About
Multidisciplinary product designer that specializes in simplifying complex UI/UX enterprises and creating engaging visual designs.
Work Experience
Responsible for creating accessible and appealing applications, interfaces, and websites
Worked with the strategy team to understand customer data, creating and applying personas to user journeys and site architecture
Conceptualized and proposed ranges of visual concepts for digital products in sympathy with brand guidelines and behavioral data
Translated concepts into wireframes, prototypes and process flows
Worked on cross-platform applications that developed connected experiences from both a consistency of user experience and visual guideline point of view
Liaised regularly with clients to present creative work and ensured that designs met their requirements and core business objectives
Freelance/Long-term Contract
Part of a joint project between GDIT and the NY State of Health/Dept. of Health
Designed and created production-ready user interfaces and design solutions that responded to requirements documentation, user research, insurance mandates, and both New York State and Federal health policies
Applied existing NYSOH/NYS brand guidelines, typography, iconography, and other visual aspects to design solutions as well as site maps, user flows, and prototypes as needed
Worked with the UI/UX lead designer and user researchers to oversee QA of deliverables to developers and meet project deadlines
Attended team meetings and gave presentations to supervisors and project stakeholders
Freelance/One-off Project(s)
Blue World’s first full-time product designer and front-end developer, creating large-scale UI/UX experiences and responsive web designs
Wrote fully responsive front-end programming/styling and maintained code upkeep across project lifecycles
Worked alongside developers on project execution, QA, debugging, and mobile testing across operating systems, platforms, and devices
Updated/created branding for client projects and internal BW projects
Established documentation for both design and front-end archiving/version control
Created design system for expanding Blue World’s proprietary software suite, Big Blue
Worked with business development members and project managers to optimize design approaches for client/internal projects
Delivered presentations for both clients and internal stakeholders
Served as design liaison on calls, meetings, and travel ventures
Supervised freelance designers and developers on larger projects
Designed user interfaces, responsive web experiences, infographics, illustrations, and created or extended existing brand designs
Oversaw necessary QA and spec production on in-development projects and collaborated with contracted front-end developers
Provided oversight and feedback to junior designers on larger projects
Contributed to branding and promotional print materials
Designed digital animation clips and various social media assets
Designed web assets and troubleshoot(ed) issues in Wordpress eCommerce platform