Paul David Jacobson | Creative Technologist

Welcome

An accomplished UX/UI design professional with over ten years of experience in strategy, design, development and managing teams and work in digital applications. My work demonstrates creative solutions, simple usability, user-centered design and smart development.

Contact me with any inquires. - Paul Jacobson

Solutions & Results

Uptake.org - Corporate Philanthropic Website

Under a short deadline, I worked with Uptake's marketing department to build and launch a site showcasing their philanthropic efforts.

Roles:Front-end Development, Project Management
Tools:Bootstrap, HTML, CSS, jQuery
URL:www.uptake.org

U.S. Navy - Talent Link App

SNC was tasked with creating an application to streamline the process of Ship Commanders finding Sailors and filling open roles. The Talent Link application was designed to facilitate the matching based on the sailor's skills and availability. Additional functionality was designed to automate the process of adding and validating a sailor's certifications and accomplishments.

Roles:UX Design, Branding, Front-end Theme Development
Tools:Balsamiq, Photoshop, HTML, CSS, Meteor.js
URL:Talent Link Wires

Wellsfargo - Internal Cyber Security Product

Roles:UX Design, Experience Architecture and Front-end Development
Tools:Balsamiq, HTML, CSS
URL:App Wires

U.S. Dept. of Defense - Internal Vendor Dashboard

Roles:UX Design
Tools:Balsamiq
URL:DSS Dashboard Wires

IKANOW - Cyber Security / Big Data Analytic Products

Lead UX design efforts as well as managed development team to produce a platform designed to provide organisations more insight into their data and cyber threat landscape.

Roles:UX, Interaction & Visual Design, Experience Architecture, Front-end Development, Team Lead & Scrum Master
Tools:Balsamiq, HTML, CSS
URL:www.ikanow.com | ISA App

We Energies - Internal Energy Dashboard

Lead user-centered design process to create dashboards for improved internal governance and efficiencies. Also instrumental in ushering in agile design/development practices.

Roles:UX Design, Experience Architecture, Persona Research and Front-end Development
Tools:Balsamiq, Bootstrap, HTML, CSS, javascript/jQuery, Highcharts
URL:Energy App Prototype | Plant Dashboard Prototype | Energy App Personas

ManpowerGroup Solutions - Marketing & Sales Website

ManpowerGroup needed a site to display an explain their offerings in a clear and compelling maner. The solution was a website that would serve as the central point of reference. The design incorporated marketing imagery that became a engaging element of the experience. The platform laid the strategic foundation of a global thought leadership repository for ManpowerGroup across the globe.

Roles:Creative/Art Direction, UX/Visual Design, Experience Architecture and Front-end Development
Tools:Photoshop, HTML, CSS, jQuery
URL:www.manpowergroupsolutions.com (Off-line CMS Templates)

Experis & Manpower - Global Gateway & Site Templates

ManpowerGroup launched it's new professional brand, Experis, in 2011 and needed landing page that would serve both as a straight-forward gateway to the Experis country sites, yet also introduce the brand in a compelling manner. The solution was simple yet engaging. By introducing the company's main user segmentation through an interactive application of the brand's new visual campaign we were able to help define the Experis brand and get the user to where they wanted to go while providing targeted messaging upon redirect. Additionally, Global Site Templates were developed to carry the experience on to the site level.

Roles:Creative/Art Direction, Visual/UX Design, Front-end Development
Tools:Photoshop, HTML, CSS, jQuery
URL:www.experis.com | www.manpower.com | Global Site Templates

ManpowerGroup - Re-brand Redesign

A rebranding project opened the door for a visual refresh. Through creative use of CSS and HTML a simple yet effective user-interface was designed, developed and implemented at minimal impact to time and budget.

Roles:Creative/Art Direction, UX/Visual Design, Front-end Development
Tools:Photoshop, CSS, jQuery, jwPlayer
URL:www.manpowergroup.com

World of Work Insights - iPad eReader App

ManpowerGroup needed a way of getting their vast array of white papers and industry knowledge into the hands of its clients, employees and industry professionals. The solution was an iPad App with a simple yet compelling user experience. A basic Catalogue and Bookshelf concept was conceived together with stunning visuals that draw from the newly re-designed Manpower branch offices around the globe.

Roles:Creative/Art Direction, Visual/UX Design oversight
Tools:Photoshop
URL:www.itunes.apple.com/

The Human Age - Marketing Microsite

On January 26, 2011 in Davos Switzerland, ManpowerGroup's CEO, Jeff Joerres, announced a new era for the World of Work and the Global Business Community at large - The Human Age. The project called for a micro-site to launch the message and direct users to resources across the world.

Roles:Creative/Art Direction, Visual/UX Design, Front-end Development
Tools:Photoshop, HTML, CSS, YouTube
URL:www.manpowergroup.com/humanage (Off-line Version)

MyPath - Career Management Community, News and Resources

During the course of two years the site was analyzed and fine-tuned to attract and retain its users while making it easier to find the content they were looking for. In addition to user-centered design enhancements, the UI and UX was optimized for the technology it was built on - Jive SBS.

Roles:Creative/Art Direction, Visual/UX Design, Management of Front-End Development
Tools:Photoshop, HTML, CSS, Jive SBS Social CMS
URL:www.mypath.com (Off-line Examples)