Craig Kistler

Current

• Senior Product Manager at American Greetings
• Owner/Designer at Small Farm Design

Past

• Experience Process Consultant at Progressive Insurance
• Senior Interactive Designer / Information Architect at WhittmanHart
• Contract Designer at DigitalDay

• Creative Director at In Mind Media

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Education

• Virginia Marti College of Design

Recommended

4 people have recommended Craig

Connections

179 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Freelance Design Company
• My Day Job

Craig Kistler’s Summary

User experience professional with over 10 years of experience in all aspects of user-centered design for web sites and online applications. I enjoy projects that require strong concept and creative skills, information architecture and user experience knowledge. I have a great desire to design experiences that are easy and intuitive for users and gives companies a competitive advantage. I believe in practicing user center design and using user data and analytics to drive design decisions.

Craig Kistler’s Specialties:

Interaction Design, User Research, Usability Testing, Information Architecture, Requirements Definition, Web Design and Graphic Design.

Craig Kistler’s Experience

• Senior Product Manager

  American Greetings

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Consumer Goods industry)

  March 2007 — Present (1 year 9 months)

  Cross brand User Experience design, usability considerations for all products web site traffic growth, web site UI and advertising revenue.

• Owner/Designer

  Small Farm Design

  (Design industry)

  June 1997 — Present (11 years 6 months)

• Experience Process Consultant

  Progressive Insurance

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Insurance industry)

  April 2005 — March 2007 (2 years)

  User Experience design, usability considerations, usability testing,website UI, website design and front-end development

• Senior Interactive Designer / Information Architect

  WhittmanHart

  (Public Company; Internet industry)

  2003 — 2005 (2 years)

• Contract Designer

  DigitalDay

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  2001 — 2003 (2 years)

• Creative Director

  In Mind Media

  (Internet industry)

  1999 — 2001 (2 years)

Craig Kistler’s Education

• Virginia Marti College of Design

  Commercial Art 1995 — 1999

Additional Information

Craig Kistler’s Websites:

• My Freelance Design Company
• My Day Job

Craig Kistler’s Interests:

Design, Usability, User Experience, New Technology, E-commerce, Sports, Fishing, Family,

Craig Kistler’s Groups:

•    Usability Professionals' Association International (UPA-I)
•    Interaction Design Association
•    Progressive Insurance Employee & Alumni Group
•    Design Research
•    Pragmatic Marketing Certified
•    WhittmanHart Alumni and Friends

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