McLean Donnelly
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McLean Donnelly

DESIGN / AI / INNOVATION
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ABOUT ME 
EXPERIENCE ✨​

Vice President @Shutterstock
Director @Shopify
Manager @Expedia
Professor @University of Minnesota

SKILLS 🔥
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​User Experience (UX Design) / User Interface (UI Design) / Artificial Intelligence Design / Strategy/Innovation / Business / Analytics
VIEw resUME
EDUCATION 📚​

MBA @Opus School of Business
BA @Gettysburg College
Abroad @Rhodes University
AI Certificate @Cornell University
AWARDS 🥇​

UX Magazine Award
Alumni Impact Award

Webbby Award (Finalist)

AI DESIGN
CASE STUDY

This AI-powered tablet experience transforms retail workflows and customer engagement in pop-ups and small markets. From product scanning to AR visualization, every feature is designed for speed, ease, and impact. Grounded in research, it supports both staff efficiency and self-guided shopping.

🔍 AI-first: Instant product recognition, auto-generated pages, and smart insights


🛍 Dual modes: Staff Mode for setup + Customer Mode for discovery and checkout


​🧠 Research-driven: Informed by staff interviews, shopper surveys, and live testing
AI DESIGN

UI DESIGN 
​CASE STUDY

Every second, 10 images are downloaded from the Shutterstock platform! I led a 25 person design team delivering innovative and high impact design. This case study features the research, design and testing of new global navigation for the platform. 

Other Design Projects @Shutterstock
  • Rollout of React UI
  • Redesign of iOS app
  • ​Facebook Plugin Design​
  • Google Slides Plugin Design
UI DESIGN

UX STRATEGY
​CASE STUDY

Right now, there are 1.2 million people on an Expedia website or mobile app! This project centered on AI-based price predictions, purchase date optimizations and mobile-first saved search features. 

Other Design Projects @Expedia
  • Expedia Flights Redesign
  • Expedia Things to Do Redesign
  • Email & alerts content design
  • 150+ A/B Tests​
UX STRATEGY

FREELANCE & 
​CONSULTING

I also freelance/consult with innovative companies! Projects include homepage redesigns, eCommerce strategy/design as well as new product discovery.

​Clients Include
  • Protolabs
  • ​The Brand Lab
  • Lifetime Fitness
  • Proctor & Gamble
  • BlueCross Blue Shield​
SHOWCASE

Over 25 conference presentations 💡​

Design Thinkers | Creative Week | Google DevFest | Art Directors Club | World Usability Day | BIT Conference | Public Lectures at Universities 
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Large Crowd in an auditorium listening to McLean Donnelly speak.
"UX Meets MBA"
@DesignThinkers
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"The UX of AI"
@World Usability Day
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"Future Needs of Users" 
​@NYC Creative Summit 
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Watch

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​ "On the Record"
​podcast episode

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MADE IN MINNESOTA ⛄

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ACCESSIBILITY ♿
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