Russell Unger

West Chicago, IL

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What advice do you have for someone who wants a job like yours?

Start yesterday. It's not enough to understand HCI or IA or UCD; you have to have a core understanding of the technologies you work with, what their limitations are, what he goals of the business are and then you need to translate that into something that your lowest common technology denominator (LCTD) can utilize with a low learning curve.

Learn how to read Business Requirements. Better yet, take a page from really good Business Requirements and figure out how to implement that into your User Requirements.

And, above all else, get a thick skin!... read more

Posted @ 07:32PM, July 06, 2007 by Russell Unger | Permalink
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Work history

Element79 May 2007 to the present
Senior Information Architect

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How would you describe your time at Element79?

Organizing information flow and enhancing the user experience for the Element79 interactive clients.
Harpo November 2006 to May 2007
Senior Information Architect

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Marsh September 2006 to November 2006
Senior User Experience Designer

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Tribune Interactive July 2006 to September 2006
Senior Information Architect

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How would you describe your time at Tribune Interactive?

Worked on the redesign effort for Metromix.com.

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