Nathanael Elias
Boulder, CO | (720) 662-3790 | nattyelias04@gmail.com | nattyelias.com
Summary
UX designer and creative technologist with a B.S. in Information Science and an M.S. in Creative Technology & Design underway at CU Boulder. Researches, prototypes, and tests digital tools for student communities.
Education
University of Colorado Boulder
M.S., Creative Technology & Design, ATLAS Institute | Fall 2026-present | ATLAS Scholarship, 2026-27
B.S., Information Science, Minor in Creative Technology & Design | 2022-2026
Experience
Sales & Marketing Intern, AI Builders Workshop Project Lead
- Designed and prototyped Advisor, a decision-support tool that helps ATLAS students choose focus electives, from user flow to Figma prototype.
- Built a five-role advisor panel from alumni interview data and mapped paths for full, partial, and no-context users.
Research Team Member
- Designed a certificate for San Luis Valley students and helped prepare ArcGIS and spatial mapping lesson plans.
UX Designer & Brand Systems Designer
- Designed a scalable business card and identity system for a healthcare startup, with typography, color, and layout standards for production-ready assets.
Research Assistant
- Facilitated 10+ user testing sessions and documented feedback to inform research iterations.
- Created a visual identity and 10+ wearable assets for the research team across physical and digital touchpoints.
AI Trainer, UX-Focused Model Training
- Optimized 500+ AI-generated responses with human-centered design principles to improve clarity and usability.
Projects
Focus Electives App
- Designed and deployed a web app for browsing focus elective classes by focus area and saving them into plans; preparing student user testing.
ATLAS Pathways Research Study
- Studying how students discover opportunities, build community, and navigate pathways in the ATLAS ecosystem; synthesized 25+ observational findings to identify barriers and opportunities.
Kidane Meheret Orthodox Church Website Redesign
- Built a responsive visual system and high-fidelity Figma prototypes, improving information architecture and accessibility.
Sensed, Music Visualization & Emotion Platform
- Ran end-to-end UX research and interface testing to turn abstract ideas of memory and emotion into human-centered interactions.
Skills
Figma, Figma Make, Python, Adobe Creative Cloud, User Research, UX Audit, Information Architecture, Interactive Prototyping, Responsive Design, Typography Systems, Branding & Identity, Accessibility