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Jonathan Walter

Director of User Experience at Rockwell Automation
Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Jonathan Walter Jon has a degree in Visual Communication Design from the University of Dayton, as well as experience in Web development, interaction design, user interface design, user research, and copywriting. He spent eight years at Progressive Insurance, where his design and development skills helped shape the #1 insurance Web site in the country, progressive.com. Jon’s passion for user experience fueled his desire to make it his full-time profession. Jon joined Rockwell Automation in 2013, where he designs software products for some of the most challenging environments in the world. Jon became User Experience Team Lead at Rockwell in 2020, balancing design work with managing a cross-functional team of UX professionals, then became a full-time User Experience Manager in 2021. In 2022, Jon was promoted to Director of User Experience at Rockwell.

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Jon’s Column on UXmatters

Enterprise UX

Designing experiences for people at work

Maturing UX, CX, and Innovation Through Communities of Practice
December 2024
Ensuring the Staying Power of User Experience in Your Organization
September 2024
Fostering Inclusive Design in Industrial Automation, Part 3
June 2024
Fostering Inclusive Design in Industrial Automation, Part 2
March 2024
Fostering Inclusive Design in Industrial Automation, Part 1
December 2023
Embracing Introverted Strengths, Part 2
September 2023
Embracing Introverted Strengths, Part 1
July 2023
Balancing AI with Human Authority and Empowerment
May 2023
Setting Yourself Apart as a Job Candidate
March 2023
Expressing Ideas Through Mind Maps
December 2022
Forging Successful Partnerships with Software Developers
October 2022
Using Preview Releases to Gain Insights on Technical Products
August 2022
Filling UX Skills Gaps in an Increasingly Cloud-based World, Part 3
June 2022
Filling UX Skills Gaps in an Increasingly Cloud-based World, Part 2
February 2022
Filling UX Skills Gaps in an Increasingly Cloud-based World, Part 1
January 2022
Fostering Positive Environments for Remote Work, Part 2
September 2021
Fostering Positive Environments for Remote Work, Part 1
August 2021
Responding to Misaligned Recruiting Messages
June 2021
Advancing to the Next Level in Your Career
May 2021
Writing for Action
March 2021
Getting the Most Out of Performance Feedback
February 2021
Inspirations from a LEGO Instructional Booklet
December 2020
Growing Your Career as a Multidisciplinary UX Designer, Part 2
November 2020
Growing Your Career as a Multidisciplinary UX Designer, Part 1
September 2020
Building Narrative into Your User Interface, Part 2
August 2020
Building Narrative into Your User Interface, Part 1
July 2020
Overcoming Designer’s Block
June 2020
Winning Teams Over Through Your Design Deliverables
May 2020
Breaking into the Field of User Experience
April 2020
Avoiding User Research No-Shows
March 2020
Educating Colleagues on the Differences Between UX and UI
February 2020
Molding Yourself into a Leader, Part 3
January 2020
Molding Yourself into a Leader, Part 2
December 2019
Molding Yourself into a Leader, Part 1
November 2019
Navigating Ambiguity
October 2019
Juggling Multiple Product Teams
September 2019
Prioritizing Design Critique, Part 2
August 2019
Prioritizing Design Critique, Part 1
July 2019
Telling a Story Through Your Portfolio Presentation
June 2019
Lessons on Visualization from the Industrial Environment
May 2019
Choosing Your Battles, Part 2
April 2019
Choosing Your Battles, Part 1
March 2019
Supporting Localization
February 2019
Demonstrating the Value of User Experience to Enterprise Product Teams, Part 2
December 2018
Demonstrating the Value of User Experience to Enterprise Product Teams, Part 1
November 2018
Defining Enterprise UX
September 2018

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