UX Engineer & Systems Lead

I'm a skilled—Creative Strategist, Product Designer, and Front-end Developer.
Please let me know how I can help your team or project succeed.

Work Experience

Skilled Communicator

My ability to collaborate with cross-functional department team leaders, identify and resolve issues,
prioritize projects, and provide a high level of service is what makes me a valued contributor.

Core Strengths

Design Sprints

Google Ventures' Sprint methodology is a five-day process for answering critical business questions through design, prototyping, and testing ideas with customers.

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Design Sprints

Google Ventures' Sprint methodology is a five-day process for answering critical business questions through design, prototyping, and testing ideas with customers.

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Design Sprints

Google Ventures' Sprint methodology is a five-day process for answering critical business questions through design, prototyping, and testing ideas with customers.

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Smooth Operator

I can effectively communicate and work alongside designers, developers, project managers, and stakeholders. My ability to understand and integrate different perspectives allows me to contribute meaningfully to any team, fostering a productive and innovative work environment.

Project title

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As a UX Design & Development team member at CoBank, my role is multi-faceted and essential to the organization's success. We are responsible for employing a user-centered design approach across all of the organization's software products.

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Related Work

User Interface Design

Product Design

Google Ventures' Sprint methodology is a five-day process for answering critical business questions through design, prototyping, and testing ideas with customers.

Design Systems

Google Ventures' Sprint methodology is a five-day process for answering critical business questions through design, prototyping, and testing ideas with customers.

Front-end Development

Google Ventures' Sprint methodology is a five-day process for answering critical business questions through design, prototyping, and testing ideas with customers.

User Experience Design

Product Design

Google Ventures' Sprint methodology is a five-day process for answering critical business questions through design, prototyping, and testing ideas with customers.

Front-end Development

Google Ventures' Sprint methodology is a five-day process for answering critical business questions through design, prototyping, and testing ideas with customers.

Design Systems

Google Ventures' Sprint methodology is a five-day process for answering critical business questions through design, prototyping, and testing ideas with customers.

Front-end Development

Front-end Development

Google Ventures' Sprint methodology is a five-day process for answering critical business questions through design, prototyping, and testing ideas with customers.

Product Design

Google Ventures' Sprint methodology is a five-day process for answering critical business questions through design, prototyping, and testing ideas with customers.

Design Systems

Google Ventures' Sprint methodology is a five-day process for answering critical business questions through design, prototyping, and testing ideas with customers.

System Design & Development

Product Design

Google Ventures' Sprint methodology is a five-day process for answering critical business questions through design, prototyping, and testing ideas with customers.

Design Systems

Google Ventures' Sprint methodology is a five-day process for answering critical business questions through design, prototyping, and testing ideas with customers.

Front-end Development

Google Ventures' Sprint methodology is a five-day process for answering critical business questions through design, prototyping, and testing ideas with customers.

Word on the street

I have had the privilege of working with a diverse group of professionals across various industries.
Together, we have successfully delivered projects that meet and exceed client expectations.

Let's Play a Game

Below are three statements about my journey in tech and design - two are absolutely true, and one is an exaggeration.
Can you spot the fib? This little game offers a glimpse into my background while hopefully providing some entertainment.

Design Sprints

Google Ventures' Sprint methodology is a five-day process for answering critical business questions through design, prototyping, and testing ideas with customers.

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Design Sprints

Google Ventures' Sprint methodology is a five-day process for answering critical business questions through design, prototyping, and testing ideas with customers.

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Design Sprints

Google Ventures' Sprint methodology is a five-day process for answering critical business questions through design, prototyping, and testing ideas with customers.

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Eric Thayer

ethayer.design@gmail (619) 952-5081

Team-focused UI/UX creative with professional experience in providing design and development services to support an organization's daily operations. Skilled in, design discovery, design engineering, design system management, and front-end development. Ability to collaborate with cross-functional department team leaders, identify and resolve issues, prioritize projects, and provide a high level of service.

Professional Experience

Senior UX Engineer CoBank
Current Role
Nov 2024 - Present Greenwood Village, CO (hybrid)

Senior creative engineer, lead design system manager responsible for employing a user-centered design approach across all the organization's software products. Creating and maintaining a comprehensive design system, working on front-end component libraries, and providing both UI (User Interface) and UX (User Experience) design and development. This requires the design of the structure and layout of interactive elements, ensuring a smooth user journey within the digital product line.

  • Created Figma based design system consisting of brand style guide, UI kit, design tokens, component library, and documentation standards.
  • Initial development of Storybook/React component library and development pipeline with Figma integration.
  • Established a web design tokens development workflow that syncs Figma variables to JSON based tokens.
  • Developed responsive prototyping templates and front-end components for companywide used product application development.
UI/UX Developer Threecolts

Nov 2024 - Present (hybrid)

Principle UI/UX creative for Onsite Support, assisting Amazon Sellers through their onboarding life-cycle to create branded web design themes with Figma and implement with the front-end platform. Provide initial support needed so that their brand can continue to build out its own knowledge base by setting up the different needed features: live support, FAQS, articles, video media, etc.

  • Created CSS framework to help automate layout and styling changes throughout the platform.
  • Refactored HTML framework used to create support landing pages to modify content easier.
  • Created mobile layout solutions and converted over 200 non-responsive sites to mobile friendly layouts.
  • Developed front-end grid system for multiple landing pages and support articles.
UX Engineer Health Scholars
Current Role

Dec 2015 - July 2024 (hybrid)

Senior creative engineer, lead design system manager responsible for employing a user-centered design approach across all the organization's software products. Creating and maintaining a comprehensive design system, working on front-end component libraries, and providing both UI (User Interface) and UX (User Experience) design and development. This requires the design of the structure and layout of interactive elements, ensuring a smooth user journey within the digital product line.

  • Created Figma based design system consisting of brand style guide, UI kit, design tokens, component library, and documentation standards.
  • Initial development of Storybook/React component library and development pipeline with Figma integration.
  • Established a web design tokens development workflow that syncs Figma variables to JSON based tokens.
  • Developed responsive prototyping templates and front-end components for companywide used product application development.
UX Developer KyaMedia
Current Role

July 2015 - Nov 2017

Senior creative engineer, lead design system manager responsible for employing a user-centered design approach across all the organization's software products. Creating and maintaining a comprehensive design system, working on front-end component libraries, and providing both UI (User Interface) and UX (User Experience) design and development. This requires the design of the structure and layout of interactive elements, ensuring a smooth user journey within the digital product line.

  • Created Figma based design system consisting of brand style guide, UI kit, design tokens, component library, and documentation standards.
  • Initial development of Storybook/React component library and development pipeline with Figma integration.
  • Established a web design tokens development workflow that syncs Figma variables to JSON based tokens.
  • Developed responsive prototyping templates and front-end components for companywide used product application development.
UI Designer / Front-end Developer The Navigators

Jan 2012 - July 2015 (hybrid)

Principle UI/UX creative for Onsite Support, assisting Amazon Sellers through their onboarding life-cycle to create branded web design themes with Figma and implement with the front-end platform. Provide initial support needed so that their brand can continue to build out its own knowledge base by setting up the different needed features: live support, FAQS, articles, video media, etc.

  • Created CSS framework to help automate layout and styling changes throughout the platform.
  • Refactored HTML framework used to create support landing pages to modify content easier.
  • Created mobile layout solutions and converted over 200 non-responsive sites to mobile friendly layouts.
  • Developed front-end grid system for multiple landing pages and support articles.
Multimedia Specialist Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center

Jul 2010 - Sept 2013 (hybrid)

Principle UI/UX creative for Onsite Support, assisting Amazon Sellers through their onboarding life-cycle to create branded web design themes with Figma and implement with the front-end platform. Provide initial support needed so that their brand can continue to build out its own knowledge base by setting up the different needed features: live support, FAQS, articles, video media, etc.

  • Created CSS framework to help automate layout and styling changes throughout the platform.
  • Refactored HTML framework used to create support landing pages to modify content easier.
  • Created mobile layout solutions and converted over 200 non-responsive sites to mobile friendly layouts.
  • Developed front-end grid system for multiple landing pages and support articles.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

University of Colorado, 2016 - 2020

Skills

  • UX/UI Design
  • Front-end Development
  • Design Systems
  • Prototyping

Certifications

  • Certified UX Designer
  • Certified Front-end Developer
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