Interaction Designer, radar.net
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Senior Interaction Designer at Tiny Pictures, Inc.
- Blogger at unraveled, my personal website
- Past
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- User Experience Architect at LBI
- Local Ambassador at UXnet
- Columnist at Digital Web Magazine
- Web Quality Assurance Specialist at Columbus State Community College
- Web Developer at Boxes and Arrows
- Founding Partner at Edheads
- Web Developer at MC2 Interactive
- Education
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- University College London, U. of London
- DeVry University
- Pennsylvania State University
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Joshua Kaufman’s Summary
I'm an interaction designer and user experience consultant with an M.S. HCI and over 7 years of experience in both the United States and Europe. An active member of the user experience design community, I've previously been a columnist for Digital Web Magazine and London Local Ambassador for UXnet, the user experience network.
Joshua Kaufman’s Specialties:
Interaction Design, Service Design, Product Design, Information Architecture, Web Design, Usability
Joshua Kaufman’s Experience
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Senior Interaction Designer
Tiny Pictures, Inc.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Wireless industry)
March 2007 — Present (1 year 5 months)
Creating user-centered designs for Radar, a social media service that turns cameraphone pictures and videos into ongoing visual conversations among friends.
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Blogger
unraveled, my personal website
(Non-Profit; Myself Only; Design industry)
January 2002 — Present (6 years 7 months)
I write a personal weblog (http://unraveled.com) about design, technology, products and getting things done.
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User Experience Architect
LBI
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Internet industry)
September 2004 — April 2007 (2 years 8 months)
Developed compelling user-centered solutions by working directly with senior executives of Fortune 500 companies throughout UK and Europe. Clients included UBS, Barclays, Barclaycard, Vodafone, British Telecom, Atos Origin, Phillip Morris International, and Sony. Notable projects included leading the user experience design of Barclaycard’s new consumer site, leading mobile handset benchmarking research across UK, Germany and Italy, and a significant amount of experience designing and leading usability testing studies.
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Local Ambassador
UXnet
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
August 2004 — July 2006 (2 years)
I was the London local ambassador for UXnet (http://uxnet.org), the user experience network.
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Columnist
Digital Web Magazine
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
February 2005 — February 2006 (1 year 1 month)
I wrote several articles for Digital Web Magazine (http://digital-web.com) about information architecture, usability and interaction design.
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Web Quality Assurance Specialist
Columbus State Community College
(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Internet industry)
October 2001 — July 2003 (1 year 10 months)
Designed and developed departmental sites by working with department chairpersons; maintained the quality of the entire site through the development of standards and quality assurance reviews.
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Web Developer
Boxes and Arrows
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
May 2002 — July 2003 (1 year 3 months)
Developed and maintained Boxes and Arrows website, a non-profit online magazine devoted to promoting the emerging fields of information architecture and interaction design.
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Founding Partner
Edheads
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
June 2000 — July 2002 (2 years 2 months)
Cofounded Edheads, a non-profit that creates educational experiences on the Web for grades K-8. Researched, wrote and developed educational activities.
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Web Developer
MC2 Interactive
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
September 2000 — August 2001 (1 year)
Collaborated as an integral member of the design and development team to develop front-end interfaces for Flash and HTML sites. Clients included Lane Bryant, Honda and Haworth.
Joshua Kaufman’s Education
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University College London, U. of London
M.S., Human Computer Interaction, 2003 — 2004
Thesis: Accessible and Usable Web Design (available from my professional site at http://joshuakaufman.org/articles/)
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DeVry University
B.S., Information Technology, September 2001 — September 2002
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Pennsylvania State University
B.S., Science, August 1994 — May 1998
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Joshua Kaufman’s Interests:
interaction design, mobile services and design, music, film, volleyball, baking, gardening
Joshua Kaufman’s Groups:
BayCHI, IxDA, UXnet
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Web Standards Design + Development member
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