For those who are moving into a home with very little budget, they often call upon family and friends for help. Help Me Move is a mobile app which helps people plan and coordinate this help. For this…
The client, Michaan’s Auctions, needed an updated responsive design for their absentee and telephone bid forms. These forms were not responsive and had well over 50 form fields on a single page, making it difficult to…
While attending the DeveloperWeek 2018 Hackathon in San Francisco, I led the design and presentation for Crowdy, the premiere platform for outsourcing software development talent, leveraging the open source community and repository technologies of Github and social communication…
I adapt my UX design process to the needs of each project I work on, but usually follow the order: planning/discovery, research, analysis, design and testing/validation. I utilize different methods and deliverables in each phase to suit the needs of the project.
I conduct research exercises including guerrilla user research, surveys, heuristic markup and user personas.
I create quick UI sketches to brainstorm ideas, as well as fully annotated wireframes.
I produce task or user flows to visualize the sequence of actions taken towards completing a goal.
I create paper and digital prototypes to test interaction design solutions.
I facilitate different forms of product testing including usability testing or A/B testing.
I design fully rendered interface designs for implementation.
I strive to clearly define usability problems and collaboratively seek efficient design solutions with stakeholders and developers. With visual design skills, I have explored user interface design patterns for web, Android and iOS platforms when designing for eCommerce, SaaS and marketing projects. I am a big champion for accessibility and understand practical and technical considerations in user interface strategy and implementation. I enjoy facilitating communication from within an organization.
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I studied painting, printmaking and photography in college, after which, I carried on my interest in photography, finding work as a Photoshop artist.
I studied film production in college, using storyboarding skills on film and music video projects, and later computer game cinematics.
I worked as a web designer for a wide range of clients including computer game companies, online health information and a project management SaaS.
I led marketing efforts for Michaan’s Auctions, designing ads for traditional print publications, direct mail, broadcast, email subscriptions, social media and print catalog designs.
As an auctioneer, I learned how to sell, persuade and observed keenly how people communicate non-verbally.
I have helped businesses make improvements to their services by leading user-centered design efforts, drawing on my natural sense of curiosity and problem solving skills.