Christopher Coleman

About Christopher Coleman

Dedicated defender of the user with passion for making digital things that people…

Experience

1. Head of Web Strategy

   American Physical Society

   Sep 2018 — Present · Washington, DC, US

   Leader in user experience and content strategy for a member scientific society serving researchers, teachers, students, and the public.• Growing and developing teams through strategic hiring and role development, scaling from one direct report to a team of 8, while establishing career paths and identifying future organizational needs• Manage and coach teams in UX, content strategy, content design, governance planning, and production, while serving as product owner/manager for multiple concurrent high-priority initiatives that integrate both internal staff and agency designers/developers• Lead a developing UX and content strategy practice, implementing rigorous user research methodologies to understand user behavior and cognitive patterns, while delivering content design, usability, and accessibility improvements• Develop and implement content strategy across multiple business areas (research publications, scientific conferences, fundraising, public outreach, and diversity programs) to improve digital engagement and user experience• Lead initiative to implement structured, connected content architecture to enable efficient content reuse and lay the foundation for personalized experiences, while conducting user journey analysis to enhance member onboarding and engagement• Establish and lead adoption of comprehensive design system that standardizes components, content patterns, and UX best practices across the organization, improving development efficiency and brand consistency• Lead design and prototyping process using Figma for collaboration with stakeholders, and develop live HTML/CSS/JavaScript prototypes to validate user experience concepts

Education

• Penn State University

  Journalism, Journalism, German, German Literature

  1997 — 2002

• Kiel University

  Study Abroad, Media, Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

  2000 — 2000

Skills

• Css
• Html 5
• User Experience
• Web Development
• Jquery
• Xml
• Javascript
• Wordpress
• Ruby on Rails
• Front-End
• Php
• Responsive Design
• Css3
• Sass
• Git
• Front-End Engineering
• Html Emails
• Web Design
• Agile Methodologies
• User Interface
• Information Architecture
• Json
• Semantic Html
• Github
• SEO
• Pivotal Tracker
• Cms
• Drupal
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Content Strategy
• User Experience Design
• Ruby
• Web Content Management
• Mobile Design
• Grunt.js
• Agile Methodolgy
• Style Guides
• Gulp
• Design Patterns
• Html