Tom Hughes
User Experience Manager And Deputy Director, Digital Media at NYC Department of Parks & Recreation
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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SeniorTom Hughes is a seasoned user experience leader with 14 years at NYC Parks and over 20 years crafting interfaces in HTML, CSS, JavaScript and modern frameworks. As Deputy Director, Digital Media and UX Manager he combines hands-on front-end development with program-level project management, leading large redesigns and a React/GraphQL-powered Street Tree Map that modernized public interaction. He excels at turning analytics and user research into practical improvements that boost agency efficiency and accessibility. Tom has shepherded branding integrations with firms like Pentagram and scaled web operations across dozens of public-facing sites. Colleagues rely on him to bridge stakeholders, design teams, and developers to deliver usable, maintainable systems. He pairs municipal-scale impact with a knack for pragmatic technical direction and iteration.
14 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
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Github Skills (52)
javascript10
react-native10
testing10
webpack10
vue10
svelte10
react10
angular10
storybook9
ui-components9
web-components9
snake-case9
vite9
typescript9
google-visualization9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
tomhuze/wrr-gen
May 2019 - May 2019
Contributions:23 pushes, 1 branch in 12 days
tomhuze/maplibre-gl-geocoder
Sep 2024 - Oct 2024
Geocoding for MapLibre
Contributions:2 PRs, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 9 days
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