Chuck Johnston

Experience

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  Maine High Adventure

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2004

  Chief Guide

  Responsible for training and managing guides. Planned 7-10 day trips in the North Maine Woods.

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  Boy Scouts of America

  Aug 2005 - Jul 2009

  Senior District Executive

  Worked as a volunteer organizer responsible for recruiting and trainingvolunteers, increasing membership, successfully meeting fundraising goals,and running outdoors programs for both youth and adults.Accomplishments● Successfully developed and maintained relationships with localbusiness leaders and volunteers.● Managed a budget of $250,000 and a staff of over 50 as director ofCamp Hahobas a six week residential camp in Tahuya, WA.● Supervised the recruitment and management of a staff ofvolunteers.● Raised over $175,000 annually in the Greater Tacoma area as partof a coordinate fundraising campaign.● Successfully completed coursework in Professional Development;including Personal and Volunteer Management. Show less

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  Accountacus LLC

  Jul 2009 - Jan 2010

  VP of Sales/Marketing

  Managed sales and marketing for TADAccounting and it’s softwaresubsidiary, LinkedCPA. With limited resources, used Social Media andcontent strategy to work with key industry influencers to define and extendthe reach of the LinkedCPA product resulting in an invitation to Intuit’sEntrepreneur Day.Accomplishments● Drove user engagement through Social Media.● Contributed to UI and UX design.● Wrote content for LinkedCPA blog.● Invited to Intuit Entrepreneur Day, an event for startups handpickedby Intuit to meet their management team and developers. Show less

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  SeeYourImpact.org

  Feb 2010 - Jul 2010

  Marketing Manager

  Drove user engagement through Social Media and content strategies.Responsible for working with new partner affiliates to design promotionalmarketing campaigns.Accomplishments● Contributed to User Interface and User Experience Design withfrontend development team.● Wrote and coordinated content for the SeeYourImpact blog.● Partnered with affiliated non-profits to develop marketing strategiesand campaigns.

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  CloudSway, LLC

  Aug 2010 - Mar 2013

  Product Manager

  Responsible for communicating with users and stakeholders to gather and prioritize feedback, create requirements and specifications and communicating information to development team. Design User Experience from rapid prototyping to implementation. Lead efforts for product positioning and marketing using new media to engage users and potential customers.Accomplishments● Managed 5-person development team.● Implemented a framework for gathering user feedback andcommunicating it to engineering team through use cases and userstories.● Transitioned team from waterfall to agile methodology.● Used Guerrilla Marketing Campaign to win “Best in Show” for tradeshow we did not attend.● Invited to Intuit Entrepreneur Day 2011, an event for startupshandpicked by Intuit to meet their management team anddevelopers.● Winner of 2011 Intuit Innovation Award. Show less

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  SiteCrafting Inc

  Mar 2013 - now

  Conduct and direct user research, user experience design, and usability testing of websites and web applications as part of a user centered design process. Manage User Experience related processes both internally and for clients. Design desktop and mobile experiences for the web by engaging with clients, researching solutions, and articulating design decisions. ● Creating wireframes, prototypes, and specifications● Conducting usability tests● Acting as user advocate during development● Providing heuristic evaluations of interfaces

  • User Experience Manager

    Mar 2014 - now

  • User Experience Designer

    Mar 2013 - Aug 2014
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  GearLab

  Jun 2015 - now

  Director

  Usability Testing, Design Research, UX Design

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  University of Washington Tacoma

  Sept 2017 - now

  Lecturer

  I teach Ethics to undergraduate students in the School of Engineering & Technology.