John Yesko

John Yesko

User Experience Lead at Roundarch, Inc.

Greater Chicago Area

Current
  • User Experience Lead at Roundarch, Inc.
  • Web Design and Information Architecture Consultant at Yesko Design
Past
  • User Experience Group Manager at Fry, Inc.
  • Manager of Design & Information Architecture at closerlook, inc.
  • Art Director at InterMedic, Inc.
  • Director of Multimedia Services at Face Communications, Inc. / MedPro Software, Inc.
Education
  • University of Illinois at Chicago
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Joliet Catholic High School
Connections
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Industry
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John Yesko’s Summary

I am a User Experience Lead at Roundarch, a consultancy that designs and implements large-scale websites for some of the world’s largest public and private organizations.

My role involves information architecture, interaction design, and user experience leadership. I speak at professional conferences on these topics whenever I have the chance. Some examples include:

+ Society for Technical Communications Tech Comm Summit, 2009 (Led User Experience Institute within conference)
+ WebBuilder 2.0, 2008 (User Experience Documentation 2.0)
+ Web 2.0 Expo, 2008 (Rich UX Documentation)
+ Usability Professionals' Association Annual Meeting, 2008 (The Battle of Brand vs. Usability)
+ Internet User Experience Conference - Ann Arbor, 2007, 2009 (Effective Translation of Brand Image on the Web, Retail Holiday Web Experience Design)
+ World Usability Day, 2005 (Panel Discussion on Practiced Usability)

I also maintain a freelance business, primarily designing websites for smaller companies and non-profits.
www.yesko.com

John Yesko’s Specialties:

information architecture, user experience, interface design, usability testing, website design, interaction design, creative direction


John Yesko’s Experience

  • User Experience Lead

    Roundarch, Inc.

    (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

    November 2006Present (3 years 1 month)

    Information architecture / user experience design for corporate, portal, and content management websites.

    Key clients include Sears, Motorola, American Medical Association, and Northern Trust.

  • Web Design and Information Architecture Consultant

    Yesko Design

    (Internet industry)

    1995Present (14 years )

    Freelance information architecture, website design and user experience consulting.

  • User Experience Group Manager

    Fry, Inc.

    (Internet industry)

    March 2005November 2006 (1 year 9 months)

    User experience design and information architecture for promintent eCommerce websites. Managed user experience staff in Chicago office.

    Key clients included Eddie Bauer, Dow Corning, and Cost Plus World Market.

    (Previous position: Senior Information Architect)

  • Manager of Design & Information Architecture

    closerlook, inc.

    (Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    19992005 (6 years )

    Web design and information architecture, and leadership of Design group.

    Key clients included Kodak, Accenture, Eli Lilly, and Sierra Club.

    (Previous positions: Senior Information Architect, Art Director, Senior Designer)

  • Art Director

    InterMedic, Inc.

    (Internet industry)

    19971998 (1 year )

  • Director of Multimedia Services

    Face Communications, Inc. / MedPro Software, Inc.

    (Design industry)

    19931997 (4 years )


John Yesko’s Education

  • University of Illinois at Chicago

    M.A.M.S. , Biomedical Visualization , 19911993

  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    B.F.A. , Design & Illustration , 19861990

  • Joliet Catholic High School


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John Yesko’s Interests:

information architecture, usability/user experience, interface design, industrial design, illustration, photography, architecture, soccer, basketball, cycling

John Yesko’s Groups:

Usability Professsionals' Association, Information Architecture Institute, AIGA

  •    Interaction Design Association
  •    Boxes and Arrows
  •    Information Architecture Institute (IAI)
  •    User Experience
  •    Joliet Catholic Alumni

John Yesko’s Honors:

Speaker at a number of design and user experience conferences.


John Yesko’s Contact Settings

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