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Christopher Thoms

Director of Experience Design & Strategy

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About

Chris Thoms is a product designer focused on helping companies understand the humans that use their products by teaching and implementing inclusive, Human-Centered Design practices. He's been helping both designers and companies build better experiences by increasing their knowledge of UX Strategies and principles for over 7 years. Chris has been a member of several early-stage immersive tech startups and has been designing with the human experience at the center of bleeding-edge technologies. A relentless questioner, he is constantly asking who is enabled by an experience and who is not?

Experience

Lead Design StrategistHoughton Mifflin Harcourt
Mar 2024 to Oct 2024
Design StrategistHoughton Mifflin Harcourt
May 2023 to Apr 2024
Design StrategistNWEA
May 2022 to May 2023
Experience Design LeadNWEA
Jul 2021 to May 2022
User Experience DesignerNWEA
Jul 2020 to Jul 2021
User Experience ResearcherNWEA
Nov 2018 to Oct 2020
Design Leadership Fellowodf
Aug 2021 to Mar 2022
UX/UI DesignerEXP Portland Basic company page — company details not listed yet
Nov 2017 to Jul 2021
Director of Experience Design & StrategyyouAR
Oct 2024
UX Research & DesignyouAR
Oct 2018 to Oct 2020
Digital Marketing ManageryouAR
Jan 2016 to Mar 2019
Digital Marketing SpecialistCoLab CoWorking
May 2018 to Sep 2019
Digital Marketing SpecialistBENT IMAGE LAB
Nov 2016 to Sep 2019
Community Engagement CoordinatorDesign Reality
Jul 2018 to Jun 2019
OwnerThoms Soccer Training Basic company page — company details not listed yet
Jan 2006 to Aug 2018
Head Men's Soccer CoachWarner Pacific University
Feb 2015 to Feb 2017
Technical DirectorBangkok Soccer Schools Basic company page — company details not listed yet
May 2014 to Dec 2014
Portland West RTC assitant directorPortland Timbers
Aug 2012 to Jul 2014
Portland Timbers ODP 2000G State assitantPortland Timbers
Aug 2012 to Aug 2013
Technical Coach/Boys Player Development Academy DirectorSouthside Soccer Club
Aug 2010 to Nov 2011

Education

Portland State University
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Sociology
2011 to 2013
Portland Community College
AA, General Studies
2009 to 2011