676979

LinkedIn: Daveyc

Web: Soar, Loser

Skills

User-centric Design Thinking

Information Architecture

Wireframing

Prototyping

Business Strategy / Growth Design

User Research / Customer Visits