Alex O'Neal's portfolio
One of the…
…best designers I have ever worked with.
—Jennifer Ehrlich, PhD, Usability Researcher
…best product owners I have worked with.
—Geethika Gummadi, Senior Project Leader
…most analytically sophisticated managers I've ever worked with.
—Greg Sawyer, BI Architect
…most supportive co-workers I have ever had.
—Nansi Hall, Writer
…most detail-oriented, self-sufficient and motivated UX professionals I have met in my career.
—Jim Machajewski, Director of UX
Notes for skill paths, based on redesigned taxonomy and syllabus for UX design immersive course for General Assembly (2017).
Expertise
I solve problems with design, using whatever building blocks are available. My goal is to foster better understanding by making data usable - in other words, to convert data into useful information and knowledge. Things I love working on include data visualization, information architecture, interaction design, user research, content strategy, information design, teaching, and transforming big, complicated problems into straightforward solutions.
Currently writing Usable Color for Rosenfeld Media, due out in 2023.
Visualizing a Full Stack Design Career
This Google Charts Sankey diagram of my skill stacks is adaptive (will load to fit your viewport, down to 300px), but not responsive (you must manually reload if you change window size). Nevertheless it's a good overview of how different roles made use of my areas of expertise. Coded by yours truly.
Tools I love
- Airtable
- Balsamiq
- Bootstrap
- CSS, CSS3
- D3
- Figma
- HTML, HTML5
- Illustrator | Adobe
- InVision
- JavaScript
- OmniGraffle
- Photoshop | Adobe
- Sketch
- Sublime Text
- Trello
- XD | Adobe
Roles
- analyst
- chief design officer
- content engineer
- content strategist
- graphic artist
- front-end developer
- information architect
- interaction designer
- knowledge engineer
- principal product designer
- product owner
- project lead
- prototyper
- sys admin
- taxonomist
- teacher
- team lead
- user researcher
- ux manager
- visual designer
- web content manager
- webmaster
- writer
Highlights
Personas met along the way
- app developers
- bankers
- BI analysts
- CIOs
- cloud engineers
- customer service reps (internal)
- doctors
- entrepreneurs
- facility managers
- factory workers
- farmers
- federal government
- Fortune 50/100/500 executives
- home healthcare administrators
- home healthcare therapists
- IT administrators
- jewelry buyers
- library administrators
- local government
- logistics analysts
- microchip developers
- middle-aged nostalgia seekers
- mid-level business owners
- military veterans
- music fans
- nurses
- patients
- pet owners
- pharmaceutical executives
- restaurant guests
- RFID engineers
- sales makers
- shoe buyers
- small business owners
- steam trap engineers
- students
- telecom engineers
- transportation specialists
- warehouse managers
Industries
- advertising/promotion
- AI
- B2B
- B2C
- business intelligence
- C2C
- dot.com
- education
- Fortune 50
- healthcare
- IoT
- IT
- library
- logistics
- partners
- retail
- semiconductor
- seo
- social network
- start-up
- supply chain
- technology
- telecom