Cooper Thompson

Open to Project Management & Scrum opportunities

Turning complex work into clear plans and successful delivery.

I'm Cooper Thompson. After five years delivering brand work at Cloudflare and Area 1 Security — owning projects from brief through revisions to final delivery — I'm bringing that experience, and a Scrum certification, to project management and Agile delivery.

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Certified
Scrum
Previously
Cloudflare
Experience
5 years
Education
RISD, BFA

01 — About

Creative thinking. Structured execution.

Design taught me how work actually moves: a brief arrives, requirements get clarified, feedback comes from many directions, and a finished deliverable has to land on time and at a standard everyone signs off on.

At Cloudflare I owned that path for hundreds of requests across the organization. That gave me a practical understanding of the people doing the work, the process that supports them, and the coordination it takes to deliver. My Scrum certification gives that experience a framework — and I'm ready to apply it formally.

  • Understanding project requirements
  • Coordinating feedback and revisions
  • Working with multiple stakeholders
  • Organizing complex deliverables
  • Maintaining consistency and quality
  • Managing competing priorities
  • Communicating across creative and technical teams
  • Working through evolving requirements

02 — Approach

How I move work forward.

My working approach to delivery. It borrows from Agile — iteration, transparency, retrospectives — and holds up in traditional or hybrid environments too.

  1. 01

    Discover

    Understand objectives, stakeholders, requirements, constraints and the outcome everyone is working toward.

  2. 02

    Define

    Clarify scope, priorities, deliverables, ownership and what “done” looks like.

  3. 03

    Plan

    Organize tasks, timelines, dependencies, milestones and how the team will communicate.

  4. 04

    Align

    Bring stakeholders and contributors together around shared goals, ownership and priorities.

  5. 05

    Deliver

    Support execution in short iterations, keep progress visible and surface blockers early.

  6. 06

    Improve

    Reflect on results, capture lessons learned and refine the workflow for next time.

03 — Case studies

Delivery, seen through creative work.

Three examples from my time at Cloudflare, framed around ownership, coordination and delivery. Each expands into the full story.

01

Cloudflare · 2023 brand redesign

Rolling out a new illustration language

Helped guide the new illustration look and feel introduced through Cloudflare’s 2023 brand redesign, carrying one visual point of view across many formats and teams.

My role
Brand Designer.
Delivered
Illustration direction for the 2023 redesign; Applied illustration across campaigns, editorial, digital and marketing work
PM takeaways
Cross-functional collaboration · Maintaining quality at scale · Working within a shared system

02

Cloudflare · Editorial

A magazine, from concept to final production

Designed a magazine and its supporting visual system end to end — from the initial concept through revisions to a production-ready final.

My role
Designer owning the project from concept development through final production.
Delivered
Magazine design; Supporting visual system
PM takeaways
End-to-end delivery ownership · Managing revisions · Attention to quality

03

Cloudflare · 2022—2026

Hundreds of cross-functional requests

Completed hundreds of design requests for teams across the organization, owning each from brief through revisions to delivery.

My role
Brand Designer owning projects from creative brief and concept development through revisions and final delivery.
Delivered
Illustration; Editorial design
PM takeaways
Prioritizing competing requests · Requirements clarification · Delivering against deadlines

04 — Experience

My professional journey.

Actual roles and titles — with the delivery responsibilities inside them. Full history on LinkedIn ↗

  1. 2022 — 2026

    Cloudflare

    Brand Designer

    Created illustration, editorial, environmental, digital and marketing work for teams across the organization.

    • —Helped guide the new illustration look and feel introduced through the 2023 brand redesign.
    • —Designed a magazine and supporting visual system from concept through final production.
    • —Owned projects from creative brief and concept development through revisions and final delivery.
    • —Completed hundreds of cross-functional design requests and collaborated with external creative agencies.

    Delivery ownership · Stakeholder feedback · Agency collaboration

  2. 2021 — 2022

    Area 1 Security

    Junior Designer

    Created brand and visual design across digital, marketing and communication materials, including corporate website experiences.

    • —Collaborated with cross-functional teams to translate complex product information into clear, structured experiences.

    Cross-functional work · Translating complexity

  3. 3 months

    Relaymile

    Graphic Designer (Internship)

    Developed visual design and creative materials across digital and marketing applications for a logistics startup.

    • —Contributed to a cohesive visual presence for the brand.

    Consistency across formats

  4. Ongoing

    Freelance

    Designer

    Brand, illustration, editorial and digital design for independent projects and clients.

    • —Adapted approach to different audiences, goals and contexts.

    Client communication · Scoping

  5. 2020

    Rhode Island School of Design

    BFA, Graphic Design — a foundation in structured problem-solving, critique and clear communication.

05 — Skills

Capabilities & credentials.

Project management

  • Project planning & coordination
  • Scope & deliverable management
  • Timeline & milestone coordination
  • Task prioritization
  • Risk & dependency awareness
  • Stakeholder communication
  • Project documentation
  • Continuous improvement

Agile & Scrum

  • Scrum framework
  • Agile principles
  • Sprint planning
  • Daily Scrum
  • Reviews & retrospectives
  • Backlog refinement
  • Incremental delivery

Collaboration

  • Requirements clarification
  • Feedback management
  • Creative & technical collaboration
  • Communicating priorities
  • Managing competing requests
  • Facilitating alignment

Certification

Scrum Certification

Issuing organization — to confirm · Date — to confirm

A formal grounding in Scrum that complements years of coordinating deliverables, revisions and cross-functional collaboration.

Tools — used professionally

Figma · Illustrator · InDesign · Photoshop

Project tools — to confirm

Jira · Confluence · Asana · Notion · Google Workspace

06 — Contact

Let's move something forward.

I'm interested in roles where I can bring people, priorities and process together to help teams deliver meaningful work. If you're hiring for project management, Agile delivery or Scrum, I'd be glad to connect.

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Email
cooperst229@gmail.com
LinkedIn
cooper-thompson ↗