Resume

 

Profile

Excellent communicator and collaborator with over 18 years of professional experience in commercial illustration and narrative.  UX and UI Designer with a background in Visual Design and User Research. Certificate in UX/UI from the University of Oregon with skills in User-Centric Design, UX Research, Storyboards, Visual Prototyping, and Wireframing using a broad range of software such as Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Webflow and ProCreate. Experience designing for desktop, mobile and other platforms.

Skills & Competencies

Software: Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, Miro, Webflow, ProCreate, Autodesk, Wordpress, Squarespace, Github

Languages: HTML,CSS,Javascript. jQuery, Bootstrap

Education

University of Oregon. Portland, OR

Certificate in UX/UI Design 

An intensive 24 weeklong boot camp dedicated to User Interface and User Experience. Skills learned consist of, but not limited to, User-Centric Design Research, Wireframing and Visual Prototyping, Information Architecture construction, User Interface development.

Art Institute of Portland

Bachelors of Science in Film and Digital Media Production

Experience

University of Oregon / EdX 11/2021 - Present

Instructor / Assistant Instructor - UX/UI Bootcamp

  • Teaching 24 week UX/UI coursework including Design Thinking, Human Centered Design, User Journeys, Prototyping, UI Patters, Atomic Design, Heuristics & Usability Testing, Interaction Design

  • Ensuring resources are made available to students and auditing materials for consistency, accuracy and relevancy.

  • Working 1:1 with students inside and outside of class hours to ensure their success in the program

  • Conducting QA of Front End pathway for educators

Martian Rover 02/2023-03/2023

Icon Designer - Midi Opener App

  • Worked with the lead developer to understand the context and technical parameters of where my work would live

  • Designed multiple options for each icon in the set and tested them against user feedback for clarity

  • Iterated final designs based on feedback and reworked final designs for maximum readability at a small scale

  • Since the release of version 4.0 with my designs proceeds from paying users have grew 500%

Forge Harmonic 07/2021-09/2022

UI Designer / Storyboard Artist (various projects)

  • Worked in cross functional team to craft a clear narrative for patients and caregivers

  • Designed visual personas and UI assets to be flexible and applicable based on existing research

  • Created engaging storyboard decks to showcase user journeys across various platforms, optimizing communication

  • Built out screens in Figma using a design system created by the design lead

  • Documented specs and proper usage of design elements within the design system to be referenced by other designers and developers

  • Collected reference and inspiration of First Time User Experience from indirect competitors and other entities

  • Wire framed various screens as a starting point for discussion and iteration

  • Worked with Project Managers to ensure that data visualization designs remained accurate to the platform used by the clients

  • Documented customization options and limitations of the visualizations platform to aid in matching them with the new design expression