Product Design for Business. UX, UI, IX, IA, and what to do with them.

Head of Product @ Product UX strategy and conceptual product design. http://www.getlittlebird.com From June 2014 to Present (1 year 7 months) Product Design Director @ Visual brand strategy and product / packaging design for Glide Saké line. http://glidebev.com From October 2007 to Present (8 years 3 months) Senior Product Designer @ Conceptual and functional design for Jive Engage. Co-founding member of Jive Product Design Team. UI/UX Agile Product Owner. Formerly Sr. UI Designer. 2008-2009. http://www.jivesoftware.com From April 2008 to June 2014 (6 years 3 months) Principal Designer @ From April 1990 to April 2010 (20 years 1 month) Design Director @ Creative Direction; managed and grew in-house design staff, physical and environmental product design and touchscreen app design, marketing communications and print design. http://aisle7.com From October 2004 to April 2008 (3 years 7 months) Creative Director and Co-Founder @ This was an exciting time, but not a finite position. With a few partners, we spun up several companies with the goal of making more entertainment more available to more people. Not the blockbuster stuff, but the favorites from our (and others' whom we served) lives. We set out to bring more beloved (and some forgotten, cheesy, and cult) titles available to the mainstream public as they purchased DVD players in droves - think Convoy and Day of the Triffids in remastered format. This resulted in Cheezy Flicks (the retailer), IMD (the independent media distributor), and others. From January 2000 to December 2004 (5 years) Portland, Oregon AreaCreative Director / Information Architect @ Product Design and UX Strategy for FISERV software; Brand Management and Digital Media Director. http://www.transferonline.com From April 2000 to October 2004 (4 years 7 months) Creative Director @ Design direction and post-production management, including package design, marketing communications and sell sheets, web design, DVD menu design and publishing, and liaison to duplication facilities. Also responsible for managing brand work, design outsourcing and direction. From March 2002 to July 2004 (2 years 5 months) Senior Designer @ Corporate web design, information architecture, identity, illustration and animation for a web design and dev/hosting company. Projects also included web application design, IA / sitemaps, account management, and interactive CD-ROM troubleshooting. From April 1999 to April 2000 (1 year 1 month) Web Animator @ Web animation artist (yes, Flash and a lot of GIFs) From April 1998 to April 1999 (1 year 1 month)

Jason Z. is skilled in: User Experience, User Interface Design, User Interface, Information Architecture, Creative Direction, Web Design, User-centered Design, Product Design, Interaction Design, Experience Design, Information Design, Social Software, Social Media, Usability Testing, User Experience Design