Jeffery Wicks
About Jeffery Wicks
Jeffery Wicks is a Product Designer who integrates healthcare experience with UX design to improve user empathy. He has held various roles in user experience and product design across multiple organizations and currently works at Catchafire.
Current Role at Catchafire
Jeffery Wicks currently serves as a Product Designer at Catchafire, a position he has held since 2020. In this role, he combines his healthcare experience with UX design to enhance empathy in user experiences. He engages both creative and analytical skills to create intuitive user experiences, applying iterative design practices and heuristic evaluation in user-centered design projects.
Previous Work Experience
Jeffery Wicks has a diverse work history in product design and user experience. He worked as a User Experience Researcher at Insteon for 9 months in 2021-2022. He also held positions as a Product Designer at WONGDOODY for 4 months in 2022 and at HP for 5 months in 2022. His experience includes roles as a User Experience Designer at YWAM Converge: Make a Difference, CrowdDoing, and ColeJakes® Inc, as well as an Interaction Designer at Human Health Project in Dublin. His background also includes serving as a Medical Service Corps Officer in the US Navy.
Educational Background
Jeffery Wicks has a solid educational foundation in design and technology. He studied Graphic Design at Burlington College, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts from 1991 to 1997. He pursued further studies in Front-End Web Development at Seattle Central College from 2014 to 2016. Additionally, he completed a UX Designer program at Designlab in 2018 and a User Experience Design program at BloomTech in 2019.
Freelance Work and Skills
Since April 2020, Jeffery Wicks has been working as a freelance product designer, collaborating with startups and non-profits. He utilizes a wide range of design tools, including Sketch, InVision, and Adobe Creative Suite, to deliver effective design solutions. His approach to UX design emphasizes empathy and user-centered practices, ensuring that the needs of users are at the forefront of his projects.
Volunteer Experience
Jeffery Wicks has a history of volunteer work, including serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Santa Clara, Costa Rica, from 2003 to 2006. This experience contributed to his understanding of diverse user needs and perspectives, which he integrates into his design work.