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I am a multidisciplinary UX designer focused on solving problems with design, developing , and crafting beautiful user interfaces for every screen size. With over 14 years of industry experience , I specialize in UX design and research
If I’m not behind a computer designing, I’m usually painting or sketching. I'm from sunny San Diego, CA but made greater Seattle, WA area my home where I enjoy hiking and exploring everything the beautiful Pacific Northwest has to offer with my husband and two sons.
Expertise
Skills
UX Design (UXD)
UI Design (UI)
UX Research & Testing (UXR)
Information Architecture (IA)
Interaction Design (IxD)
UX Writing
Prototyping
DesignOps (design operations)
Branding & Design Systems
Accessibility
Tools
Adobe Suite
Figma, Sketch, and XD
Google Analytics
CSS, HTML, JavaScript
WordPress
Git
...and always open to learning more
Education
2005 - 2009
Web Design and Interactive Media
Bachelors of Science
The Art Institute of
San Diego, California
Experience
2018 – Present
University of Washington
Sr. UX Designer at the Office of Research Information Services
- Defining product concepts, information architecture, and UX design of the university's enterprise application for grant creation and management, helping researchers manage $1.6B in funding.
- Collaborating on user research strategy and analysis to create data-driven design decisions and help define the product’s MVP.
- Streamlining DesignOps and design system, improving collaboration and communication with developers, customer experience, and business analysts.
Lead UX and Visual Designer at Cultivate Learning
- Pioneered user-centered design processes and user research strategies to design and develop B2C and B2B websites, digital libraries, and online learning resources with data-driven design decisions.
- Collaborated with other designers, researchers, content developers, engineers, leadership, and external stakeholders to lead the research, design, and development efforts of websites.
- Established and managed brand identities, design systems, templates, and general DesignOps for web designers, graphic designers, instructional designers, and content developers.
2014 – 2018
Brown University
Web Designer at the Division of Advancement
- Designed an enterprise system during a database conversion: Modernized the Advancement Gift experience, Alumni Website, and Alumni Portal that included improving user-managed profiles and adding features like a directory search connecting 90,000+ alumni, and an event and email management system (creation and subscriptions) that simplified processes for more than 100 alumni clubs across the globe.
- Developed university-wide visual identities and design systems.
2011 – 2014
The City Church
Design and Media Director
- Designed UX experience and managed the front-end and back-end development of the church, ministries, and accredited bible college websites.
- Led a team of volunteers, interns, staff members, and freelancers to create digital experiences, websites, videos, and print materials for special events, ministries, and weekly services.
2009-2011
Victory Team Apparel
Web Designer
- Designed the UX experience and interface design as well as front-end development of e-commerce websites, landing pages, and micro-sites, increasing email list conversions and sales.
Additional Experience
2019
EarlyEdU Alliance Institute Presenter
Co-presenter for the product release and tutorial session of the EarlyEdU Media Library (a project I led UX efforts on).
2016
Brown University Staff Development Day Speaker
Panelist speaker for the Women in Technology forum.
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More about me…
- My personality type is an INFJ
- My favorite animals are sharks, especially great whites
- My favorite cook book is “Ad Hoc At Home”, by Thomas Keller
- For fun, I enjoy photography, painting in the medium of watercolor, and sketching
Bucketlist...
- Visit every national park in the U.S (I’ve been to 11 so far!)
- Speak at a design conference
- Swim with whale sharks
- Beat my husband down the mountain on a snowboard
- See every state (39 down, 11 to go!)
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