Jeffrey Easter

PROFILE

I am a creative thinker and innovator interested in the roll of near-future products and technologies. I combine human empathy with a realistic understanding of technology to develop products and services that address complex human needs and desires.

EDUCATION

MA Design Interactions, Royal College of Art, London, UK. Personal tutor was Fiona Raby.

BFA Industrial Design with honors, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA. Minor in General Engineering Studies.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Interaction Designer, TalkWheel, San Francisco, CA. Led product vision and development at a web startup. Designed embeddable widgets for online discussions. Developed wireframe interfaces and JavaScript-based prototypes.

Freelance Designer, Feesta. Interaction design, web development, and electronics prototyping.

Guest Tutor, Central St Martins, London, UK. Taught advanced electronics workshop for the Interaction Design MA course.

Design Intern, Schulze & Webb, London, UK. Interaction and product design on the Olinda Radio Project for the BBC. Designed and prototyped interactive elements of the project including the user interface and the physical API connection.

Exhibit Designer, Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. Designed permanent exhibits aimed at fostering play. Managed fabrication of each piece.

Designer, Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA. Developed concepts related to domestic robots for HCI research focusing on hygienics and geriatrics.

Woodworker, Marcus Studio, Pittsburgh, PA. Apprenticed with a custom furniture builder.

Design Intern, Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab, Boston, MA. Developed and prototyped a small, user-programmed, electronic device for children who are visually impaired.

Design Intern, National Robotics Engineering Consortium at Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA. Designed and fabricated custom parts for robotics research.

SKILLS