Jennifer Chaffee

Current

President / Owner at Mouse Works Media

Past

Human Interface Design Engineer at McDATA Corporation
Art Director and Senior Visual Interface Designer at Claris Corporation
Senior Visual Interface Designer at Apple, Inc

Visual Interface Design Engineer at Hewlett Packard
Visual Interface Designer at Xerox Corporation, Rochester, NY

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Education

Rochester Institute of Technology

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Industry

Computer Software

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Jennifer Chaffee’s Summary

Principal in Visual Interface Design Consulting business. Lead Visual Designer responsible for handling initial contact with clients, project requirements, client meetings, along with project design and development including conceptual design to final specifications.

Jennifer Chaffee’s Specialties:

Specialist in innovative graphical interface design for software and web applications, from conceptual designs to detailed specifications.

Jennifer Chaffee’s Experience

President / Owner

Mouse Works Media

(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

September 1996 — Present (12 years)

Owner and principal consultant. Responsible for business marketing, collateral, and client billing for consultancy. Client project responsibilities include, client meetings and UI evaluation; project estimates, budgeting and proposals; project management, scheduling, and meeting co-ordination; definition and implementation of visual design criteria, art direction, setting design objectives, and creative problem solving; brand implementation and visual design guidelines; development of visual design concepts, product attributes, iconography, and visual design specs; presentation of design solutions and final deliverables.
Human Interface Design Engineer

McDATA Corporation

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; MCDT; Computer Hardware industry)

December 2006 — February 2007 (3 months)

User Interface designer in McDATA's User Technology Group. Responsibilties include interface design for McDATA's Enterprise Fabric Connectivity Management software.
Art Director and Senior Visual Interface Designer

Claris Corporation

(Public Company; Computer Software industry)

July 1995 — August 1996 (1 year 2 months)

Art directed visual interface designers and designed software interfaces for Claris Corporation.
Senior Visual Interface Designer

Apple, Inc

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; AAPL; Computer Software industry)

July 1991 — June 1995 (4 years)

Designed the new appearance and guided the implementation of Macintosh System 8 Software.
Visual Interface Design Engineer

Hewlett Packard

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Software industry)

September 1988 — June 1991 (2 years 10 months)

Created visual interface designs for software development tools, assisted in customer field research and helped develop Motif, a graphical user interface for Unix.
Visual Interface Designer

Xerox Corporation, Rochester, NY

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Hardware industry)

September 1985 — August 1988 (3 years)

Created information graphics for hardware and software interfaces for copiers within the Industrial Design and Human Factors group. Tasks included observation of usability studies, and collaboration with hardware and software engineer teams throughout the product development cycles.

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Jennifer Chaffee’s Interests:

Graphic design, information architecture,product design, fine art, parenting, historical architecture and house restoration, kitchen and bath design, landscaping, gardening, sewing