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Rosie Sycks, 
Product Designer



Hello

I’m Emma “Rosie” Sycks, an Atlanta-based product designer & strategist. I am passionate about sustainability, social equity, and storytelling. Most importantly, I am passionate about people. I leverage my visual design skills with my technical knowledge of research and interaction to advocate for my users.


Education
I am currently attending The Georgia Institute of Technology as a Stamps Presidents Scholar, where I am pursuing a Bachelors of Science in Literature, Media, and Communication. While my coursework focuses primarily on Digital Media + Design, I get to take classes about everything from sustainability and cognitive science to hip-hop music and gender studies! I did my senior seminar in Science Fiction Fashion (yes, that is a real class)
🎓 expected graduation: December 2022


Why design?
Growing up, I wanted to be a painter. Somehow I ended up a Georgia Tech (aka the opposite of art school). After several classes, one or two serendipitous opportunities, and a few great mentors, I found myself in ux/product design. Product design is so appealing to me because it perfectly merges my creative, strategic, and technical sides. It's like solving really complex, really cool open-ended puzzles with a creative twist. While that may sound like a nightmare to some, I love it💛

Design is for everyone! I love the way design and techonology bring together people of all different backgrounds and walks of life to solve problems and build empathy💡 I currently instruct a Design Bootcamp learn more →



Fun Facts
• I love hiking🌄, coffee☕️, photography, R&B music, and pasta.
• During Summer 2021, I roadtripped/camped my way from Atlanta, GA to Santa Fe, NM
• I backpacked the Laugavegar Trail in Iceland (it was very, very cold)!
• I helped a group of cowboys and a shepherd land a hot airbaloon.
• I’m obsessed with my Always Pan.
• I think fungi is super cool🍄

In my free time, I love spending time with family and friends (social-distanced, of course😷), going on long walks and hikes, and working on creative projects. My favorite things include roadtrips, Autumn in Atlanta, the color red, and attempting to cook @the_pastaqueen’s recipes ︎






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