Chris Ellis is a Senior UI/UX Designer based in San Francisco.

With over 20 years of experience as a creative, Chris has worked with clients across a wide range of industries including: Higher Education, Food & Drink, Tourism, Live Music, Museums, Technology, Television, Retail, Media, Transportation, Architecture and more.
Some of these clients have included: Live Nation, Red Bull, SFMOMA, Jack Daniels, Sony Music, Chase Center, SF Symphony, SF Film Festival, Another Planet Entertainment, San Francisco International Airport (SFO), BART, Comedy Central, and Saint Mary’s College of California.
Chris is the Web Manager and Designer at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence.
Saint Mary’s College of California: Website Relaunch

Saint Mary’s College of California: Website Relaunch

Design, Product Management, UI/UX Design

Saint Mary’s College of California is a private institution in Moraga, just a few miles East of San Francisco. I work with the Office of Marketing and Communications as a User Interface and User Experience Designer. Most recently the college redesigned and relaunched their refreshed website, modernizing their aesthetic and improving the user journey…

Water 100: Iterative Magazine

Water 100: Iterative Magazine

Creative Direction, Design, Experimental, Illustration, Photography, Print
A design exercise to visually interpret a subject in 100 different ways.
SF Station: Program Manager – Featured Local Artists

SF Station: Program Manager – Featured Local Artists

Creative Direction, Design, Product Management, Video
I am the curator of a program that has featured over 60 local artists. Illustrators, photographers and painters are promoted on physical and digital marketing materials and at gallery events which has helped strengthen and grow the art scene here in the San Francisco Bay Area as well as draw attention to the SF Station brand and its support of cutting edge, talented artists.
SF Station: Event Calendar Mobile App

SF Station: Event Calendar Mobile App

Design, Product Management, UI/UX Design
An update to the UI to improve UX that allowed the user to scroll through many more events in less time instead of swiping one by one.
SF Station: Business Cards

SF Station: Business Cards

Design
I designed staff business cards as well as multiple iterations of photo cards for photographers to hand out at events.
Bear Food Cereal Box: Graphic Design

Bear Food Cereal Box: Graphic Design

Creative Direction, Design

Package Design for hibernation foods brand Bear Food, 100% blueberries! A continuation of my iterative process with bear(s) as the theme. This product is for bears so they don’t have to spend time foraging around in the forest finding berries, and there are no leaves so it’s optimal food delivery within paws reach to get you ready for hibernation. : )