Derek Murray

Director of Design & Events @ Prezent | I use AI to turn complex B2B products into visual stories that land with enterprise buyers — and build the tools that let creative teams ship 10x faster

Orlando, Florida, United States

About

‍Most B2B companies have a strong product and a forgettable brand. I fix that — and I use AI to do it faster than most teams think is possible. I lead Design & Events at Prezent, an enterprise AI platform where I’ve spent five years building the visual infrastructure behind the brand — design systems, pitch decks, product experiences, and conferences for enterprise buyers across Biopharma, Tech, BFSI, and Manufacturing. Recently, I’ve been driving an AI-first design initiative — requiring my team to integrate AI tools into every workflow and building custom apps that automate the work most creative teams still do by hand. One example: a process that took 3 designers and 4–5 days now takes 1 person and 1 hour. Before Prezent, I spent over a decade doing the same work for Tech Data, ChatterBuzz media and high-growth startups — global brand systems, executive keynotes, large-scale events, and campaigns that moved real numbers. I ship work that moves the business. Now I ship it faster. Building something that needs a creative leader who actually builds with AI? Let’s connect.

Experience

  • Prezent (Remote)
    • Director, Design
      Apr 2025 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos

      Own design strategy and creative direction across product, marketing, and customer experience for an enterprise AI platform. Manage the design system that governs brand identity at every touchpoint — from in-product UI to investor materials. Align design, product, and marketing around shared pipeline and positioning goals. → Launched an AI-first design initiative — made AI tools a standard part of every designer’s workflow, shifting the team from manual production to AI-assisted creative operations → Built custom AI-powered apps that automate repetitive design tasks at scale — internal tools the team now refers to as “mini robots” that handle templating, replication, and formatting autonomously → Flagship example: an ad replicator app for account-based campaigns. 5 templates × 700+ variations previously required 3 designers and 4–5 days. The tool cut it to 1 person and 1 hour. → Proficient in Claude, Claude Code, Claude CoWork, Gemini, Google AI Studio, Antigravity, and ChatGPT — using generative AI not as a novelty but as core infrastructure for creative production

    • Podcast Producer — Think Deeply, Speak Simply
      Sep 2024 - Present · 1 yr 10 mos

      Built Prezent’s podcast from concept to a global audience — 30,000 monthly listeners across 110 countries. → Own the full production pipeline: guest sourcing, script development, show recording, live directing, and video/audio post-production → Source and book industry leaders, executives, and subject-matter experts — shaping each episode into a conversation worth sharing, not just a branded interview → Write and structure episode scripts that balance thought leadership with accessibility — the show’s name is the creative brief → Direct live recordings and manage post-production editing across video and audio formats for multi-platform distribution 30K listeners in 110 countries didn’t come from a media budget. It came from sharp guests, tighter storytelling, and consistent production quality.

    • Director of Event Operations
      Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos

      Ran end-to-end planning and production for Prezent’s corporate event portfolio — trade shows, conferences, executive dinners, and the annual flagship conference. Handled vendor negotiations, venue logistics, budgets, and cross-team coordination from brief through post-event review.

  • Freelance Contractor at mediaderek
    Oct 2010 - Jan 2025 · 14 yrs 4 mos

    14 years of client work spanning graphic design, web design, environmental design, video production, and social media. → 8 websites (30–70 pages each) in 4 months for Marketopia. 14-day turnaround per site. Agency stayed on schedule, client reputation protected. → Video series for Storicate / AT&T. 3,000+ employee views. 150+ product registrations.

  • Creative Director at East Coast Believers Church
    Sep 2018 - Sep 2020 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    Led a 6-person creative team across design, web, app, video, live production, social media, and events — two campuses, seven departments. → Launched 3 web portals during the pandemic targeting distinct age demographics. Weekly donations up 20% within five months. → Designed and shipped a mobile app. Converted 80% of audience giving from analog to digital. → Executed a 5,000-person community festival end-to-end — vendor contracts, city permits, amusement rides, traffic coordination, ad campaigns. Built from scratch. → Maintained 18.3% social engagement rate across 7,000 followers — multiples above industry average.

  • Lead Social Media Manager at Chatter Buzz
    May 2017 - Feb 2018 · 10 mos

    Led a team managing 45+ social accounts across 15 corporations. → Selected by Facebook to pilot a multi-location content management feature with Rent-A-Center and Weichert Realty. Ran onboarding, training, launch, and weekly analytics. Result: centralized messaging and 2% engagement lift.

  • Senior Presentation Specialist at Tech Data Corporation
    Aug 2014 - Feb 2017 · 2 yrs 7 mos

    Managed executive presentations for 8 C-level leaders — quarterly reports, shareholder decks, and live keynotes for audiences of 5 to 1,000. → Designed the global presentation template deployed across 100 countries during Tech Data’s brand refresh. Became the single visual standard as acquisitions integrated worldwide. → Built a company-wide presentation portal — searchable library, pre-designed templates, 100+ countries served. Brand integrity at scale with zero gatekeeping. → Coached C-suite executives on keynote delivery — improving stage presence and strengthening how the market perceived Tech Data’s leadership.