Jim Jeffers

Current

• Lead Creative at Sumo Creations, LLC

Past

• Integremlin at Integrum Technologies
• Designer / Developer at Sitewire, LLC
• Graphic Designer at Phoenix Metropolitan Magazine

• Creative Director at JLT Mobile Computers, inc.
• Business Consultant / Web Developer at Spin Internet Media, LLC
• Senior Web Designer at Premiere 1 Entertainment
• Web Developer / 'Tech Guy' at Home Referral.com
• Flash Animator at Vertigo Interactive, Inc.
• Assistant Web Designer at RPWSD (Sole Proprietorship)

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Education

• The University of Queensland
• Arizona State University

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Company
• My Blog
• My Website

Jim Jeffers’s Summary

Background & Education:

As a self taught-designer and developer with over ten years of professional experience in web application conceptualization, design, and implementation. My formal education at ASU has been an undergrad with a concentration in business marketing. I'm currently pursuing my masters degree in Interaction Design at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia

User Experience / Service Design:

I currently facilitate and conduct design research and paper prototyping sessions for my clients. I help clients discover target audiences and design workflows in their products to help them best address their target audiences needs while appealing to their motives. We rapidly iterate these tests on paper to determine a concrete solution that we can test on users.

Implementation:

I help clients test and prove concepts by rapidly prototyping them in HTML/CSS/Javascript or by using Flex/Flash to create interactive mockups.

Development and Design:

I have worked as a visual designer for over 10 years with a focus on web. In addition to design creation I also can produce production worthy, cross-browser compatible html/css/js builds for visual designs following best practices for semantic markup, accessibility, and progressive enhancement. Finally, I am well versed in server side frameworks such as Ruby on Rails, PHP including (Wordpress and Expression Engine), and even .NET's MVC solution so I can work well with software developers.

I typically hand code in:
HTML, Javascript, CSS, Actionscript (1/2/3), Ruby, and PHP.

More about me can be found at:
http://www.jimjeffers.com

Jim Jeffers’s Specialties:

UX, Interaction Design, Graphic Design, Web-Site Programming, Corporate Branding, Web-Site Usability, Rich Internet Applications, Flash, Flex, Ruby, Rails, XHTML, CSS, PHP, mySQL, ActionScript, Javascript, jQuery, Protoype

Jim Jeffers’s Experience

• Lead Creative

  Sumo Creations, LLC

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  January 2006 — Present (4 years )

  I manage and run a small creative development firm specializing in highly customized web sites and web based applications. We focus on quality in all aspects including back end development, front end coding, and slick integration of features utilizing the latest emerging technologies via best practices. Our bandwidth is limited but our quality is high.

• Integremlin

  Integrum Technologies

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  March 2008 — October 2008 (8 months)

• Designer / Developer

  Sitewire, LLC

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  August 2006 — March 2008 (1 year 8 months)

  My position involved working as both a participant and liason between our creative and technology services teams.

• Graphic Designer

  Phoenix Metropolitan Magazine

  (Media Production industry)

  January 2007 — December 2007 (1 year )

• Creative Director

  JLT Mobile Computers, inc.

  (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  June 2003 — August 2006 (3 years 3 months)

  I completely revamped the company's visual marketing providing them with a rugged yet clean brand image. I worked extensively to implement the branding consistently across all utilized media.
  
  Behind the scenes I redeveloped the corporate web-site from the ground up to make it manageable by the staff and search engine friendly. In addition I developed a corporate intranet tool in PHP / MySQL completely from scratch. This tool included custom web applications, which allowed sales team to perform sales forecasting and reports, control logistics of demo system inventory, share and keep all collateral up to date in a shared document portal.
  
  Last but not least I worked extensively with others in the organization to build custom tools that could integrate with the implementation of Syspro ERP. I helped fill the gaps that the software couldn't provide for the company developing small webapplications that tied into the ERP's SQL Server.

• Business Consultant / Web Developer

  Spin Internet Media, LLC

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  March 2002 — September 2003 (1 year 7 months)

  Served primarily as a front end designer and flash developer for this small Phoenix based webshop. At times I was asked to personally visit and consult with clients individually for the company to ensure the job was meeting client expectations.

• Senior Web Designer

  Premiere 1 Entertainment

  (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  May 2002 — January 2003 (9 months)

  - Developed logo as well as brand image and original site design.
  - Created custom java script programs and Flash animations.
  - Used new features in Flash MX to stream videos online.

• Web Developer / 'Tech Guy'

  Home Referral.com

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  February 2001 — August 2001 (7 months)

  - Officially worked as a web designer / developer.
  - Developed and redesigned the company's own web-site.
  - Created an advanced intranet application based on ASP 3.0
  - Developed and branded affilliated subsidary sites owned by the company.
  - Gave input on any decisions involving internet related services.
  - Trained staff members to use company intranet application.

• Flash Animator

  Vertigo Interactive, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  August 2000 — February 2001 (7 months)

  - Created new and modified existing flash animations for client web-sites.
  - Developed CD-ROM based presentations in Flash 4.

• Assistant Web Designer

  RPWSD (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  January 1999 — September 1999 (9 months)

  - Created HTML layouts and graphics.
  - Created animated loops and menus in Flash 3.
  - Designed original artwork for printed promotional materials.

Jim Jeffers’s Education

• The University of Queensland

  Masters , Interaction Design , 2009 — 2010 (expected)

• Arizona State University

  Business , Marketing, Communication , 2002 — 2006

  Participated in two of the Fulton Entrepreneurship Competitions.

  Activities and Societies:

  American Marketing Association, Technology Venture and Entreprenuership Club, Club Entreprenuer, Decision Information Systems Club, Innovation Space, Certificate of Dealership Management Program

Additional Information

Jim Jeffers’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Blog
• My Website

Jim Jeffers’s Interests:

New Technology, Art, Programming, Ruby, Database Systems, Web Applications, Agile Development, Emerging Marketing Trends, Photography, Business Strategy

Jim Jeffers’s Groups:

Refresh Phoenix, Ruby Users Group, Ruby on Rails Users Group, AZ Photography Club

•    Interaction Design Association
•    Ruby on Rails
•    UX Professionals
•    Refresh - Promoting design, technology,and usability.
•    Flash Platform Users Group of Arizona
•    The Blogging Network
•    Prototype Community

Jim Jeffers’s Contact Settings

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