12qaz John Inge: Interaction Designer, Information Architect and Web Developer—Resume Experience

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My Interaction Design and Information Architect experience appears below. Click the Expand link to read the job description for each specific job. Click the See portfolio icon to go to the corresponding Portfolio page. Download my resume to see my entire career, which spans over 20 years.

Senior Interaction Designer

March 2011–present
Amazon
Seattle, Washington
Sole Interaction Designer working on the redesign of Amazon’s Subscribe and Save program. Transferred to the Transportation Services team, where I am an interaction designer, visual designer, and front-end developer.
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Senior Information Architect

October 2010–February 2011
Syndicate Bleu 
San Francisco, California
  • Signal to Noise, San Francisco: Created wireframes and user flows for Nike Store iPhone application.
  • BBDO, San Francisco: Sole information architect working on the redesign of www.barefootwine.com. Worked on the website, Facebook wall, and mobile website (ecosystem). Created persona and scenarios, conducted user interviews, created detailed sitemaps. Created wireframes and user flows for the entire ecosystem.
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Lead Designer

August 2006–September 2010
The Cobalt Group 
Seattle, Washington
Redwood City, California
Lead Designer and Information Architect for The Cobalt Group. Sole UI designer for The Cobalt Group's Search Engine Marketing application. Created low-fidelity wireframes with Microsoft Visio on a PC and high-fidelity wireframes with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign on the Mac. Conducted usability tests.
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Information Architect

August 2007–September 2010
smartdept, inc. See portfolio
Seattle, Washington
Worked on a contract basis as an Information Architect for companies, including Microsoft, Yahoo, Infospace, Hadley Green Creates, HL2, and DDB.
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Information Architect

June 2006–August 2006
Studio UX See portfolio
Bellevue, Washington
Hired on a contract basis for the redesign of www.coldwatercreek.com. Completed the following IA activities: heuristic evaluation, competitive analysis, personas and scenarios, interaction maps, and initial wireframes.
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Senior Information Architect

May 2005–June 2006
Saltmine See portfolio
Seattle, Washington
Hired as a salaried employee, after working on a contract basis in 2005. Senior Information Architect for Saltmine, worked on consumer-facing websites for Intel and Microsoft. Lead architect on projects to customize Microsoft SharePoint portals for clients. Created wireframes in Visio and wrote requirements and functional specifications.

Four-month assignment at Premera. Lead Web UX consultant for the member portal for www.premera.com. Worked with key staff on implementing Consumer Directed Health Plan (CDHP) on the site. Created wireframes and wrote detailed functional specifications.
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Information Architect, Web Developer, and UI Designer

April 2004–May 2005
Freelance See portfolio
Seattle, Washington
Worked through The Creative Group on the following contracts.
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Information Architect, Web Developer, UI Designer

May 2001–April 2004
InLight, Inc.
Seattle, Washington
San Francisco, California
Created websites for several Bay Area companies. Also acted as project manager during the development of each website.
  • www.liifund.org: I designed and developed a new website for the Low Income Investment Fund.
  • www.ideo.com: Developed two web applications for a client of Ideo.com.
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Web Architect

September 2000–May 2001
Interactive Business Systems
San Francisco, California
As a web architect, worked with clients to develop and design the site's layout, navigation, and information architecture. Created mockups, storyboards, and functional prototypes, wrote functional specifications, and conducted usability tests.
  • Major client was www.sohoware.com: I worked closely with staff at Sohoware to design and develop two websites.
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Business Systems Analyst

April 2000–September 2000
Getty Images
Seattle, Washington
Offered permanent position at Getty Images and transferred to the E-commerce Applications Group at Getty Images. Acted as the lead analyst for the group for www.gettyone.com (now Getty Images Creative). Researched and wrote business requirements documents.
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Information Architect

September 1999–April 2000
Getty Images See portfolio
Seattle, Washinton
Hired on a contract-to-permanent basis. Developed storyboards, mockups, and prototypes for Getty Images. Designed the site's navigation, Search section mockups, and data flow. Addressed matters of consistency, usability, and user interaction. Worked with product and brand managers throughout the architecture phase. Developed and conducted usability tests. Two major projects appear below.
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Web Developer

July 1995–September 1999
InLight, Inc.
Seattle, Washington
Worked on Web development projects for several Northwest companies, including these organizations.
  • RealNetworks: Helped to develop website for client to stream over 1,500 radio stations from the site.
  • Microsoft: Worked on several Intranet websites for Microsoft, primarily for the Visual Studio Product Marketing group.
  • Active Voice: Participated in the final development of a new website for Active Voice.
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