Experienced in Print Design and Production, as well as UX/UI Design.

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Skills

• Adobe Creative Cloud (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign and XD)
• Zeplin
• Figma

ConstructConnect  |  User Interface Designer  |  July 2016 – Present
Previously On Center Software

• Work with the User Research and the User Experience teams to create a wireframe for a task flow once the finalized user goals have been defined.
• Once a task flow has been defined, create the detailed prototype options for user testing by the User Research team, technical feasibility by development. Update the options based on feedback. (in either Adobe XD or Figma)
• Continuous learning about web design standards for desktop and mobile, including accessibility expectations.
• Work with the development teams, and product managers, to make sure layouts are being coded to approved designs. If there are unseen technical issues to work with the developers to make updates and let stakeholders know about the changes.
• Communicating with other User Interface designers on the team to make sure we remain consistent in our layouts and themes.
• Collaborated on a component library to help keep the pages consistent and a single place of truth for the various web application teams and platforms.
• Updated iconography on existing applications

Infusion  |  Interactive Developer  |  May 2014 – March 2016

• Worked on various Proof of Concept Applications as part of an Agile team for client approval
• Created Styles and layouts based on design composites – WPF (XAML & C#), HTML, and CSS
• Created Resource Dictionaries in XAML for styles and templates
• Designed and created User Controls to be reused in other parts of the application.
• ExxonMobil (May 2014 – March 2015)
  • Created XAML styles and templates in Resource Dictionaries for developers
  • Worked with SME’s and team members to prototype updates to the interface based on feedback from users
    • Approached SME’s to demonstrate workflow and business processes that would be addressed in the application
    • This included watching how they use current applications to accomplish tasks and visualize data
    • Suggested screen layouts, charts, and data trees to help users understand the data that is required for each task
    • Researched similar applications, commercial and in-house, to see what solutions could be recommended
    • Documented information on processes and data that would be used to create use cases to understand the flow
    • Sketched rough layouts with use cases to make sure expectations on scope and functionality were aligned between development and SMEs
    • Supported designer and the team’s lead usability expert for testing after updates based on feedback

Sogeti  |  Front End Design and Development  |  October 2010 – May 2014

• Transocean (April 2011 – May 2014)
  • Responsible for layout and design of user interface for Silverlight Web Application
    • Researched what the target user was already comfortable with, including analog displays on the offshore rig
    • Suggested UI designs based on user’s current workflow and the readouts they expressed they were more comfortable with (the analog style of dials.)
    • Displayed rig data using Telerik gauges and graphs styled to resemble their analog counterparts
    • Wrote up use cases, and created sketches of proposed controls for clarification of expected functionality and establish scope
  • Created a prototype in Sketchflow for stakeholders to review suggested page layouts and user control designs
    • Documented layouts and user controls, including expected flows, functionality and values displayed
  • Created the layouts using Blend and Visual Studio
    • Used Blend to create custom vector artwork used in the gauge styles
    • XAML styles and templates were cleaned up and merged into Resource Dictionaries using Visual Studio
      • Allowed for the developers to reuse styles in other areas of the application to maintain consistency
• CGX (October 2010 – February 2011)
  • Light coding with some Javascript, JQuery and PostScript
  • Preflight images and files for fonts, colors and image resolution
  • Updated existing products on PageFlex system

Neuma Doors  |  Graphic Designer  |  October 2007 – October 2010

• Maintain corporate image and branding in all of the organization’s promotional materials.
• Update design and content of company collateral and usability by documenting recommendations from customers and personnel.
  • Included researching the company’s patents and how to illustrate what made the product different from competitors
  • Would use engineering drawings to create illustrative diagrams to show design features
  • Keep up to date on any new government or local incentives to builders and homeowners, such as tax rebates
• Maintain a listing of dealers and distributors using Excel to sort as needed for targeted mailings, promotions and sales reports.
• Prioritize and monitor the progress of current projects with regular reports to management.
• Page layout, design and production of promotional materials: Annual Catalog, Brochures, Promotional Flyers, Advertisements. Includes preparing images and artwork for online applications.
• Created a branded layout for the company’s blog.
• Prepare photos and other images for publications, either by enhancing the image or creating a new image in Photoshop
• Creating original product illustrations based on technical drawings
• Pre-flighting and pre-press responsibilities of print documents and advertisements
• Created PDF files for the sales team: informational materials, promotional items and interactive PDF forms.
• Maintain electronic files, both graphic and data.
• Work with vendors to make sure all artwork is created to their requirements so the project is not delayed.

Education

• MBA – Marketing  |  November 2009
  University of Phoenix
• Bachelor’s of Business/eBusiness  |  April 2005
  University of Phoenix