. SUMMARY

Jonah Jones is a user experience designer with over 8 years experience in web development, information architecture, usability and visual design. He has a wide knowledge of internet technologies but excels in browser-based interface development and web applications.

As well as developing his technical skills, Jonah has worked with clients such as Google, Lloyds, AON, Brit, HSBC & Calor and as such has excellent client facing skills and experience in managing technical and creative teams for large and small projects. He is also experienced with the full range of interactive design and development including art direction, marketing & communications, client relations, and project management.

Main areas of interest: Usability, interface design, JavaScript, DOM scripting and Ajax (Prototype), XHTML, CSS, XML & XSL, Photoshop.

Other skills: Web accessibility (WAI), Flash, SVG, ASP, Java, Illustrator, InDesign, Quark Xpress, 3D Studio Max, Lotus Notes & Domino, Linux, Mac OSX.

. KEY SKILLS

• Usability, accessibility, information architecture, wireframing, and interface design
• Cutting edge front-end programming experience in web-based systems
• Design, web, new media, photography, and film expertise
• Leading and coordinating teams of designers, programmers, and analysts
• Consulting and client-based business skills
• Requirements analysis, UML and Object Oriented programming

. EXPERIENCE

Google, Zurich

Senior User Experience Designer, March 2007 - present

Jonah is currently working at Google in their European headquarters in Zurich. He is currently leading the design of several areas of Google Maps, including:

• Map & Hybrid tiles, including the recent redesign & translation projects
• Browsable maps, including all clickable points of interest on the map
• Maps Layers, including Photos, Transit, Wikipedia, YouTube etc
• Google Transit, including on-map iconography and transit directions
• Core maps, including multiple search results & recently viewed items

Highlights of recent launches can be found on Jonah's Blog.

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RI3K, Farringdon

Senior Interface Designer, November 2002 - January 2007

RI3K have built an infrastructure that is transforming the reinsurance industry from a paper-based system to fully auditable on-line electronic trading. See www.ri3k.com for more details.

Jonah has led the interface and usability aspects of a major redesign and rebuild of the entire web-based application from the ground up in an agile XP environment. XML data is passed from the database to an XSL layer, which converts the data to a generic interface definition language. This data is then converted to a variety of delivery media as needed, generally as rich Ajax & XHTML for web clients, but also as PDF & SVG for print, and mobile for small scale devices.

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Key responsibilities:

• Ensuring that usability and user experience are paramount in all current and future projects
• Liaising with major reinsurance clients (including Lloyds, SwissRe, Aon, & Brit) to ensure that the placement and pre-placement systems are usable and fit functional and accessibility requirements
• Designing and specifying the information architecture of the system, from use cases through interaction diagrams to wireframes and prototypes
• Front-end design and implementation of the live systems
• Design and maintenance of online and printed marketing material, help guides and training assets

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jonahjones.co.uk, London

Web Design & Usability Consultant, November 2001 - present

jonahjones.co.uk is a freelance web design and consultancy business. Jonah has worked with many clients to advise and build a variety of websites and presentations, always with a focus on combining standards-compliant and accessible code with strong design and usability. Past projects have included:

• Building and maintaining a database driven website for Calor Gas to promote their “village of the year” initiative
• On-site and web-based promotional flash presentation for the Hammersmith Embankment development project with Knight Frank
• Fully accessible database driven outsourcing project for the University of Greenwich
• For more information and work samples see www.jonahjones.co.uk

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Agora Professional Services Ltd, Kingston-upon-Thames

Consultant, September 1999 - November 2001

Agora provided high-impact IT solutions to blue-chip clients. During his time at Agora Jonah was involved in a wide variety of roles, from client facing and consultancy, through UML modeling into front-end design and programming. Key clients & projects included:

• HSBC - Designed and implemented a web-based 360 degree peer review system and graphical powermap tool for internal use.

• Mercury Private Equity - Designed and implemented the Deal Pulse application, which merged back end data from multiple database applications in real time to present the client team with a single graphical portal of their deal business, deployed into the heart of their offices on a 62" Smartboard for continuous daily use
• Newchurch - Web interface and Java appointments system for a nationwide Patient Management system.

. QUALIFICATIONS

• Certified Lotus Professional 2001
• CIW Certified Internet Webmaster (Professional) 2000
• BSc Hons Computer Science (2.1), 1st in final year project on Human Computer Interaction in online sound and video systems; Southampton University 1999
• A-levels : English Lit (A), Psychology (A), Mathematics (B); Hillsyde 1996
• 6 A grades and 2 B grades at GCSE

. INTERESTS

Jonah has directed several short films using professional actors, and has had films shown at the Cannes Film Festival, the National Film Theatre, the Vue Leicester Square and the Curzon Soho. He is also a keen photographer. He jointly organised the Dude Abides, the UK's first Big Lebowski festival, and Platform, an event showcasing new creative talent in film, photography and music.

He plays the guitar regularly and continues to learn Spanish. He enjoys many sports and for the last few years has been involved in stunt training, combining gymnastics, martial arts, and breakdancing.