Joe Jo, Designer in Basking Ridge, NJ, United States
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Joe Jo

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UX Designer

Basking Ridge, NJ, United States

Toptal member since October 23, 2019

Bio

Joe is a user experience specialist. He connects technology and design to enhance user experience and strengthen consumer community engagement. He's skilled in hands-on design experience of user studies, sketching, wireframing, prototyping, and user testing for mobile and web applications in corporate and startup environments.

Portfolio

Work Experience

UX Specialist

2017 - PRESENT
Bloomberg
  • Designed the UX of data processing tools, an advanced we crawler, a data annotation tool, and an ETL tool.
  • Analyzed user workflow and innovation.
Technologies: Sketch, Proto.io

UX Lead

2013 - 2017
Mobients
  • Redesigned the Bloomberg iOS and Android mobile applications.
  • Created the UX for Samsung for elder generation.
  • Designed the Bloomberg mobile pattern library.
  • Created the Home Depot mobile design roadmap.
Technologies: Adobe InDesign, OmniGraffle, Adobe Illustrator, Sketch, Adobe Photoshop

UX Manager

2007 - 2013
Samsung Mobile
  • Created the mobile UX design for the Korean domestic market and the US market.
  • Delivered design communication with US carriers.
  • Set up the UX design team in NJ office.
Technologies: Adobe Photoshop

UX Designer

2000 - 2005
LG mobile
  • Created the mobile UX design for the Korean domestic, US, and Chinese markets.
  • Designed the internal design authoring tool.
  • Delivered design communication with US carriers.
Technologies: Adobe Photoshop

Education

2005 - 2017

Doctoral Degree (Ph.D.) in HCI

Seoul National University - South Korea

1996 - 1998

Master's Degree in HCI

Pohang Institute of Science and Technology - South Korea

1992 - 1996

Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Engineering

Pohang Institute of Science and Technology - South Korea

Skills

Tools

Sketch, Adobe InDesign, OmniGraffle, Balsamiq, Proto.io, InVision, Jira, Microsoft Office, Visio, OmniPlan, Jekyll, GitHub, GitHub Pages, Qlik Sense, Wix, Wireflow, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop

Languages

Excel VBA, R, Python, HTML, CSS, SQL, Python 3, Hugo, JavaScript

Platforms

iOS, Android, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), MacOS, Desktop, Mobile, SoundCloud

Industry Expertise

Analytics Research, Retail & Wholesale, Education

Other

Web Design, Wireframing, Usability Testing, User Research, Statistical Data Analysis, Lean UX, Mobile UX, Web UX, Data Visualization, Financial UX, Financial Data, Oracle SQL, ETL Implementation & Design, Data Processing, Dashboard Design, Web Dashboards, User Workflows, Workflow Diagrams, Web Crawlers, Annotations, Form Design, Grid Systems, Analytical Dashboards, Heuristic Evaluation, Heuristic Review, Heuristic Reports, JSON, XML Schema, Workflow Analysis, Workflow Modeling, Process Analysis, Crowdfunding, Personas, Prototyping, UX Design, Responsive Design, Navigation, User Interviews, Web UX Design, Content Prioritization, Card-based UI, Brainstorming, Roadmaps, UX Strategy, Market Research, Statistical Analysis, Financial Design, Analytics, Card UI, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Prediction Markets, Workflow, User Stories, Agile, Scrum, Samsung, UX Wireflows, Project Management, Design Principles, User Experience (UX)

Experience

  • Financial UX - 7 years
  • Lean UX - 5 years
  • Sketch - 5 years
  • Proto.io - 5 years
  • Data Visualization - 4 years
  • Data Processing - 4 years
  • Dashboard Design - 4 years
  • Web Crawlers - 3 years

Tools

  • Sketch
  • Proto.io
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