About Parrish Swanson
Parrish Swanson is a Kentucky-based designer, developer and photographer with more than 20 years of experience turning ideas into work that is clear, usable and good to look at.
He has designed and built websites, responsive emails and user interfaces for organizations including Capital One, Humana and Humana Military. Today he is a Knowledge Management Web Designer supporting the U.S. Army, where he helps migrate the Army ROTC and JROTC WordPress sites and designs SharePoint and Power Apps solutions. As an Equity and Accessibility Specialist with the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet, he redesigned forms and web content so they work for everyone, following WCAG and inclusive design practices.
Parrish’s love of photography began in 1992. His mother went to a pawn shop in their small town and bought him the best camera she could afford, an Olympus OM film camera. He didn’t know anything about cameras, and no one in his family had ever owned one, but he figured out how to use it, and his love of photography was born. Since then he has photographed youth and cross-country sports, events at Churchill Downs, the multi-day Bike MS ride from Reynosa, Mexico to Louisville, and mission work in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, along with the birthdays and family moments that matter most.
With a B.A. in Fine Arts and History from Presbyterian College, he brings an artist’s eye and a technologist’s discipline to every project, whether you need photography, design, development or consulting.
About me · Career timeline
A journey through image, interface, and information.
From a pawn-shop film camera to enterprise experiences, with photography as the constant thread.
1992First camera
2007First design role
9Professional roles
Small-town pawn shop
Where it started
First camera
A pawn-shop Olympus OM film camera, the best his mother could afford. No one in the family had ever owned a camera, so he taught himself to use it, and a lifelong love of photography began.
Presbyterian College
B.A. Fine Arts / History
Built the visual and historical foundation that still shapes an interdisciplinary practice.
Independent practice
Youth Sports & Event Photographer
Photographs sports, family milestones, humanitarian work, and major events—from school championships to Churchill Downs and international charity rides.
CrystaLink Business Technologies
Graphic / Web Designer
Translated client needs into websites, identity graphics, and print collateral while collaborating with developers on advanced functionality.
The Color Place
Graphic Designer / Systems Technician
Prepared national and local campaigns for wide-format production, mastering color correction, die lines, prepress, and production systems.
The Highland Vineyard Church
Technology & Media Director
Led web, email, presentation, SharePoint, media production, systems administration, and staff technology training.
Humana
Email Marketing Developer / Web Designer
Designed responsive email, web interfaces, marketing collateral, and enterprise content systems across Eloqua, SharePoint, and sales platforms.
Humana Military
User Interface Design Engineer II
Created accessible responsive interfaces and campaigns, managed complex messaging data, and solved compatibility challenges across legacy email environments.
Capital One
Senior Web / Email Designer
Built modular, personalized email and landing-page experiences with Figma, Litmus, Movable Ink, HTML, CSS, and cross-functional delivery teams.
Kentucky Education & Labor Cabinet
Equity & Accessibility Specialist
Redesigned forms, surveys, sitemaps, and content around WCAG and inclusive-design practices while facilitating stakeholder requirements.
Patriot Enterprises · U.S. Army
Knowledge Management Web Designer
Designs SharePoint, WordPress, Power Apps, and Microsoft 365 solutions that clarify workflows and improve the usability of Army knowledge systems.