Justin Dauer
Vice President, Human-Centered Design
bswift
Education
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
B.F.A., Visual Communications
1998Podcasts
34:35481: What Human Centered Design Looks Like in the Workplace With Justin Dauer, bswift [Main Time4Coffee Interview]
Justin Dauer is the vice president of human-centered design and development at bswift, a software as a service company in the healthcare industry. Justin attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where he received a B.F.A in visual communications. After years of being unhappy in the workplace, Justin..
Career Path
Interview Highlights
“If you’re going to put yourself out there, be careful what might happen as a result of it.”
Best Career Advice
“Stay humble. Humility is imperative to our growth.”
Career Challenge
“These passive aggressive little digs are what we call death by a paper cuts at that point because they build up. But they’re also being thrown under the bus by a supervisor on a call or not being supported or taking the blame for something or being admonished in a presentation because you didn’t say something you were supposed to, rather than making it a learning experience. Every single one of those things happened to me more than once. So I decided to do something about it by flat out leaving.”
Skills
User Experience, User Interface Design, Usability, Web Design, Wire Framing, Interaction Design, Logo Design, Information Architecture, Art Direction, Digital Marketing, User Research, Copywriting, HTML 5, CSS, WordPress, Prototyping, Managing Creative Teams, Personas
Professional Interests
James Altucher, LinkedIn, Google, Aetna, a CVS Health Company, UX Design Information Architecture, The Dead Pixel Society, Creative Directors Network, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
