Expertise
Organization Design
Organization design, process optimization and integration, team building.
Research
Ethnographic interviews, usability testing of existing products, competitive research, site analysis.
Modeling User Behavior
Analyzing user research, identifying user goals, finding behavior patterns, developing personas, creating context scenarios.
Defining System Behavior
Creating the structure, information architecture, interaction flows based on models of user behavior, business goals, and technology.
Wireframing
Creating high level interaction framework, page layout, arrangement of features, controls, and content.
Visual Design/Branding
Establishing brand attributes, visual design research, illustration, photography, typography, layout, graphic design.
Design Documentation
Branding guidelines, visual style guides, behavioral specifications, development support.
Featured Case Study
Infospace FindIt!
Ethnographic research provided a deep understanding of user behavior and the insights lead to the best in class user experience for local search products.
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Switchboard
An increase in customer satisfaction from 56% to 80% and a direct impact to the bottom line of $2M the year after that launch was the result of my redesign of this yellowpages site, reversing a trend of losing traffic and declining revenue.
InfoSpace Portal
Infospace decided to create a new product, a white label homepage for their partners. After convincing the business owners that a user customizable solution instead of a static portal would be the way to go, I lead the design of the interaction framework, the individual modules, and art directed the visual design.
Microsoft Real Time Collaboration
Microsoft wanted to evolve the branding of their Real Time Collaboration products to align with the new Office 12 branding. On top of creating a visual system for the brand, I designed a tool kit that enabled non-designers to create high quality graphical elements that were consistent with the brand.
Barbara Page Interiors
I created a website for this boutique interior design company in the bay area. The client wanted a clean, modern site with an edge to it. I implemented the site in Flash/ActionScript.
Microsoft Windows Media
For the release of Windows Media Player 10, I gave the Windows Media web site a complete redesign. The result was over 10 million downloads in the first month after the launch.
Minty Magazine
Website design and development for a local Seattle magazin with clublistings and CD reviews. I did all the design, layout, and information architecture. I used HTML, CSS, PHP, and MySQL to implement the backend.
Citizens of Brasilia
This site is an exploration of different approaches to website navigation based on how we find our way in real life. This site's navigation is a map of the city Brasilia, the capital of Brazil. Surely among the most ambitious architectural undertakings and city planning projects in the history of mankind, this city for 500.000 inhabitants was built in only 4 years.
Moonfighter
After the initial drawings, I laid out the graphics for this game in Freehand and imported them into Flash. To create the sounds I used my own voice and applied a number of effects in Wavelab. As with all of my work, your comments or suggestions for improvement are always welcome.
About
Daniel Jaeger
Interaction Designer
Seattle, WA
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Daniel Jaeger is an Interaction Designer and Strategist with more than 8 years experience understanding users, business owners, and engineers, and delighting them with exceptionally designed interactive products.
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Everything Else Moves, too
Last Friday I watched the movie "Surrogates" with Bruce Willis. While I think it is a well made movie with a really interesting premise... Read more...