Strategic User Experience Design Practioner
Greater Chicago Area
- Current
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- Director of Experience Planning at Draftfcb
- Director of Events & Marketing at Information Architecture Institute
- Author at Peachpit Press
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- Past
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- Senior Information Architect at Agency.com
- Senior Information Architect at Element 79 Partners
- Senior Information Architect / Senior Business Analyst (Contract) at Harpo
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- Education
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- TUI University
- Northern Illinois University
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Russ Unger’s Summary
Russ has been working on websites since 1993—when there was only Notepad to code with and Mosaic was the only browser around. That was when he found his interest in User Experience Design and Information Architecture began to flourish.
Since then, he has worked with a number of major brands, including Hewlett-Packard, Gatorade, Propel, Quaker and Celebrity Cruise Lines, as well as on large scale Intranet and Extranet applications for such companies as Volkswagen Credit, Audi Financial Services, Information Resources, Inc. and Marsh. He has been involved in the Information Architecture for large scale public-facing sites for such companies as Metromix, Oprah.com, United Airlines and Hewlett-Packard. He has also worked off-line, creating unique biometric (fingerprint reader) applications and has worked as the Design Lead for Motorola’s Connectivity domain where he was responsible for creating user interfaces for mobile applications in Motorola's Consumer Experience Design group. Russ worked closely with such major carriers as T-Mobile, Cingular/AT&T and Vodafone to design features for Bluetooth, WiFi and over-the-air updates. He has also taught courses in Web and Interactive/Flash Design.
In his spare time, he is an author and editor for Boxes and Arrows (www.boxesandarrows.com), a well-known online Information Architecture magazine. In addition to being a mentor for the Information Architecture Institute (www.iainstitute.org), Russ also serves on the 2200+ member organization’s Board of Directors as the Director of Events and Marketing. As if that is not enough, he tries to actively blog on topics in User Experience Design at UserGlue UserBlog (www.userglue.com/blog). He lives in West Chicago with his wife, Nicolle, and 2 daughters.
Russ is co-author of the book “A Project Guide to User Experience Design” with Carolyn Chandler for Peachpit Press (Voices That Matter).
Russ Unger’s Specialties:
Information Architecture, Interaction Design, User Experience Design, Design Strategy, Usability, User Interface, Social Networking, Social Strategy, Branding and Identity, Web and Interactive Design and Development, Creative Project Management and all-around (Software) Development Life Cycle.
Russ Unger’s Education
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TUI University
BS , Business Administration , 2008 — 2009
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Northern Illinois University
Public Speaking / Interpersonal Communications 1993 — 1997
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