A lead UI/UX designer with over fifteen years of interactive and marketing experience. I am accustomed to working in lean and agile environments, always testing, iterating and designing new features and products. I am great at finding a range of solutions and work very well in a multi-disciplinary team environment. Somewhat OCD, I never shy away from front-end development, polishing code and organizing files so that designs are clean and pixel perfect.
Responsibility
- Lead and provide hands-on support on all strategic initiatives (web, print, email, app and mobile).
- Spearhead design and user experiences throughout all phases of the creative process, from conception to completion.
- Initiate, suggest and spearhead major UI refactoring for more intuitive user-experiences.
- Optimize user experience, funnels, and performance through testing and analytics.
- Hold design studios and develop scenarios, flows, personas and wireframes.
- Review and polish front-end code.
- Recruit and manage teams of full-time and freelance designers, developers, and copywriters.
- Mentor creative team and ensure a high level of employee engagement and satisfaction.
- Work with business owners to understand revenue potential and strategize marketing initiatives.
Experience
Founder and Lead UI/UX Design Consultant
Swedish Not Swiss Design, Inc. – New York (16-Present): Currently in a long-term contract with the government.
UI Lead
Tigerspike – Dubai (16): Tigerspike is an award-winning user experience and personal technology software company creating products and solutions that improve the way people live and work. Tigerspike is certified on the exclusive trusted developers list for both Google and Apple, and our main client in the Dubai office is Emirates, a leading global airline.
Head of Design
TheSquareFoot – New York (15-16): Listed by Business Insider as one of the 15 hottest New York City startups you need to watch, TheSquareFoot is the go-to destination for leasing commercial real estate by providing you with technology that makes it easy to search for the perfect office and a radically transparent brokerage to walk you through the leasing process. Get your office the space it deserves with TheSquareFoot.
UI/UX Lead
SOLS – New York (14-15): SOLS is a leader in the 3D printing space, and a pioneer of custom mass-manufacturing technology enabling the personalization of everyday wearables. Our first product brings 3D printing to footwear through dynamic and fashionable corrective orthotics and insoles.
Investors include Carmelo Anthony of the New York Knicks and our board of directors include Terdema Ussery, CEO of the Dallas Mavericks. Our CEO, Kegan Schouwenburg, has been featured on Forbes list of the 30 most important women under 30 in tech 2014, the top 30 most influential people under 30 in manufacturing 2015 and on Inc.'s 30 under 30 coolest entrepreneurs of 2015, among others.
Senior UI/UX Designer
SNAP Interactive – New York (11-14): A leading provider of online dating and social networking applications. SNAP’s flagship brand, AYI (AreYouInterested?), is one of the largest dating applications on the Internet with over 70 million installs, the fifth highest grossing iPhone app, and a top ten Facebook app. Overall, AYI averages more than 1 million visits daily.
Associate Creative Director
Grey Healthcare Group – New York (10-11): An international advertising and marketing agency focused on serving the pharmaceutical and health care industries. Grey Healthcare Group (GHG) is a unit of Grey and WPP. Clients include: Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Novartis, Boehringer Ingelheim and Novo Nordisk.
Senior Manager and Design Lead
CPA2Biz – New York (07-10): A subsidiary of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the largest professional association in North America with more than 350,000 members, the CPA2Biz website is the leading e-commerce channel for the accounting profession and ranked by Internet Retailer as one of the top five hundred e-commerce sites (#296) in the United States.
Senior Art Director
Kay Multimedia – New York (99-07): An award-winning graphic design studio with a wide range of Fortune 500, midsize and startup companies, including: American Express, Calvin Klein, Clarins, Douglas Elliman, Estée Lauder, Janus Mutual Funds, Maybelline, Pearson Publishing, Screenvision, Segal/Sibson, Thomson Financial and the United Nations.
Education
Master of Arts
New York University – Graphic Communications Management and Technology (Summa Cum Laude): Guided by a faculty of industry leaders and distinguished board of advisors, the Steinhardt School of Education helped provide critical leadership skills specific to the field of graphic communications.
Bachelor of Arts
Baruch College – Graphic Communications (Magna Cum Laude): Made possible by a unique collaboration between the Weissman School of Arts & Sciences and the Zicklin School of Business, this innovative program helped bestow specialized training in graphic and business communications.
What Others Say
“Christofer is a wonderful member of any team and he provides a calm professional addition to any agency. He has the extraordinary ability to combine strategic thinking and visual representation to concepts and campaigns that makes him a stand out in his field. You will find his work ethic is outstanding, his mind sharp and his passion for success unmatched by most in the industry. You will be lucky to have him as a member of your team, I know that I feel lucky to have had him part of mine.”
“Christofer is an excellent manager with exceptional leadership skills and a cutting-edge eye for design. He has the ability to bring the best out of people with his knowledge, mentoring and patience. Also, he has a wonderful personality that’s very warm and caring which makes it a delight working with him.”
“If I was to start a new business Christofer would be the first person I’d ask to be on the team. Accurate, bright, collaborative, creative, efficient, energetic, friendly, fun and responsible are only a few of the superlatives I’d use to describe Christofer. When a project was assigned to him I didn’t have to think about it. I knew he’d do a great job and that the client would be thrilled. You can’t ask for more than that.”
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