Intro
Hi, I'm Jeff Wain.
I'm a Chicago-based designer who specializes in helping teams
understand, explore, and deliver approachable solutions to complex
design challenges.
My background
I've spent 15+ years across the technology industry bringing ideas
to reality. I lead end-to-end product design efforts across
organizations, guiding teams through early exploration and
research on to delivery and future growth. My focus lately is
building design teams' support networks to help designers do their
best work, and identifying and creating opportunities for design,
process improvement, and cross-team collaboration.
I'm a multi-disciplinary interaction designer with experience
leading design and design teams through projects spanning finance,
SaaS, service design, enterprise software, design systems,
consumer electronics, and wearables.
I've worked with
I've worked for
2022 - Present
Hologram
Startup
IoT Connectivity
Principal Product Designer
2017 - 2022
Northern Trust
Enterprise
Finance
VP, Experience Design Lead
2016
Paylocity
Startup
Human Resources
UX Lead
2012 - 2015
gravitytank
Consulting
Innovation
Interaction Design Lead
2010 - 2012
Indiana University, Bloomington
M.S. Human-Computer Interaction Design
2011
Adaptive Path
Consulting
Interaction
Interaction Design Summer Associate
2007 - 2011
National Marketing Resources
Marketing
Software Engineer, UI
2003 - 2007
William Jewell College
B.A. Web Design and Development (Self-Designed)
Kanda University for International Studies
Minor, Japanese Area Studies
2005, 2006
Cerner
Enterprise
Healthcare
Software Engineering Intern, Blood Bank, PowerChart
2001 - 2017
Freelance
Designer / Web Developer