Sr. UX / UI / Product Designer
United States Department of Agriculture - Forest Service (via TechTrend)
- Ideation to execution: Lead, guide, and mastermind the process of gathering design and business requirements to craft and create product features and solutions. Create user personas and journey maps to define target demographics and establish the ideal workflow. Convert and output these ideas through pixel-perfect composites and prototypes for stakeholders, product managers, QA engineers, and developers to experience and use as the main source of reference. Applies to desktop, tablet, and phone experiences (iOS and Android included).
- User research, testing, and validation: Initiate and lead all user testing efforts for in-person and remote sessions. Work closely with PMs and business to create test scenarios and validate design and business hypotheses. Analyze testing results and discuss design priorities with the team.
- Project management: Lead and initiate requirements gathering. Create user stories and maintain project board and velocity. Lead grooming sessions and establish project checkpoints and milestones. Consistently connect the development progress with the business side.
- SDLC conscious: Mindful of the roles of each teammate. Lead client demos and sprint reviews. Gather feedback, discuss, and initiate iterations with the team. Assist in story prioritization and backlog organization.
- Concept to code: Coordinate with dev team to identify framework and tech stack. Deliver dev-ready, review, and validate HTML/CSS code with dev team. Create and manage pull requests.
- Post-code commitment: Provide QA guidance and assistance in writing ACs and validating staging site against signed-off composites and prototypes.
- Business development: Identify UX / UI opportunities to use as case studies as a marketing campaign and / or a blog article for the company. Perform UX assessments to promote the company’s UX discipline and seek new business opportunities.
- Lead by example: Mentor, inspire, and provide guidance to fellow UX / UI designers in the department. Lead team building exercises and initiate design challenges and projects for the UX team. Spearhead creative sessions not related to current projects to ignite the team’s creative ideas.
July 2023 - Present
Sr. UX / UI Designer & UX Team Lead
Briebug Software
Ideation to Execution
Project Management
User research, testing, and validation
SDLC conscious
Concept to code
Post code committment
Business development
Lead by example
Sep 2021 - July 2023
Sr. UX / UI Designer / Brand Manager
Tech Dynamism
Ideation to Execution
User research, testing, and validation
SDLC conscious
Concept to code
Post code committment
Business development
- Brand management: Create, enforce, and maintain the company’s design system and style guide. Create and design all marketing collateral (e.g., website, trade show graphics, company newsletters, business cards, flyers, email blasts, presentations, product catalogs, product packaging, and brochures)
Feb 2016 - Sep 2021
UX / UI Designer
Teamwork Athletic
Ideation to Execution
User research, testing, and validation
SDLC conscious
Concept to code
Post code committment
Business development
Sep 2015 - Feb 2016
UX / UI Designer
Ashford University / Bridgepoint Education Inc.
Ideation to Execution
User research, testing, and validation
SDLC conscious
Concept to code
Post code committment
Mar 2013 - Sep 2015
UX / UI Designer
Hunter Industries
Ideation to Execution
User research, testing, and validation
SDLC conscious
Concept to code
Post code committment
Jan 2011 - Mar 2013
