I was born awesome | Jeffrey Isham

As a Creative Technologist, I enjoy the challenge of working to align the realities of technical implementation with creative experience design. My job description has a lot of bullet points on it, but let's just say I get shit done. Currently, I live in the Minneapolis area and lead the Shield Interfaces team at U.S. Bank in the continued build out of their internal design system.

I'd best describe myself as a platform agnostic, frontend specialist who isn't too shabby on the backend. I am an experienced problem solver, focused on strategy and user experience. I'm an expert with CSS and Javascript, specializing in standards-based, accessible, client-side interactions. I've led teams and executed numerous digital campaigns and enterprise solutions for a wide variety of brands, including: Target, General Mills, Nike Bauer, wet n wild, Kidrobot, United Health Group, the Belize Tourism Board, Pantone, New York Life, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of MN.

My name is Jeffrey and I enjoy biking, cats, and long walks on the beach.

Latest

December 15, 2021

Ch-ch-ch-ch Changes

Long time, no post. All 10 of you, along with the spammers that hang on my every word will be pleased to know that I've taken a new job!

I'm super proud of my accomplishments at Horizontal Digital. Under my tenure as Practice Lead, the global frontend discipline transitioned into key contributors on nearly every active project, across all agency supported platforms. The team headcount grew by 400% with high retention and growth opportunities at all levels.

All that said, it was time for a change. I'm off on a new adventure, stepping out of the agency/consulting world and going full corporate. I'm now at U.S. Bank, leading several teams in the continued growth and development of their internal design system, Shield. And I'm a Vice President. Boom. Still doing awesome shit.
August 1, 2020

One year's worth of Spirographs

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March 15, 2020

A silver pin, thanks AdFed!

Horizontal Digital Awarded Silver from AdFed The Show for Best Microsite for Milwaukee Tool MX Fuel landing page. What started as a proof-of-concept for a creative pitch, many iterations later turned into an engaging launch experience and trade show centerpiece. The team really delivered. This was a fun one to work on!
March 27, 2018

Upgrade Available

After a year with Horizontal, the powers that be have seen fit to promote me! I am now "Practice Lead of Open and Emerging Technologies." Kind of a mouthful. Looking forward to building a new line of business and a team to support it.
February 2, 2017

I got a new jobby job

Here it is folks, after a 10 year long run with Olson, I've made the decision to move on. I'm on to a new role with Horizontal Integration, firmly solidifying my place in middle management. Looking forward to the challenge. Don't worry Internet, I'm still in you.
April 26, 2016

Shout out my homie ketchup

2016 Webby Award Winner in the Websites/Weird category of National Corndog Day.

Projects

I got my first job as a web designer in 2005. Since then I've been a web developer, frontend developer, senior developer, tech lead, dev manager, practice lead, and these days, an engineering lead and vice president! I've been fortunate to have worked on some really great brands with some really fantastic people over the course of my career. Here's a few of my favorite projects.