Jonathan Hadden

Current

Senior Visual Engineer at Yahoo!
User Experience Designer at Boxes and Arrows

Past

User Experience Designer & Usability Analyst at Assurant, Inc.
Lead Web Designer and Developer at Echo Creative, Inc.
Web Designer at Digital Array

Visual Designer and Web Developer at Language Solutions

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Education

Minneapolis Community and Technical College
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

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Industry

Design

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Jonathan Hadden’s Summary

User experience designer with a strong understanding of web standards implemented within the software development lifecycle.

Theoretical understanding and analysis of requirements, trends and developments in the user experience design and Web development industries as well as practical experience designing products and processes in both traditional waterfall and Agile development environments.

Led multiple projects utilizing a broad set of development platforms including web content management systems and portal environments.

Technical Proficiencies: XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, XML, JSON, AJAX, JSTL, Ruby on Rails, Websphere Portal
Tools: Pencil and paper, Photoshop, Illustrator, Image Ready, Dreamweaver, Flash, Captivate, Acrobat, Visio, Microsoft Office 2007, Eclipse

Jonathan Hadden’s Specialties:

User Interface/Visual Design, Photoshop, Conceptualize Layouts, Usability Research and Testing, Cognitive psychology, Interaction Design Heuristics

Jonathan Hadden’s Experience

Senior Visual Engineer

Yahoo!

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; YHOO; Internet industry)

September 2008 — Present (11 months)

Conduct user research for users of Search Engine Marketing applications and guide user-centered design based on the analysis of that research. Implement the front-end user interface using CSS, XHTML and JavaScript based on the designs that have been thoroughly tested.
User Experience Designer

Boxes and Arrows

(Design industry)

March 2007 — Present (2 years 5 months)

Translate requirements to user centered design concepts and implement solutions that apply to the Boxes and Arrows brand look and feel. Provide expert CSS advice for layout problems and produce semantic XHTML.
User Experience Designer & Usability Analyst

Assurant, Inc.

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; AIZ; Insurance industry)

December 2006 — September 2008 (1 year 10 months)

Web Developer and User Experience Designer. I research user needs, functional specs and requirements for each project and apply my findings to a usable design. Practicing web standards and lightweight code techniques, I ensure all of Assurants web applications and sites have a beautiful, but most importantly, usable experience for all users.
Lead Web Designer and Developer

Echo Creative, Inc.

(Public Company; 1-10 employees; Design industry)

October 2005 — December 2006 (1 year 3 months)
Web Designer

Digital Array

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

November 2003 — August 2005 (1 year 10 months)
Visual Designer and Web Developer

Language Solutions

(Educational Institution; 1-10 employees; Education Management industry)

June 2002 — November 2003 (1 year 6 months)

Jonathan Hadden’s Education

Minneapolis Community and Technical College

Web Design & Development 2004 — 2006

Activities and Societies:

DAM - Design Association of Minnesota, MCTC Jazz Band
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Applied Economics 2000 — 2004

Activities and Societies:

Delta Chi