I work closely with project leads to meet business expectations and requirements - visualizing, designing, and conceptualizing user experiences. This includes information design hierarchy, process/screen flows, concept sketches, wire-frames, interactive prototypes, and high fidelity visual mock-ups. All while working with other team members to ensure that the creative execution maintains a strong, consistent look and feel.
Worked with cross-functional teams and different organizations to solve complex workflows and user challenges. Responsibilities included: (1) Meeting with end-users, (2) Creating user personas, story maps, journey maps and process flows, (3) Wireframing and designing mockups, as well as validating those designs with user testing, (4) Documenting user workflows and UI interactions within JIRA cards, (5) Creating high-fidelity mockups that conform to UI framework style guides.
Partnered with business units, development teams, and other stakeholders to design and define the user experience across a suite of web-based sites and services. Responsibilities included: (1) Creating workflows, wireframes, and high fidelity mockups of web applications, (2) Designing features within existing web sites and services to maintain consistency and ensure an optimal user experience, (3) Creating overall visual design (iconography, typography, color, space, texture... etc.) to help users easily navigate applications.
Helped design the user interface of the Sigma Aldrich e-commerce website as well as other Sigma Aldrich web applications. Maintained & supported current website screens, as well as designed screens from the ground up - designing how each page will be displayed, i.e. icons, layout,... etc.
Responsible for creating and maintaining a consistent and customer-friendly design for online portals, applications, products, and marketing promotions. Worked closely with multiple business stakeholders designing UX/UI wireframes & mockups, as well as high fidelity user flows for web development.
Designed and developed promotional websites for nursing & health profession textbooks using basic HTML, JavaScript, CSS, and Flash. Also responsible for designing e-mail collateral and other web graphics. Occasional print work was done as well (logos, posters, direct mail… etc.).
Worked with inhouse IT Team to design HTML and Flash websites and Intranet sites. Designed various Flash and Powerpoint presentations. Also designed e-mail blasts, logos, posters, brochures and other print marketing collateral.
Received a Bachelor of Arts with an emphasis in Graphic Design and a Minor in Web Site Development
Activities and/or Societies: A.I.G.A - American Institute of Graphic Art
Received an Associate Degree with an emphasis in Graphic Communications.
Activities and/or Societies: Phi Theta Kappa Scholar
