I’m a marketing-minded, digital-forward designer. I have experience in B2B, high-profile client marketing environments. My background blends UX design and creative production seamlessly. All this gives me a strong grasp of how good design impacts real business outcomes.

See my work below.

NIKOLAS MCLEAN

DIGITAL MARKETING DESIGNER

NJTRANSIT® APP AUDIT & REDESIGN

Independent UX audit and redesign proposal addressing usability gaps in the NJ Transit mobile app.

UX DESIGN, UI DESIGN, PROTOTYPING

VANTAGE® DISTINCTIVE SUNBOOSTER VIDEO

B2B client-facing motion video communicating emollience and SPF benefits for Vantage’s enterprise beauty partners.

➞ MOTION DESIGN

VANTAGE® ADS, SELL-SHEETS, & EMAIL ASSETS

Digital and print marketing collateral designed to support client engagement across campaigns and sales touchpoints.

➞ VISUAL DESIGN, PRINT DESIGN, B2B MARKETING

PUMPLIFE® BRAND 

Brand identity system developed for Pumplife, a modern athletic brand, spanning visual and motion applications.

➞ BRAND IDENTITY, MOTION DESIGN, PRINT DESIGN

ACLU-NJ® DATA VISUALIZATION

Short-form data visualization video for ACLU–NJ that transformed complex civic data into an accessible, mobile-first narrative for social media.

➞ MOTION DESIGN, DATA VISUALIZATION AND RESEARCH, SOCIAL MEDIA

FIVE FAMILIES EDITORIAL

An editorial campaign and timeline video exploring the history of New York’s Five Families, which was inspired by 1940s newspaper systems.

➞ PRINT DESIGN, MOTION DESIGN, RESEARCH

NEWARK CITY PARKS FOUNDATION WEBSITE

Website overhaul prototype developed in a 3-person team for the Newark City Parks Foundation, resulting in a ~150% increase in meaningful site engagement.

➞ UI/UX DESIGN, VISUAL DESIGN, PRESENTATION DESIGN

STRATUM: AI-POWERED WORK MANAGEMENT APPLICATION

A layered SaaS platform that helps product teams align strategy and daily work through organized and simplistic dashboards with AI-driven prioritization.

➞ PRODUCT DESIGN, UX/UI DESIGN, BRAND IDENTITY

VANTAGE® SOCIAL CONTENT VIDEOS

Social content videos with animations and accessibility (captions and translations between languages). Designed to be accessible and visually engaging for beauty-care lovers.

➞ MOTION DESIGN, ACCESSIBLITY

WEBSITE IMAGERY (FORMULATION DIRECTORY)

Thumbnail and gallery images for our formulation directory. Photographs taken and edited by me for clarity; Additional imagery generated through Adobe Firefly and edited.

➞ PHOTOGRAPHY, PHOTO EDITING, VISUAL DESIGN