John Biebel: User Experience Manager
j@johnbiebel.com – 617 417 9877
1345 Narragansett Blvd, Cranston RI 02905 - Portfolio: www.biebelux.com
User Experience Design Manager with ten years of dedication creating engaging, meaningful learning environments for software users and digital tools consumers.
Career
Pearson Education: User Experience Manager, Learning Applications: 11/06/13-Present
(Boston, MA) Involved two promotions, from Senior UX Designer to Design Supervisor, promoted then to UX Manager in 2017
Lead a team of eight designers working on nine software applications
Each application in our portfolio is a learning tool that enhances and expands curriculum and courseware learning potential and offers unique knowledge acquisition via skill-improvement
Oversee the creation of our component library and design language for consistent experiences
Collaborate actively with partners in development, research, project management, and learning science
Create presentations on design theory for feature planning, facilitate workshops for user journeys, critique and assist with design output with team toward sprint goals
Work with other group managers to steer larger company initiatives, such as platform design, roadmap planning, and global education initiatives
Intralinks (Charlestown, MA): User Experience Designer: 10/15/12 - 09/30/13
Cloud data storage company
Aspen Tech (Burlington, MA): Senior Product Designer: 04/24/11 – 09/30/12
Energy plant simulation software design company
Red Hat, Inc (Westford, MA): User Experience Designer, Engineering: 07/20/10 – 04/06/11
Open source software / Enterprise
Monster.com (Cambridge, MA): Interaction Designer / Information Architect: 06/10/08 – 07/15/10
Web-based employment tool for employers and job seekers
Education
The Cooper Union (College of Art) New York, NY, full scholarship
Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree (BFA) with distinction in Painting and Photography
Skills / Expertise
Software (currently using): Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), Sketch, Zeplin, InVision, Lucidchart, Mural, Optimal Workshop (for remote testing)
UX Skills: Group facilitation for journey mapping, product development workshops, card sorting; creating low- and high-fidelity wireframes, prototypes; consulting for research on persona creation, user interviews, focus groups; testing final designs
Management: Recruitment for job roles, setting and monitoring employee goals, overseeing professional development, liaising between teams for greatest collaboration, encouraging growth within our projects and workplace, and personal career goal development
References Available upon request