Word of the day: "Kaizen"; incremental improvement
A walk down memory lane
But, really just increasing my RAM capacity
Before my first design gig, I was stacking veggies
Who knew my first job was the perfect one. Keys to the company cars + camera + gas + OT and learning every day
But how does one advance? Learn data, of course (Startup with a view: Lead Generation)
All that time looking across the river had me wanting an agency job. I got lucky and got my hands in the door at an old-school-cool agency making cool things for cool clients
#agencylife
Two years later leading dozens of end-to-end projects and interfacing with exponentially more stakeholders with countless revisions flowing freely from our legacy waterfall format, I sought Agile experience working with native (Android, iOS) & web apps – Got it! Where to next?
(Buttoned shirts required)
Commerce, of course! Wee-commerce, it seems
(also, free t-shirts!)
Sometimes life happens, so one has to acquire new skills on the fly – I now have bartending/backing/serving/hosting experience, plus REAL IRL customer heuristic data ;)
(This drawing is in no way indicative of my 'then' state of mind)
So then you find yourself waking up 5am to get from PHI to NYC (back home at 10pm, M-F) to do solid UX for some blue-chip clients at a digital agency in Midtown, Manhattan.
(psst .. we're older than we look)
Diligence pays off. Here's what it looks like when you're the principal UX designer on $1-2 million dollar contracts.
Cards Against Bad UX – (See how I distill complex data & requirements into engaging discussions for creative collaboration)
...and while NYC is a joy, I didn't come here to picnic :)
This site was created to represent what stands behind my UX focus – I invite you to check out the links below for a more granular look into my user experiences.
