Kevin Pittman

Experience

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  University of Washington

  Mar 2004 - Mar 2005

  Catalyst Undergraduate Consultant

  Assisted UW faculty and staff with web publishing and in the use of the Catalyst Web Tools. Created example portfolios and websites using the Catalyst Tools to be used for marketing.

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  University of Washington

  Oct 2008 - Mar 2011

  Led design efforts for web applications used in support of research, teaching, learning, and collaboration across the University of Washington.• Managed team of five UX professionals, providing guidance, feedback, and training as needed. Mentored graphic design, UX, and linguistics graduate students.• Evaluated designs and prototypes through usability studies.• Developed personas and high-level workflow diagrams to understand problem space and focus design efforts of team.• Examined and established communication and work processes.• Initiated open design review sessions to provide heuristic evaluations and guidance on UCD processes across UW. Show less Designed and developed suite of web applications to support research, teaching, learning, and collaboration across the University of Washington. • Conducted user research through interviews, contextual inquiry, focus groups, and surveys to understand user goals, needs, workflows, frustrations, and mental models.• Created functional specifications through writing, wireframes, page-flow diagrams, mock-ups, and prototypes.• Enabled online grade management and submission by successfully delivering GradeBook. Unprecedented 91% of courses submitted grades on time in Winter 2010 quarter.• Worked with team to refine agile software development processes. • Developed HTML/CSS framework to create unified look across multiple web applications and improve code maintainability.• Redesigned LST public website to integrate content from multiple sites after departmental reorganization.• Improved communication and documentation by updating intranet from static HTML files to MediaWiki. Show less

  • User Experience Design Lead

    Oct 2009 - Mar 2011

  • User Experience Designer

    Apr 2005 - Oct 2009

  • UX Advisor

    Oct 2008 - Jan 2009
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  Kuali Student

  Jan 2009 - Oct 2009

  User Experience Designer

  Collaborated remotely with designers, developers, business analysts, and subject matter experts from ten universities to design next generation student system.• Shortened time needed to deliver wireframes by lowering fidelity to scanned sketches.• Advised front-end developers on web application accessibility best practices.• Provided graphic design and HTML/CSS expertise.

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  Forum One

  Mar 2011 - Feb 2016

  - Directed UX of large-scale projects and proposals for clients in health, global development, education, and libraries- Advocated for development and growth of UX team members- Coordinated with other senior leadership in Seattle office to foster a creative, collaborative, and growth-focused culture- Mentored colleagues in user-centered design principles and activities

  • Manager of User Experience Design, West Coast

    Jun 2015 - Feb 2016

  • Senior User Experience Designer

    Mar 2011 - Jun 2015
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  University of Washington

  Jun 2016 - Jan 2021

  • Manager, User Experience Design

    Sept 2020 - Jan 2021

  • UX Designer

    Jun 2016 - Sept 2020
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  Contemplect

  Sept 2016 - now

  Co-Founder

  Contemplect is a monthly newsletter devoted to understanding the design of the world around us, one thread at a time.

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  Amazon

  Feb 2021 - now

  • Senior UX Designer

    Mar 2023 - now

  • UX Designer

    Feb 2021 - Mar 2023