Joe Skager

Joe Skager

Product Designer in Chicago, IL, he/his

About

Product Designer with 9+ years specializing in creating web and mobile products equally accessible, scalable, and delightful. My holistic approach is a blend of refined systems thinking and regular (thoughtful) collaboration, bolstered by practical front-end development know-how and a lifetime of creative intuition.

Projects

2024

How we improved the Medicare application process & broke down digital literacy barriers.

2023

How we provide deeper engagement & share knowledge in a “noisy” industry.

Contact

LinkedIn
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Work Experience

2020 — Now
Chicago, IL

Spearhead the brand identity, Webflow development, and dynamic media asset creation. Write and produce compelling music for sync, video games, film, and other visual mediums.

Finch Post & Scorecards blog feed, chronicling our music writing process and the state of the industry.

2014 — 2024
Chicago, IL

Grew to trusted cross-department liaison in both interaction and visual design capacities, guiding the iterative product development process, always working on the "next big thing."

2013 — 2013
Chicago, IL

Proactively supported their design team during the height of the Facebook advertising era, alongside the typical account management duties.

Most notably, I designed Facebook posts for Milky Way and 3 Musketeers social calendar, one of which received 8.4K “likes” (nearly triple the average reach)

Education

2015 — 2016
Web Design Certification at College of Dupage
Glen Ellyn, IL

4.0/4.0 GPA

2008 — 2012
Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration: Marketing; Minor in Music at Augustana College
Rock Island, IL

3.927/4.0 GPA (Summa Cum Laude)