Adam Barney Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, United States

As a Lead UX designer for iManage, it's my job to consult stakeholders, managerial staff, customer representatives, and end users to understand the friction points, functionality gaps, and future needs of our software then design a solution that addresses as many of these as possible.This usually includes:• Conduct user interviews alongside Product and research teams• Create multiple interface/flow designs• Do usability tests and/or reviews around the solutions• Work alongside development staff to ensure the flows are created as intended, and that any technical hurdles are taken into account• Review the end result with stakeholders and end users to ensure the solutions delivered meet their needs.Outside of the usual feature design and development cycles, my job includes reviewing direct user feedback, and accessibility improvements.• Work with UX Researchers to help categorize and clarify themes• Interview respondents to clarify their needs, expectations, and provide pointers when possible• Work with development staff to identify accessibility issues on legacy features, as well as new designs to incorporate accessibility best practices

Greater Chicago Area

As a Sr. UX designer I am asked to coordinate with business owners, product managers, stakeholders and users to create, review and implement solutions that best suit the user's needs and are intuitive and simple in our customer's day to day workflow. This must consider UX best practices, customer expectations and feedback, business needs and time limitations. To do this my role is highly collaborative. I work with a strong UX department, capable developers, and some dedicated product owners to improve the products that iManage offers.

Greater Chicago Area

As a UX designer, I am responsible for understanding and creating improvements and innovations for both the visual and interactive experiences in iManage's software.

UBM studios was re-allocated from the Techinsights devision of UBM, and given its current designation. The studio is the same as "How Machines Work" and "Techinsights Studios" in all but name. (And a few business protocols.)I began my freelance work with the studio in August 2007, then was hired by UBM (through CMP) in 2008 as a full-time artist.

Before being reorganized into UBM studios, the studio was within the techinsights group.

I was hired on at How Machines Work Just before it was acquired by CMP, a subsidiary of UBM. Due to the complications of hiring during an acquisition, I was hired on a freelance basis until the business details were finalized. How machines work went on to become Techinsights Studios, then UBM studios. Though I was initially hired on for storyboard illustration, I also assisted with concept design, digital illustration, and graphic design.

Between studies at Columbia I did intermittent freelance illustration for Mia Magazine, a Chicago-based publication.

I studied Graphic Design, with a major in Illustration. This included training in both traditional and digital media, covering a broad number of design fields.