Design with Zack

Smooooooth scrolling, for starters ;)

2021 - New shoes & fresh laces

Gained some life lessons from LiveArea, learned a little from Huge, and elevated my career with Elva.

MONDAY MONDAY MONDAY!

7:45 am | Wake up!

Rise and shine

8:00 am | Grab a brush; put on a little make-up

Free bagel for anyone who names the reference ;)

8:15 | Café Diem

A little routine in the morning to get going...

8:30 | Pumped up kicks

30 minutes of street ball to get the blood pumping

8:45 | Sans Commute (reclaimed time)

Sure beats my PHI:NYC commute (I95 to Hamilton, NJ; to Penn Station and back again) #footinthedoor

TUESDAY TUESDAY TUESDAY

So .... I used to be the guy to bring the donuts into the office. Still that same guy.

9:00 | "Get itemized list to James!"

Getting the easy stuff out of the way...

9:15 | Face Time

I'm an interaction designer. Lets interact!

9:30 | Priorities & Focus

I'm no project manager, and my handwriting is awful, but I get it done :)

9:45 | Diving into it

What's in my head; head first; headless. Iterate (1+1+1)

WEDNESDAY WEDNESDAY WEDNESDAY

I dream of a chance to have lunch with Jony Ive and ask him why he designed the Magic Mouse like this

10:00 | "So ... how's the weather?"

I'm from Philly. Not 'west, nor born and raised', but good things happen there :)

10:15 | "Trust the Process"

A curious mind that's always open to fresh perspectives is the foundation for my creative exploration.

10:30 | Channeling that core creativity

I tried to come up with something inspiring for this, but all I did was throw on some lights and rotate my camera.

10:45 | While this is my workstation...

This is a very real representation of my desk, minus the recyclables accrued by EOD.

11:00 | "We are not the user"

Just my way of saying I'm an enthusiastic proponent for accessible design — also, I am not a PC ;)

LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH

THURSDAY THURSDAY THURSDAY

Everybody's workin' for the weekend

1:00 | Setting the team up for success

Though often sight-unseen, it is the research and takeaways from conversation that are fundamental to good design

1:15 | Getting into it

DO NOT DISTURB (pls, thx)

1:30 | ...all in a day

fast notes; fast decisions; fast timeline

1:45 | What's your process?

Half my job is solving for the user. The other half is organizing & distributing shared knowledge with the team and client-side stakeholders – THE OTHER HALF is...

2:00 | All the wireframes!

Fun fact: Leslie Roberts, my 'Light, Color & Design' professor at Pratt failed me because I'm apparently colorblind (red/green) #uxcareer

FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY

* Ahem, sarcasm ^^^

3:00 | READY TO PRESENT

The client wants a mobile-first experience. The client gets a mobile-first experience.

4:00 | APPROVED!

Celebrate good times, come on (Let's celebrate)

5:00 | Power Down

Ha, I wish I could consistently finish my day at 5PM | #agencylife

6:00 | Hit the road, Zack

...and don't look back till you figure out how to ollie!

...and I hope you like jammin', too

Suffice to say, I'm ALWAYS working on something and improving here, there, and everywhere

Just your friendly neighborhood Sr. UX Designer & Creative Strategist

Web slinger available for work :) (Also, that's not actually me)

This was fun. Thank you!