
Kristoffer Hedstrom
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Zürich, Switzerland
Toptal member since January 17, 2018
Kris is an interactive designer and developer with 15+ years of experience. He has worked as a designer, developer, engineering manager, and product manager for and at a variety of agencies, startups, and multi-billion companies. Kris still wants to learn and get better.
Portfolio
Work Experience
Senior UX Engineer
- Designed and built prototypes for new features in Google Calendar and Google Tasks.
- Augmented existing products with Chrome extensions.
- Created tools for Google Calendar and Google Tasks.
Art Director and Lead Product Engineer
Nomad Health
- Created a modern healthcare staffing platform for the US market.
- Designed new features in Sketch, Illustrator, and Photoshop.
- Prototyped future thinking ideas with Invision and Framer.
- Implemented with React, Redux, Redux-Form, Webpack, and Sass front-end.
Product Manager/Engineering Manager
Tumblr
- Led a team of Product Engineers, Designers, and Mobile Engineers.
- Spearheaded data-driven product management.
- Planned and managed projects for the Identity team (personalization, themes, customization, etc).
- Evaluated and analyzed results of projects and tests.
- Made teenagers super angry.
Product Engineer
Tumblr
- Created new features on Tumblr.com using Javascript, PHP, CSS, and HTML5.
- Created themes used by millions of people.
- Focused on post creation tools.
- Made the mobile web version 86% less terrible.
- Created embeddable posts for use on third party sites.
Senior Developer
Fantasy
- Focused on implementing complex UI designs using Javascript (including Ajax, SVG, WebGL and Canvas APIs), CSS and HTML5.
- Mentored junior developers.
- Contributed to USA Today's major redesign.
- Worked on several award winning sites for Google.
- Created a Chrome app for Al-Jazeera English.
Senior Interactive Developer
POP
- Developed award-winning, standards-based, high-profile sites for interactive agency.
- Implemented JavaScript solutions using design patterns such as the Factory, Module, and Pub-Sub.
- Created solutions using jQuery and Prototype libraries, as well as native JavaScript.
- Led team of junior developers.
- Collaborated with clients including Microsoft, Pokémon, Target, Nintendo, and San Francisco Opera.
- Worked on in-house products using C# and JavaScript.
Senior Interactive Designer
NCsoft West
- Created mockups for NCsoft’s Western game franchise web sites.
- Designed user interface solutions for game installers and launchers.
- Developed and maintained game sites using Movable Type and Expression Engine.
- Provided Project Management and Design QA.
- Shipped games included Guild Wars, Guild Wars 2, Aion, Lineage II, and City of Heroes.
Senior Designer
Cobalt
- Designed sites and apps for automotive industry.
- Designed and implemented click-through simulators and prototypes for use with usability testing and client pitches.
- Created Information Architecture deliverables (wireframes, sitemaps, personas, etc).
- Acted as mentor and technical consultant for junior members of the team.
- Contributed to client work including GM, Lexus, BMW, Volkswagen, Hyundai, Subaru, and Audi.
Senior Web Developer
POP
- Developed award-winning, standards-based, high-profile sites for interactive agency.
- Implemented complex UI designs using JavaScript, CSS, HMTL, and Actionscript/Flash.
- Created Wordpress plugins and sites for a variety of clients.
- Developed web applications.
- Worked on client projects including Nintendo, Raleigh Bicycles, Microsoft, Ubisoft, and New York Metropolitan Opera.
Interactive Developer
KCTS Television
- Designed, developed, and maintained KCTS.org and related websites.
- Designed and implemented PBS and PBS Kids related sites.
- Created interactive features using Flash / Actionscript, ASP, SQL and XML.
- Developed applications.
- Created an online payment system for pledge drives, which brought in over $200,000 USD the first year.
Education
Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science
Pacific Lutheran University - Tacoma, WA
Skills
Tools
Sketch, Adobe Photoshop, InVision, Canvas, Adobe Flash, OmniGraffle, Visio, Flash, Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, Framer X, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator
Languages
CSS, JavaScript, HTML5, HTML, C#, Flash ActionScript, SQL, TypeScript, Python, PHP
Platforms
MacOS, Windows, WordPress, Tumblr, iOS, Web, Figma
Industry Expertise
Healthcare
Other
Product Design, React, Web App UI, Web UI, App UI, Web UX, MySQL, Hadoop, Backbone.js, WebGL, jQuery, SVG, Active Server Pages (ASP), Themes, Video Games, Cars, Smart Homes, Home Automation, Flutter, React Native, Web App UX, App UX
Experience
- CSS - 15 years
- HTML5 - 15 years
- Product Design - 10 years
- Adobe Photoshop - 10 years
- JavaScript - 10 years
- App UI - 8 years
- Sketch - 3 years
- React - 3 years
Tools
- Sketch
- Adobe Photoshop
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