Digital Product Designer UX + Artist
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Resume

Resume

 

About Me

I’m a creative, brave, and driven problem solver with excellent research skills, a love for organization, a keen eye for design, and a fearless, inquisitive nature. I’m passionate about people and finding solutions to make their lives better.

Professional Experience

UX Designer
Mayo Clinic | Remote
September 2022 to the present

  • Providing UX support to the self-scheduling product teams

  • Delivering high-quality UX artifacts within an Agile software development environment

  • Conducting UX research and usability studies as needed

UX Designer (Contract)
Mayo Clinic (RightSourcing) | Remote
January 2022 to August 2022

  • Provided UX support to the self-scheduling and digital front door product teams

  • Delivered high-quality UX artifacts within an Agile software development environment

  • Conducted UX research and usability studies as needed

User Experience Designer I & II
TraceLink | North Reading, MA / Remote (beginning March 2020)
April 2018 to December 2021

  • Designed solutions for supply chain issue management, track and trace, compliance, and analytics applications

  • Drove analytics app usability testing

  • Worked on a marketing experience redesign

  • Assisted in creating the new design system

  • Led the design of the login experience for the app development platform

  • Delivered high-quality UX artifacts within an Agile software development environment

  • Worked on UX research and new employee onboarding company initiatives

  • Promoted to a level II in July 2020

UI Designer (Contract)
Nuance (Randstad) | Burlington, MA
October 2017 to March 2018

  • Worked on the redesign of the Toyota Entune and Lexus Enform iOS and Android apps

  • Worked closely with developers in asset creation and export

  • Participated in weekly design reviews with a cross-disciplinary team and external stakeholders

Freelance UX/UI Designer
My Studio | Brighton, MA
July 2017 to September 2017

  • Provided UX/UI design services upon request

  • Projects:

    • LYFE CYCLE WEBSITE REDESIGN

      • Conducted user research via client meetings, customer surveys, and competitive analysis

      • Created personas, user flows, site map and wireframes

      • Created high fidelity designs

      • Designs implemented via Mindbody, Healcode, and Squarespace

    • BREWSTAT.US UI MOCKUPS

      • Conducted user research via client meetings and competitive analysis

      • Created wireframes of key screens

    • DAILY UI CHALLENGE

      • Designed a new UI element every day to increase and improve my UI design skills

Business Administrator
Microsoft / Microsoft New England | Redmond, WA / Cambridge, MA
September 2012 to July 2017

  • Supported large teams of engineers and program managers

  • Provided calendar management, meeting, and travel support for multiple managers

  • Managed budget, office space, and headcount data

  • Completed new hire onboarding

  • Event logistics planning with partners and customers

  • Participated in special projects with corporate teams

  • Organized and attended team trainings and events

  • Assisted in training new business administrators

  • Helped to design a business admin training program for the organization

  • Transferred to Microsoft New England in February 2015

UX/UI Design Skills

RESEARCH
User surveys, personas, empathy maps, competitive analyses, card sorting, storyboarding, product feature matrices
DEFINE
Site maps, user journeys, workflows 
DESIGN
Wireframing, information architecture, interaction design, UI design, Material Design, Android design, iOS design, typography, design patterns, brand identity, mood boards, logo design, brand style tiles, UI kits
TEST
Prototype creation, contextual inquiries, affinity maps, A/B testing, qualitative and quantitative data collection/analysis

Technical Skills

Figma / Adobe CS / Sketch / Invision / Microsoft Office Suite / Confluence / JIRA / Aha! / Azure DevOps / UserZoom / UsabilityHub / VerifyApp / Writemaps / Android / iOS / Mac OS / Windows 10 / Microsoft Teams / Skype / Slack / WebEx / Zoom / HTML / CSS

Education

UX/UI Design (Certificate) | Designlab
Online | Aug 2016 to May 2017

  • UX Academy Certificate of Completion, UX/UI Design

  • Design 101 Certificate of Completion, Web Page, Digital/ Multimedia and Information Resources Design

Bachelor of Arts (Art (Mixed Media)) | Western Washington University
Bellingham, WA | Sept 1999 to Dec 2003

  • Major: Art (Mixed media (Specializations in painting, drawing, photography and printmaking))

  • Minor: Art history

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