Aspiring bourbon connoisseur and UI designer. Pad Thai and interface afficionado. UX/UI Designer with a background in illustration, web, and front-end development. Always aiming to design minimal and intuitive interfaces to enhance amazing experiences.

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Skills

UX
User Research, Contextual Inquiry, Surveying, Analysis, Wireframing, Protoyping, Storyboarding

UI Tools
Axure RP, Sketch App, POP App, Invision, Principal App, Flinto

Adobe Creative Suite
Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, After Effects, Dreamweaver, Fireworks

Web
HTML, CSS, Javascript, jQuery, Bootstrap, WordPress, Joomla!, Moodle, Email Marketing, Responsive Design, Web Content Management, SEO, Layouts, Image Optimization

Artistic
Vectoring, Typography, Digital Painting, Retouching, Sketching, Drawing, Acrylic Painting, Letterpress Printing

Language
Fluent Spanish, Studied 2 Years of French

Microsoft
Word, Excel, Powerpoint Windows OS, Mac OSX

Education
College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
BFA, Illustration, 2012

General Assembly
Chicago, IL
User Experience Design, 2016

Experience

UX Designer
General Motors
April 2017 – Present

  • Develop user interface and experience to meet current and future application requirements
  • Rapidly develop working prototypes to communicate design with key stakeholders
  • Lead the design of the application user interface, and provide oversight to ensure consistent experience
  • Document user interface design standards, providing examples for software developers to follow
  • Collaborate with software developers and participate in user interface reviews to ensure implementation meets design standards
  • Research interaction design and technology trends to provide specific User Experience direction and solutions to complex problems

UX/UI Designer
Asset Health | assethealth.com
December 2016 – April 2017

  • Define interaction models, user task flows, and UI specifications
  • Write UI specification documents
  • Create and maintain website wireframes, mock-ups, and prototypes
  • Work within a proprietary framework system based on Bootstrap, using quick prototyping technology to develop prototypes that are consistent with the framework
  • Review and audit completed sites for interface and experience
  • Work with creative team members to promote and incorporate the visual brand identity; this includes participation in creative design meetings.
  • Work with development team members to produce interfaces consistent with technology toolsets and standards; this includes being fully involved in development/sprint meetings, and keeping a pulse on global development initiatives.

User Experience Design Immersive Program | generalassemb.ly
Student
July 2016 – September 2016

  • Conduct and synthesize user research and analysis into design solutions
  • Construct clear and effective information architectures
  • Test concepts with users through rapid prototyping
  • Design user friendly interactions and intuitive visuals and interfaces
  • Compose case studies that effectively convey thoughts and process through text and imagery
  • Work with a multidiscilplinary team in order to create polished, functional, products and prototypes
  • Gain and apply a thorough understanding and command of the User Centered Design process

Web Designer/ Front-End Developer
ZipEdTech, LLC | zipedtech.com
February 2015 – present

  • Design concepts and layouts for online education courses and webpages
  • Build using html, css, and javascript
  • Deploy courses on Moodle platform
  • Troubleshoot Moodle and browser compatibility issues
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Independent Web and Graphic Designer
RBD Creative | rbdcreative.com
July 2013 – February 2015

  • Create websites from wireframe to launch
  • Maintenance of websites; develop monthly email newsletters
  • Conduct email marketing; manage client blogs
  • Editing and continued organization of client assets
  • Create graphics for web projects
  • Design branding and print work

Illustrator/Designer/Web Content Manager
Loudbaby | loudbaby.com
September 2012 – July 2013

  • Illustrate and Design graphics for clients and websites
  • Create branding and identity
  • Manage, maintain and update websites
  • Conduct clients’ email marketing
  • Manage clients’ social network accounts
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