Brad McKinney

Brad currently practices at the “world’s biggest and best” children’s museum: The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis. In his role as Lead Interactive Media Designer, he is responsible for the design of digital interactives which promote family engagement through the disciplines of UX Design, UI Design, and Motion Graphics. Additionally, Brad is Principal/Owner of ellojeo, a small firm serving mainly non-profit clients in central Indiana for over 22 years.

An educator at heart, Brad taught Visual Communication Design for sixteen years at two institutions, Anderson University and Indiana University – Herron College of Art & Design. Brad has served as Director of the Basile Center for Art, Design, and Public Life at Herron, as well as Assistant. Director of the Software Research Center at AU. Brad holds a Master of Architecture from Ball State University and a BA in Graphic Design from Anderson University. During his graduate degree, he designed and built many “temporary” structures for educational spaces around the world, some of which became “permanent.”

Outside of work, Brad enjoys woodworking in his shop constructed of wood pallets—the second structure in Indiana to receive a permit for pallet construction, the first in Madison county. Wood sculptures created in the shop have been accepted in juried exhibitions. He also writes on progressive pedagogical practices for a forthcoming book on the subject, collaborating with former colleagues and former students on the material. With what free time remains, he enjoys the theater and traveling with his wife, Jill; and watching his two kids swim competitively.