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About me

Services & Skills

  • Design Systems
  • Design Team Leadership
  • UI/UX Design
  • Branding & Visual Identity
  • AI-Assisted Design Workflows
  • Web Design
  • Design Operations
  • Cross-functional Project Management
  • Digital Marketing Design
  • Typography

Technical Experience

  • Figma (incl. MCP/AI workflows)
  • Claude Design
  • Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Lightroom, InDesign)
  • Ceros
  • HTML & CSS
  • Cvent
  • CMS Platforms (Squarespace, Drupal)
  • Datawrapper
  • Project Management Platforms (Asana, Jira, Confluence)

Awards

FICO Circle of Excellence Winner, 2023

Contact

Please send me a message on LinkedIn and I’ll respond back as soon as possible.

Leadership

I was promoted to Manager in 2021, to Senior Manager in 2023, and to Director in 2024, a role I currently hold. I began building my team in 2023, growing from one designer to three by 2025 to meet increasing demand across FICO's global marketing operations.

Impact

Our output of completed digital design requests grew 94% from FY24 to FY25, achieved without adding headcount, and FY26 is on pace to increase further.

Beyond core design work, we support FICO's global event calendar, delivering registration sites, email banners, social graphics, display ads, and image sourcing for an average of 80 annual regional events and tradeshows, including FICO World, the company's flagship global conference. We also partner closely with Infrastructure and Development teams on logging, testing, and deploying bug fixes, improvements, and security updates across our web properties.

Process Improvements

As incoming requests grew, I worked with our Project Management team and fellow managers to implement a new intake process in Asana, increasing efficiency, reducing clarification emails, and improving how workload is balanced across designers. I also developed a structured onboarding process for new hires and contractors and created visual training guides to support cross-training and skill development.

I've prioritized growing my team members alongside the team itself. One designer took on site testing and bug logging during web updates and improvements, a responsibility I previously owned. They were then promoted from Manager to Senior Manager for the leadership and ownership demonstrated, including mentoring other designers on the team.

Outside of these highlights, I'm proud to have built a team that consistently delivers high-quality work under growing demand, and I'm looking forward to continuing that growth in the years ahead.

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©2026 Marcus Cowan

About me

Picture of Marcus

Services & Skills

  • Design Systems
  • Design Team Leadership
  • UI/UX Design
  • Branding & Visual Identity
  • AI-Assisted Design Workflows
  • Web Design
  • Design Operations
  • Cross-functional Project Management
  • Digital Marketing Design
  • Typography

Technical Experience

  • Figma (incl. MCP/AI workflows)
  • Claude Design
  • Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Lightroom, InDesign)
  • Ceros
  • HTML & CSS
  • Cvent
  • CMS Platforms (Squarespace, Drupal)
  • Datawrapper
  • Project Management Platforms (Asana, Jira, Confluence)

Awards

FICO Circle of Excellence Winner, 2023

Contact

Please send me a message on LinkedIn and I’ll respond back as soon as possible.

Leadership

I was promoted to Manager in 2021, to Senior Manager in 2023, and to Director in 2024, a role I currently hold. I began building my team in 2023, growing from one designer to three by 2025 to meet increasing demand across FICO's global marketing operations.

Impact

Our output of completed digital design requests grew 94% from FY24 to FY25, achieved without adding headcount, and FY26 is on pace to increase further.

Beyond core design work, we support FICO's global event calendar, delivering registration sites, email banners, social graphics, display ads, and image sourcing for an average of 80 annual regional events and tradeshows, including FICO World, the company's flagship global conference. We also partner closely with Infrastructure and Development teams on logging, testing, and deploying bug fixes, improvements, and security updates across our web properties.

Process Improvements

As incoming requests grew, I worked with our Project Management team and fellow managers to implement a new intake process in Asana, increasing efficiency, reducing clarification emails, and improving how workload is balanced across designers. I also developed a structured onboarding process for new hires and contractors and created visual training guides to support cross-training and skill development.

I've prioritized growing my team members alongside the team itself. One designer took on site testing and bug logging during web updates and improvements, a responsibility I previously owned. They were then promoted from Manager to Senior Manager for the leadership and ownership demonstrated, including mentoring other designers on the team.

Outside of these highlights, I'm proud to have built a team that consistently delivers high-quality work under growing demand, and I'm looking forward to continuing that growth in the years ahead.

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©2026 Marcus Cowan

About me

Picture of Marcus

Services & Skills

  • Design Systems
  • Design Team Leadership
  • UI/UX Design
  • Branding & Visual Identity
  • AI-Assisted Design Workflows
  • Web Design
  • Design Operations
  • Cross-functional Project Management
  • Digital Marketing Design
  • Typography

Technical Experience

  • Figma (incl. MCP/AI workflows)
  • Claude Design
  • Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Lightroom, InDesign)
  • Ceros
  • HTML & CSS
  • Cvent
  • CMS Platforms (Squarespace, Drupal)
  • Datawrapper
  • Project Management Platforms (Asana, Jira, Confluence)

Awards

FICO Circle of Excellence Winner, 2023

Contact

Please send me a message on LinkedIn and I’ll respond back as soon as possible.

Leadership

I was promoted to Manager in 2021, to Senior Manager in 2023, and to Director in 2024, a role I currently hold. I began building my team in 2023, growing from one designer to three by 2025 to meet increasing demand across FICO's global marketing operations.

Impact

Our output of completed digital design requests grew 94% from FY24 to FY25, achieved without adding headcount, and FY26 is on pace to increase further.

Beyond core design work, we support FICO's global event calendar, delivering registration sites built in Cvent, email banners, social graphics, display ads, and image sourcing for an average of 80 annual regional events and tradeshows, including FICO World, the company's flagship global conference. We also partner closely with Infrastructure and Development teams on logging, testing, and deploying bug fixes, improvements, and security updates across our web properties.

Process Improvements

As incoming requests grew, I worked with our Project Management team and fellow managers to implement a new intake process in Asana, increasing efficiency, reducing clarification emails, and improving how workload is balanced across designers. I also developed a structured onboarding process for new hires and contractors and created visual training guides to support cross-training and skill development.

I've prioritized growing my team members alongside the team itself. One designer took on site testing and bug logging during web updates and improvements, a responsibility I previously owned. They were then promoted from Manager to Senior Manager for the leadership and ownership demonstrated, including mentoring other designers on the team.

Outside of these highlights, I'm proud to have built a team that consistently delivers high-quality work under growing demand, and I'm looking forward to continuing that growth in the years ahead.

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©2026 Marcus Cowan