Jay Melican Email & Phone Number
President & COO at JoyLabz / Makey Makey @ Makey Makey
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Jay Melican Location
- Portland, OR, US
Jay Melican Work
- President & COO at JoyLabz / Makey Makey @ (August 2019 - Present)
- Acting President and Chief Operations Officer at Joylabz and Makey Makey @ (September 2019 - Present)
- Principal and Founder @ (February 2018 - December 2021)
- Creative Design Advisor @ Gamebender (January 2019 - September 2019)
- Maker Czar @ (November 2013 - January 2018)
- Board Member, Board of Directors and Board of Advisors @ (September 2015 - Present)
- Senior Research Scientist and Team Captain, Experience and Interaction Design @ (December 2005 - November 2013)
- Vice Chair, Board of Directors @ (January 2007 - January 2013)
- User Researcher @ (December 2004 - December 2005)
- Senior Research Associate @ (January 2001 - September 2004)
- Lecturer and Visiting Professor @ (January 2002 - January 2004)
- Lecturer and Visiting Professor @ (January 1996 - January 2004)
- Researcher and Project Manager @ (January 1998 - January 2000)
- Associate @ (January 1997 - January 1997)
- Associate @ (January 1996 - January 1996)
- Interface Designer and Usability Analyst @ (January 1993 - January 1995)
Jay Melican Education
- Illinois Institute of Technology
Doctor of Philosophy (Design)
1995-2000 - Rhode Island School of Design
Master of Fine Arts (Design)
1990-1993 - Brown University
Bachelor of Arts
1984-1988
Jay Melican Skills
- User-centered Design
- Systems Innovation
- Product Strategy
- User Experience
- Interaction Design
- Usability
- Experience Design
- Research
- Program Management
- Design Strategy
- User Interface Design
- Strategy
- Product Development
- Rapid Prototyping
- Product Design
- Concept Development
- Marketing
- Research Design
- Product Management
- Project Management
- E Commerce
- Industrial Design
- Graphic Design
- Usability Testing
- Web Design
- User Centered Design
- Team Leadership
- Information Design
- Human Computer
- Design Thinking
- Community Outreach
- Qualitative Research
- Ethnography
- Human Computer Interaction
- User Research
- Management
- User Experience Design
- Creative Problem Solving
- Workshop Facilitation
- Product Marketing
- Service Design
- Strategic Partnerships
- International Sales
- Open Innovation
- Start Ups
- Business Development
- Market Research
- Competitive Analysis
- Product Road Mapping
- Strategic Planning
- Innovation Management
- Product Innovation
- Business Innovation
- Systems Thinking
- Market Analysis
- Business Strategy
- Strategic Communications
- Product Launch
- Distribution Systems
Jay Melican Summary
- Jay Melican, based in Portland, OR, US, is currently a President & COO at JoyLabz / Makey Makey at Makey Makey. Jay Melican brings experience from previous roles at Makey Makey, Designiq, Gamebender and Intel Corporation. Jay Melican holds a 1995 - 2000 Doctor of Philosophy in Design @ Illinois Institute of Technology. With a robust skill set that includes User-centered Design, Systems Innovation, Product Strategy, User Experience, Interaction Design and more. Jay Melican has 1 emails and 2 mobile phone numbers on RocketReach.
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