Welcome! I am an interaction designer, information architect, user interface designer, design team leader and musician living in metro New York City (some call it New Jersey). Here you will find my resume, examples of my work relating to user experience design including sketches, site maps and wireframes.

You should follow me on Twitter here.

Read my user experience blog here. My now-abandoned, personal blog can be found here.

Resume

Resume Highlights:

Expert user interface and interaction designer with proven track record of shipping elegant, usable mass-consumed products in multiple industries

Charismatic leader of both single-discipline and cross-functional teams

Experienced in all aspects of design management including Agile UX teams

Self-motivated, innovative UX practitioner with a successful history of evangelizing the benefits of design at all levels of the organization

Skilled at gathering and refining functional requirements and defining product specifications

Significant experience creating site maps, flow diagrams, wireframes, use cases, persona-based scenarios and functional requirements documents

Expert in human factors principles in information design

Strong understanding of technical concepts, environments, constraints and capabilities

Work Examples

I've compiled a list of example design deliverables. These include:

Sitemaps - Concept diagrams used to illustrate the organization of the content, the flow of tasks and types of screens.

Wireframes - Detailed schematics of elements at the page-level showing specific user interface criteria and application behavior.

Use Cases - Verbal description of user/system interaction accounting for business rules.

Design Specification Documents - To the pixel descriptions of every UI element on the screen and it's interactive qualities.

Published Articles

Practical Applications: Visio or HTML for Wireframes?
Published Feb 2003 in Boxes and Arrows

Shelf Life: Designing for the Longevity of Purpose
Published March 2010 in Full Bleed Magazine

Research Papers

I have written research papers as part of my graduate work at Bentley College. They are posted below by topic

Summer/Fall 2010 Speaking Engagements

I've got several speaking gigs this summer and fall. Come see me speak!

Recent Site Launches

The following sites I've worked on have launched recently.

Hobbies

Blog

I keep track of my thoughts at Perception Is the Experience -- a UX focused blog.

Contact

e:jeff@jeffGothelf.com
t:@jboogie