Jeff Szuc

About Jeff Szuc

As a UX Engineer with extensive design and full-stack development knowledge, I bring…

Experience

1. Ux Engineer Technical Project-lead Front-end Developer

   Cornell Lab Of Ornithology

   Apr 2013 — Present · Ithaca, NY, US

   As a skilled project manager, I excel at working with stakeholders to define project requirements, scope deliverables, and establish timelines. I bring a strong background in research, ideation, and design to product and feature requests, and have experience planning and managing multiple project sprint cycles.Achievements:Led the technical development of the Bird Academy education platform, resulting in over $2 million in annual revenue and registered users through effective design and development practices.Streamlined user flow to support and increase attendance at lead-generating livestream events, regularly supporting over attendees (a 500% increase) by integrating multiple third-party services with our course platform.Reduced customer service support ticket requests by 42% through redesign of user flow and knowledge base articles based on analytics.Managed a project that achieved and surpassed Cornell University\'s website accessibility requirements (WCAG 2.1 AA) ahead of schedule.Designed gameplay, UI, and art assets for the online games BeastBox and Flap to the Future, which have a combined total of over 2.5 million unique plays, incorporating learning goals, scientific accuracy, and fun.Created custom editor components using Gutenberg and React.js to extend Wordpress functionality and enable course creators to easily add interactive content.Select Projects:(2018) BeastBox: https://academy.allaboutbirds.org/features/beastbox/(2017) Flap to the Future: https://academy.allaboutbirds.org/features/wallofbirds/(2016) Wall of Birds Interactive: https://academy.allaboutbirds.org/features/wallofbirds/(2016) All About Bird Anatomy: https://academy.allaboutbirds.org/features/birdanatomy/(2013) Bird Academy: https://academy.allaboutbirds.org

Education

• OCAD University

  Bachelor of Design (B.Des), Graphic Design

  2003 — 2007

• Cornell University

  non-degree, Computer Science & Information Science

  2017 — 2021

• Boston University

  Master of Science - MS, Software Development

Skills

• Layout
• Typography
• Visual Communication
• Posters
• Front-End Design
• Photoshop
• Web Design
• Graphic Design
• Css
• Wearing Glasses
• Javascript
• Art
• Html5
• Concept Design
• Corporate Identity
• Html
• Corel Painter
• Illustration
• Art Direction
• User Interface Design
• Usability
• Magazines
• Wordpress
• Packaging
• Brochures
• Graphics
• Books
• Logo Design
• Php
• Digital Illustration
• Cascading Style Sheets (Css)
• Sass
• User Experience Design
• Storyboarding
• Animation
• Vector Illustration
• Accessibility
• Adobe Acrobat
• Scalable Vector Graphics (Svg)
• Illustrator