Experience
Design Strategist / UX Specialist and Partner
Thinker & Maker Jan 2018 - Present
- UX research, design, and testing
- Visual design and visual design systems
- Organizational level design process implementation
- Collaboration with stakeholders and teams from CEOs to production artists
Creative Director
Sapient Razorfish Jun 2017 - Jan 2018
- Manager and lead for a team of 4 designers
- Guide UX and visual designers on all work tracks and processes supporting them
- Direct the creation of user flows, IA, wireframes, prototypes, testing plans, and visual designs
- Create keynote decks and present to executive level stakeholders
- Facilitate design thinking workshops, brainstorming sessions, and stakeholder reviews
- Collaborate directly with various teams (Product, sales, testing, marketing, development, omni)
- Support hiring efforts by sourcing local talent, interviewing and vetting candidates
- Help with the development of timelines and project plans
Design Director
O3 World Feb 2014 - Jan 2017
- Successfully direct the user experience, information architecture, and visual design of various digital products including mobile applications, responsive websites, interactive tools, and experimental technologies
- Direct report for 5 designers and supervised the work of 2 UX strategists
- Work with CXO, co-directors, designers, developers, and project managers to continually evolve and improve the UX and UI process within the organization
- Managed pathing and personal growth of each design team member, established and expanded upon various department and organizational processes
- Improved talent acquisition, recruiting, and hiring processes within the organization based on performance based hiring methodologies
- Interacted and presented directly to clients, supported business development efforts within the organization
Art Director
Digital Wave Technologies Mar 2013 - Feb 2014
- Lead the design and direction of responsive websites and mobile applications
- Work directly with clients, creative director, designers, and developers, to see projects through from conception to launch
- Evolve processes and improve the value and quality specific to the CustomViewBook digital product
- Introduced and established responsive design theory at the organization and created processes and methodologies to evolve workflow to support production efforts
- Present concepts and deliverables to clients at all stages of the design process
Senior UI/UX Designer
Digital Wave Technologies Apr 2009 - Mar 2013
- Lead visual and interactive design on a range of client projects consisting mostly of higher education and non-profit organizations
- Conceptualize, design, problem solve with IA/UX experts and developers, direct junior designers, create animatics, develop guidelines and documentation, direct multimedia, present to clients
- Direct various projects from conception to launch
Education
B.S. Digital Design
Philadelphia University May 2014
Strengths
- Management and team leadership
- Expert in user experience, visual design, and information architecture
- Iterative design, rapid prototyping, team collaboration, and workshops
- Excellent problem solving abilities
- Sensitive to co-workers and stakeholder needs
- Effective under pressure — able to meet deadlines
- Motivational - Positive and inspiring attitude
Technical Skill Set
- Sketch
- Balsamiq
- InVision
- Keynote
- Photoshop
- Illustrator
- After Effects
- HTML/CSS
- Slack
- Basecamp
- Trello
- Microsoft Office