Jeff Calaway
Lead UI UX Developer at Useful Group
Naperville, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJeff Calaway is a Lead UI/UX Developer with 11 years of experience blending design, copywriting, and front-end engineering to create persuasive, user-centered digital experiences. Based in Naperville, IL, he leads UI/UX at Useful Group while running a long-standing freelance practice that spans branding, web development, and marketing for local and national clients. His background in English and hands-on roles—ranging from web designer to agency lead—gives him a rare edge: he writes for users as deliberately as he codes for them. Jeff approaches projects as multidisciplinary problems, translating business intent into interactive designs that respect five-second attention spans and app-driven culture. Known for deep attention to detail and collaborative empathy, he thrives on turning ambitious ideas into tangible, measurable results. Outside the obvious technical skills, he’s as comfortable crafting persuasive copy as he is prototyping interfaces, which makes him a practical bridge between creative and development teams.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
3.5/4.0, 3.5/4.0 at College of DuPageBA, English, 3.5/4.0, BA, English, 3.5/4.0 at Eastern Illinois University
Github Skills (28)
custom-ui9
typescript8
vscode8
vscode-extension8
mp38
microsoft7
electron7
visual-studio-code7
theme-ui7
visual-studio7
editor7
flash7
streaming6
mp46
facebook6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
jeffcalaway/atomic-component-suite
Dec 2022 - Feb 2025
Contributions:1 PR, 58 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 2 months
jeffcalaway/useful-framework-companion
May 2023 - Dec 2024
Contributions:22 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 7 months
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