Experience                         

 

 

UX Designer- AMA -American Medical Association

05/2023-CURRENT

• Creating Web and Mobile interfaces, and designs using Sketch.

• Utilizing Quantum Metrics to provide data, and drive design decisions.

• Collaboration with external departments and dev teams for project requirements.

• Enhanced user experience for marketing and membership.

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UX Designer- Peraton

06/2022-2/2023

• Developed browser-based interfaces, and designs with developers using Figma.

• Conducted user interviews regarding, usability testing and other methods of testing.

• Elicited business goals and user needs from stakeholders.

• Documented user requirements, screen designs, and design recommendations to derive business processes and analyze user needs.
   

UX Designer- USAA

06/2021-06/2022

• Leveraged interaction and visual design skills by creating design assets, and prototypes for web and native applications.

• Documented design decisions, and relayed changes and implementation notes to teams for development.

• Assisted human-centered research efforts by interviewing and synthesizing research findings to present back to stakeholders in an effort to align member needs and business strategies.

• Attended critiques and design reviews to support other teammates with design decisions and collaborated on improvements to current designs and/or processes.

 

UX/UI Designer- Engineering People

2019-06/2021

• UX and UI designer.

• Providing rapid high and low-fidelity prototypes.

• Conducting appropriate user testing.

• Specializes in mobile, AR, VR, and tablet applications.

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Recent Projects:                 

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Sign In UI Redesign - December 2023 - March 2024

• Designed UI for Web, tablet, and mobile; collaborated with developers to ensure design consistency.

• Improved sign-in paths, enhancing usability and accessibility across all platforms.
   

Find a Doctor - SERP Pages - April 2024

• Optimized content hierarchy for Web and mobile, enhancing navigation and information visibility.

• Designed responsive pages to improve user experience and physician profile accessibility.

 

Freida - Membership and Benefit Pages Design - April 2024

• Updated visuals for Web and mobile; conducted quality assessments to guide design improvements.

• Worked with teams for continuous updates, ensuring user-centric enhancements.

 

AMAOne - Suggested Search Box Designs - June 2024 - July 2024

• Developed a new suggested search feature, enhancing content discoverability across all platforms.

• Created prototypes to demonstrate functionality, improving user engagement.

 

Join Renew - Payment Modal Design - June 2024

• Designed secure payment modals to manage session timeouts, enhancing user security.

• Delivered high-fidelity designs for Web and mobile, streamlining the renewal process.

 

Pictorial Directory - March 2024

• Redesigned landing and results pages to improve advanced search and filtering on all platforms.

• Focused on accessibility enhancements, making information easier to find and use.

 

Policy Finder - February 2024

• Redesigned landing and information pages, addressing accessibility and copy updates across Web, tablet, and mobile.

• Improved form field designs and backend CMS for enhanced user experience and validation processes.

 

Account Recovery - June 2024

• Created designs for Web, tablet, and mobile to improve account recovery flow and increase log-ins.

• Focused on user-friendly interfaces, enhancing overall recovery process efficiency.

 

AMAOne - Category Navigation Designs - May 2024 - August 2024

• Redesigned category navigation to simplify information access, using grouped pill buttons for better readability.

• Provided responsive designs for all platforms, enhancing user navigation and wayfinding. Including ( Product nav bars, Page Groupers, Alert banners, & Global home page nav bars

 

Join Renew - Promotional Content Banners - June 2024

• Designed promotional banners that follow users across the Join Renew experience to highlight campaigns.

• Developed CMS backend designs for easy content updates and management.

 

Exploratory - News Article AI Summarization Flow - April 2024

• Designed AI-driven summarization options for article pages, enhancing readability
   

Digital Training Hub (DTH) - 2020

• A table and VR application hub designed to hold the suite of training apps for easy discovery.

• Lead UX UI Designer responsible for front-end development, information architecture, and responsive design.

• Provided high-fidelity prototyping, user testing,

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MarshST - 2020

• An AR & (interactive experience) designed to pride marshaling training of

military aircrafts.

• Lead UX Designer responsible for the UI and, accessibility of the design.

• Provided high-fidelity prototyping, and journey maps for interactive design.

 

Flight Systems Now (FSN) - 2020

• An AR & VR app designed to train Airmen on operating military aircraft.

• Lead UX UI Designer responsible for the visual & adaptive design.

• Provided high-fidelity prototyping and user testing.

 

Pulley+Wire - 2020

• An (AR) tablet app designed to train Aircraft pilots on intricate flight mechanics.

• Lead UX UI Designer responsible for the overall visual and interactive design.

• Provided high-fidelity prototyping and user research.

 

Internship - Engineering People - 2019

• Lead UX UI Designer on two projects.

• Provided user research, and testing.

• Presented high-fidelity prototypes.

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Previous Client Work         

 

Caterpillar Project - 2019

• Collaborated with the Cat Digital UX team.

• Help solve UX design issues for Caterpillar regarding their mobile and web

  B2C website.

• Conducted user testing for the designs at Cat's UX testing division.

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NASA  Suits Project - 2018-19

• UX UI Design Assistant.

• Create an augmented guided experience using.

the HoloLens for NASA’s SUITS program.

 

Food For The Hungry Project - 2018

• Assisted in creating a design solution for a customized

  CMS donations website.

• Worked collaboratively on information architecture, analysis,

  both high and low-fidelity wireframes, client interviews, and

  research for current systems.

 

Community-Based Website - 2018

• Designed a website that helped bridge the digital divide between

the community and their shops.

• Created the layout, architecture, and flow of the site.

• Worked with the Peoria Chamber of Commerce, and Merchant’s Association.

• Extensive user research and interviews.

• Presented a functional and successful prototype.

 

Assisted Living Application - 2017

• Designed an assisted living app concept accompanied by a screen and an Alexa enabled device.

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Education                     

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Bradley University 

- BS Degree in UX Design, & Graphic Design minor.

• Received the Academic Excellence in Web and UX Design award.

• Received three Dean's lists for Academic Achievement.

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