A Bit About Me
Passionate User Experience Designer with over fifteen years experience leading design efforts for clients ranging from startups to fortune 500 companies. Proven experience integrating with cross-functional teams to support the entire design process from initial research to implementation. Experience working with key stakeholders, developers and the marketing team to support feature prioritization, backlog grooming, and long-term strategic design in an agile environment. Believer in the combination of qualitative and quantitative measures of usability to best meet user needs.
Strong advocate for user-centered design with experience in user research, data and metrics gathering, usability testing, wireframing, user interface design, and translating user feedback and needs into actionable design recommendations.
Professional experience also includes marketing, identity design and branding, WordPress development, business analysis and print design. Passionate about all things visual, including motion graphics and animation, photography and videography.
What I do
Working in roles that span the spectrum of the design process, I have developed skills and experience ranging from initial requirements gathering and concept development to long-term strategic design management.
User Experience
User Research
Survey Analysis
Persona Development
User Flow Mapping
Usability Testing
Wireframing
Clickable Prototypes
UI Design
High-Fidelity Mockups
Interaction Design
Design Pattern Library
Icon Design
508 Compliance
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Agile Methodologies
Backlog Grooming
Feature Prioritization
User Story Creation
Software
Photoshop
Illustrator
After Effects
Axure RP
Sketch
Figma
Rally/JIRA
What I’m Looking For
Working for a variety of corporate and freelance clients over the last fifteen years has given me the opportunity to explore the types of projects that offer the best fit for me and those where I can most successfully contribute. Those projects typically include the following:
Startups and small to mid-size teams: Smaller teams tend to provide the greatest opportunity to collaborate across multiple roles and take on a greater stake in the ownership of a project. With a background in marketing, design, front-end development, and art direction, I enjoy working directly with key stakeholders across the organization and being involved in the full design process from end-to-end.
User-centered design: I believe that user needs should be at the core of design decisions and that user considerations should be an integral part of the design process. Business objectives and priorities, costs, and other considerations should absolutely factor into the design decisions, but user needs should be central to that process.
Agile processes: Flexibility is key to a successful design project and those that follow agile methodologies tend to best embrace the concept of iterative design and continuous improvement. Rarely is design as successful when implemented as a “one-and-done” process.
If this sounds like your project, and you think I might be a good fit, please reach out to me using the form below.