Paul Janney

Current

Sr. Interaction Designer at PayPal

Past

Web Creative Manager at Sierra Trading Post
Sr. Web Designer at Lands' End
Lead Web Designer at Growzone

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Education

Art Institute of Colorado
LCCC

Recommended

5 people have recommended Paul

Connections

217 connections

Industry

Internet

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Paul Janney’s Summary

Experience Designer for web and software applications specializing in retail eCommerce and common payment practices.

Have consistently delivered positive, measurable results with designs crafted on user, business and technology goals. Experience on large cross-functional teams and as an independent contributor.

Paul Janney’s Specialties:

wireframes, storyboarding, flow diagrams, information architecture, taxonomy, prototypes, documentation

hueristic reviews, observational studies, interviews, competitive analysis, analytical analysis, personas

HTML, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, W3C, web standards (WAI + 508), semantic markup, SEO, CS3 suite

eCommerce, retail, payment processing, mobile, online copy, AP style, small creative team management

Paul Janney’s Experience

Sr. Interaction Designer

PayPal

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; ebay; Internet industry)

January 2006 — Present (3 years 7 months)

Primary focus includes building intelligent experiences to meet rapidly growing customer, technology and business needs for an international user base of 125 million.
Web Creative Manager

Sierra Trading Post

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Retail industry)

January 2007 — November 2007 (11 months)

Established a creative department of four web designers and one copywriter with a team philosophy driven by usable and engaging customer-facing designs.
Sr. Web Designer

Lands' End

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; SHLD; Apparel & Fashion industry)

June 2001 — December 2005 (4 years 7 months)

Responsible for customer experience from ideation to implementation, on both proprietary software interfaces and customer-facing web products in a global, retail eCommerce environment.
Lead Web Designer

Growzone

(Internet industry)

June 1999 — May 2001 (2 years)

First employee hired at start-up dedicated to providing online tools and solutions for the horticultural industry. Designed and implemented online experience for a client-configurable B2C product and a separate B2B solution for green industry businesses. Hired and oversaw two junior designers and one graphic designer.

Paul Janney’s Education

Art Institute of Colorado

AAS , Multimedia , 1997 — 1998

Earned 4.0 final quarter and graduated one quarter early. Portfolio of the Year finalist.
LCCC

AA , Journalism , 1993 — 1996

Online Editor and contributing writer for school newspaper - Wingspan. Received Editor's Choice award for digital photography work showcased in annual school magazine - High Plains Register. Named Journalism Student of the Year for 1999. Member of SFAC (Student Fee Allocation Committee) for 1999 representing Fine Arts. Coach and player for intramural basketball team.