Marc Bonasso

1999

I graduated with an A.A.S. in Technical Communications in 1999. First job out of the gate was a graphic design position for an exhibit design company in Houston, working on a permanent exhibit for Space Center Houston.

In 2000, I worked for a small wireless start-up doing graphic design collateral materials and jumping head first into web design.

In 2001, I landed a job in the marketing department of a large credit union in Houston, designing all marketing materials. Six months later I redesigned their website.

2004

In 2004, I decided to freelance full-time with a business colleague, producing graphic and web design services for a myriad of small businesses.

Concurrently, I moved to Austin to continue freelancing which eventually turned into a two man shop. Business management and design production was performed by me and my partner handled the web development. I also began teaching as an adjunct instructor at Austin Community College in the Web and Interactive Design degree.

2007

In 2007, I landed a full-time job at USAA in San Antonio in their design world as a UI Producer which transitioned to the role of UX Architect.

Over the next five years I learned on the job, building a foundation of UX design experience before it blew sky high in the industry. I moved around within the design arena at USAA which included project delivery environment, enterprise design, and web standards.

2012-Present

In 2012, I returned to education and secured a full-time position at Austin Community College in the Visual Communications department teaching the Web and Interactive Design degree. Over the next five years, my colleague and I worked to transform the A.A.S. degree into the User Experience Design degree that it is today. We introduced version 1.0 about two and a half years ago and have successfully graduated our first class under the new degree. Those students landed internships or hired on with great companies here in the Austin area.