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Hire AndrewAndrew Chandler
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Location
New York, NY, United States
Toptal Member Since
February 9, 2018
Andrew designs experiences, as a designer or team leader, that make a difference in people’s lives. His record includes successful redesigns, integrations, and enhancements for digital products, services, and apps for major companies that served millions of users. Let's collaborate!
Work Experience
Director, User Experience
2017 - 2018
Scholastic
- Acted as the lead designer for a complete redesign of the classroom magazines website, including a hands-on UX design.
- Led the design for six websites used by teachers in pre-K to second-grade classrooms, including a hands-on UX design.
- Designed UX for a new video library product.
- Led the design for a new content-rich website about civics for use in classrooms.
- Managed a department of UX and UI designers.
Technologies: Axure, InVision, Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch
User Experience Manager
2012 - 2017
McGraw-Hill Education
- Acted as the lead UX designer for a redesign of the flagship digital product.
- Designed dozens of enhancements to the flagship and other digital products, both customer-facing and internally used interfaces.
- Conducted dozens of research studies—from context-gathering interviews to usability studies.
- Designed workflows and processes used internally related to agile practices, accessible design, user research, and more.
- Managed a department of UX and UI designers.
Technologies: Axure, InVision, Adobe Creative Suite, OmniGraffle
Director, Interactive Services
2000 - 2011
Carnegie Hall
- Led dozens of projects as UX lead, content development lead, and project manager, including redesigns of Carnegiehall.org.
- Designed UX and created content strategy for festival minisites.
- Designed the UX for ticket purchase flows.
- Created the UX design for the first-ever mobile website.
- Oversaw the digital marketing production and other aspects of the interactive services department.
Technologies: Adobe Creative Suite
Education
1994 - 1997
Master of Arts Degree in Musicology
University of Minnesota - Minneapolis, MN, USA
1989 - 1991
Master of Music Degree in Music
Juilliard School - New York City, NY, USA
1984 - 1989
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music
Oberlin College - Oberlin, OH, USA