Andrew Thacker
I am a UX Designer looking to build novel solutions that answer novel questions.
With a background in arts and education, I leverage a natural affinity for the expressive and communicative to create intuitive designs that still have their own voice.
More About Me
Favorite Book / The Idiot - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Favorite Movie / The Godfather - Francis Ford Coppola
Favorite Album / Songs from the Big Chair - Tears for Fears / (At the moment)
Favorite Classical Piece / Sonatine - Maurice Ravel
Favorite Sport / Soccer
Favorite Website(s) / Twitter / YouTube
Current Interest / KPOP
Another Current Interest / Visual Design Trends
Currently Reading / The Temple of the Golden Pavilion - Yukio Mishima
Education
Front End Web Development / General Assembly (Current)
UX Design Immersive / General Assembly (2022)
University of Oregon / Bachelor of Science Economics (2017)
My Experience
2022
User Experience Designer
Scholist: Desktop Scholarship Website
Urban Tact: Responsive Mobile/Tablet App for Volunteers.
Amoeba Music: Desktop Ecommerce redesign
2020-2022
English Language Instructor
Lived and worked in Seocheon, South Korea as an instructor and lesson planner. Constructed and delivered lessons for more than 100 students between ages 8 - 14.
2018-
2020
Freelance Studio Assistant & Performing Musician
Participated in the writing, production, and recording of more than 10 released albums.
Performed across the state of California as a hired guitarist and bassist for audiences between 100-1000.
My Skills
UX Design
- Visual Storytelling
- Interaction Design
- Wireframing
- Prototyping
- Mockups
- UX Writing
- Site Mapping
- Design Systems
UX Research
- Competitive Analysis
- Interviewing
- Survey Research
- Affinity Mapping
- Persona Creation
- Task Flows
- User Journeys
Tools
- Figma
- Adobe XD
- Sketch
- FigJam
- After Effects
- Google Suite
- Microsoft Suite
- Jira
- VS Code
- GitHub
- Adobe Suite