About
Currently I am a User Experience Lead at the Tribune Company. Over the years I have earned various degrees in Psychology, Fine Arts, Computer Science and HCI. I started my career as a Front End Developer for a large E-Commerce company where I had a chance to work very closely with the User Experience Architects. It was in those interactions that I saw how I could put all my knowledge together in one field, thus I made the change over from development to crafting the user experience and have been enjoying it immensely ever since.
Skills
Site Maps, Wireframes, User Research, Usability Testing, User Center Design, Facilitating interviewing, Personas, Contextual Inquiries, Enthography, Use Cases, User Stories, Content Analysis, Competitive Analysis, Comparison Analysis, Card Sorting, Interaction Design, Information Architecture, Mobile User Experience, Agile UX, Prototyping, HTML/CSS/JQuery
Soft Skills
Empathy for the user, Problem solving, Facilitation, Solid presentation skills, Great client/stakeholder skills, Effective persuasive communication and writing skills, Active listening, Knowledge of emerging industry and technology trends, Collaborator and team player, Consensus building, Mentoring, Critiquing, Basic knowledge of project management process
Education
- DePaul University
- M.S. Human Computer Interaction
- University of Chicago
- M.S. Computer Science
- The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- B.F.A. Visual Communication
- Lake Forest College
- B.A. Psychology
Psi Chi National Honor Society
Contact
- kevin@leebroderickweb.com
- 708.268.3564
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