Professional experience

User Experience Product Manager, IQNavigator

Greenwood Village, Colorado — 2010-Present

  • Collect feedback from internal users and external customers to understand the experience of users in the IQNavigator system, and communicate this information to engineering and product management teams
  • Design, develop, and test new user interfaces for end users and ensure they are delivered to production according prototypes and specifications
  • Manage a roadmap of feature and user interface changes to help improve and ensure good user experience throughout IQNavigator's agile product development process

User Interface Manager, Arrow Electronics Inc.

Englewood, Colorado — 2008-2010

  • Managed a team of internal front-end developers and graphic designers for Arrow’s eBusiness group
  • Integrated Javascript and CSS libraries into current e-commerce site designs to increase flexibility while improving turnaround time and reducing costs for change management
  • Developed an agile-based maintenance process, complementing existing project methodology, to encourage continuous improvement of Arrow websites based on customer feedback and testing

Web Project Manager, Arrow Electronics Inc.

Englewood, Colorado — 2005-2008

  • Provided information architecture and user experience design on an international team developing upgraded e-commerce tools for Arrow
  • Managed cross-functional teams of sales, marketing, operations, IT, and third-party vendors to produce an extensible framework of functions, user interface components, and content to rapidly create multiple vertical-market-focused websites
  • Team leader and principal information architect during redesign and launch of primary e-commerce website. Improved user experience; organized content; enhanced web-based marketing vehicles for resale to manufacturers

Web Designer, Arrow Electronics Inc.

Englewood, Colorado — 2001-2005

  • Improved the effectiveness and efficiency of web projects through new a user-centered development and design process emphasizing information architecture planning and documentation
  • Implemented standards-based design methods on web-based marketing campaigns and websites
  • Created over thirty websites and numerous web-based marketing vehicles for promoting manufacturer products

Web Designer, DIRECTV

Castle Rock, Colorado — 1999-2001

  • Led team of five experts to build and update company intranet
  • Worked cross-functionally with technical team lead to enhance site tools and experience

Creative Services Director, 93.3 KTCL

Denver, Colorado — 1997-1999

  • Conceived and produced award-winning creative on-air promotions; marketed station to increase ratings and sales revenue

UX Skills:

  • Interface and interaction design for mobile and web applications
  • User feedback, research, and testing
  • Wireframe, user flows, and prototype development
  • Translating designs into stories for agile development process

Technical Proficiency:

  • Expert in HTML, XHTML, and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
  • Custom Javascript programming and development with libraries (jQuery, Google)
  • AJAX development with JSON or XML (REST-based services)
  • Familiar with application and database tier languages (LAMP, Java, SQL)

Web Marketing Capbabilities:

  • Organic Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
  • Web Analytics Design and Reporting (WebTrends/ Google Analytics)

Education

University of Colorado at Boulder - 1992-1996
Bachelors in Fine Arts - Film

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Feedback about Sean

"I rarely work with a client who really "Gets it" and Sean King is one of those rare gems. Sean's steady, persistent demeanor coupled with this stellar design capabilities and holistic thinking make him a tremendous asset when it comes to researching, planing and designing engaging user interactions. I wish everyone I worked with were as sharp & tenacious as Sean. I'd love the opportunity to work with him again."

- Matthew Doty - User Experience Architect/Manager, Acquity Group