User Experience Product Designer
Apple Inc. — Jan 2019–present
User Experience Consultant
Slalom, www.slalom.com — Jan 2017–Jan 2019
Translated ideas of requirements team into wireframes and extensive user/page flows to help facilitate communication with development team.
Translated wireframes into visual design to help stakeholders better understand final launch deliverables.
Designed cohesive interface experience for suite of data and analytics enterprise applications.
Explored branding and identity for suite of data and analytics enterprise applications.
Helped with storytelling across various groups and individuals’ presentations.
Performed research and interviewed users to better understand their workflows, areas we could improve existing workflows and tooling, and their thoughts on new features.
Worked to ensure high-level quality with the client's visual design standards.
Created redline specification documentation for handoff to development team.
Created icons and fine-tuned existing icons to ensure pixel-perfection.
Graphic Designer, Artistic Staff
Brown Paper Box Co., www.brownpaperbox.org — Jun 2011–present
Design show production marketing materials, teasers, tickets, pre-announcements, show posters.
Senior Visual Designer, UX Designer
Level Studios — Oct 2015–Jan 2017
Designed layouts for one of the client's customer-facing websites to align with branding and thoughtful storytelling.
Provided an array of different design layout options for the client to foster discussion on project direction.
Translated ideas of requirements team into wireframes and extensive user/page flows to help facilitate communication with development team.
Translated wireframes into visual design to help stakeholders better understand final launch deliverables.
Worked to ensure high-level quality with the client's visual design standards.
Created redline specification documentation for handoff to development team.
Created icons and fine-tuned existing icons to ensure pixel-perfection.
Visual Designer / UI Designer
Optum, a division of UnitedHealth Group — May 2015–Sep 2015
Created wireframes and visual designs for provider healthcare tool.
Added visual hierarchy and clarity to existing design team’s direction.
Provided assets for user testing prototypes.
Prototyped various user interaction patterns/UIs.
Enhanced existing tool’s designs for inter-app navigation.
Optimized design for target demographic’s older CRT displays.
Pushed the design of the tool so it felt more modernized, and app-like.
Visual Designer, UI / UX Designer
General Motors — July 2013–May 2015
Designed an iPad app simulating GM’s variety of infotainment systems for OnStar Advisors and dealerships to use when assisting customers.
Designed a Universal iOS app for an in-house prototyping tool allowing demos of prototyped apps.
Designed a mobile and tablet experience for a future vehicle companion app utilizing a card-based UI and infographic representation of vehicle data.
Redesigned OnStar’s RemoteLink 2.0 iOS and Android apps which was used by 1.3 million total active users.
Developed iPad app concept demonstrating how dealership personnel can assist customers with initial set up of their new vehicle.
Graphic Designer
New Ink Design, www.newinkdesign.com — Apr 2011–Jun 2013
Received projects asking for logos, brochures, poster, invitations, and more for a variety of clients.
Specialist, Mobile Device Technician, Preservation & Operations Specialist, Mentor
Apple Inc., Apple Store, Northbrook, IL — Jun 2010–2013
A resource for market leader, store leader and senior management.
Sold more than a million dollars worth of merchandise.
Assisted in hiring events to find the right people to represent Apple Culture; coordinated in-store staff meetings.
Wrote and developed workshop scripts used for customer training.
Taught personal training classes.
Mentored new employees during their on-boarding process.
Graphic Design Special Assignment (Career Experience)
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA — Jan 2012–Feb 2012
Selected from a large group of steep competition to work on Retail Marketing’s new website for the One to One program which is used by customers around the world.
Had a tight timeframe and produced a large collection of images.
Worked within a small team where collaboration and communication were necessary to complete the project.
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Sketch
Adobe Illustrator CC, Photoshop CC
Keynote, Pages
macOS, iOS
B.S. Art and Digital Media, 2010
Concentration: Graphic Design