Re: [Design] Fwd: Jared Zimmerman joins Wikimedia Foundation as Director of UX

-- Sumana Harihareswara Engineering Community Manager Wikimedia Foundation On 05/06/2013 12:44 PM, Erik Moeller wrote: > FYI > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Erik Moeller erik@wikimedia.org > Date: Mon, May 6, 2013 at 9:44 AM > Subject: Jared Zimmerman joins Wikimedia Foundation as Director of UX > To: wikimediaannounce-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > Hi folks, > > It’s my great pleasure to announce that today, Jared Zimmerman will > start as Wikimedia Foundation’s Director of User Experience. As UX > Director, Jared will lead the design team and have a hands-on role on > the team, contributing his own design work. It’s still a small team > (Brandon, Vibha, May, and Pau), but we expect to hire an additional > 3-4 designers in the coming 12-18 months. > > Prior to Wikimedia, Jared was Principal Interaction Designer at > Autodesk, where he worked with engineers, visual artists, and user > experience researchers to create new software solutions for > architecture and design professionals with an emphasis on AutoCAD for > Mac and soon to be released online design collaboration tools. Jared > has led cross-disciplinary design teams in his roles at Autodesk, > Ammunition Group, and iconmobile, including creative direction. > > At Autodesk, he was part of the transition to agile development and > helped his design teams apply those principles to their work. During > his time there he worked with design management to establish designers > as product owners in the scrum process, to further integrate them into > the development process from start to finish, as well as teaching his > team best practices for use of agile design tools. > > Jared has degrees in Graphic Design (BGD) and Fine Art Photography > (BFA) from the Rhode Island School of Design. His photography has been > in featured in publications such as Travel + Leisure Magazine, > ZonaRetiro, and Huffington Post. > > In addition to starting in his new job, Jared is also planning his > wedding in July to his fiancée Shannon. [1] In his spare time Jared is > wrapping up a remodel to their home, working on his first iPhone app, > experimental cooking, photographing the bay area & abroad [2], and > answering questions on Quora. [3] > > I look forward to Jared’s leadership in helping elevate a delightful, > consistent and efficient User Experience to becoming a key measure of > success for our work. > > Please join me in welcoming Jared! :-) > > Erik > > [1] http://shannonbadiee.com/ > [2] http://www.flickr.com/photos/spoinknet/ > [3] https://www.quora.com/Jared-Zimmerman/answers > > -- > Erik Möller > VP of Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Foundation > > > -- > Erik Möller > VP of Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Foundation > > _______________________________________________ > Design mailing list > Design@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/design