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Senior UX/UI Designer
Alpharetta, GA
Mar 2016 - Sep 2019 (3 years 6 months)
Work in a team with a product owner and developers to design, deliver to production, and optimize features that meet the needs of the scientific publishing community bringing forward UX principles and best practices to make design decisions.
Create living prototypes used to communicate internally and externally.
Clearly present pros/cons of your design concepts to Senior Management for approval.
Work with product managers, quality engineers and developers to ensure designs meet user needs and deliver business and strategic goals.
Ensure accessibility and browser compatibility.
Actively work on improving the UX design process and the quality of UX deliverables.
Emphasize the user experience throughout the design process. Develop a deep understanding of the needs and workflows of Authors, Reviewers and Editors. Build empathy for users across the organization.
Build out and maintain style guide for product interfaces.
In order to be deemed viable for this uniquely creative role you must possess current UX design experience, passion and creativity.
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Senior UX/UI Designer
Macy's Systems and Technology
Johns Creek, GA
Feb 2013 - Jan 2016 (2 years 11 months)
Responsible for developing and maintaining the UX discipline including educating the business on UCD principles and best practices.
Responsible for understanding requirements from SME’s or Business; researching and estimating the effort required for each task.
Responsible for analyzing requirements RTM (Requirement Traceability Matrix) documents.
Create wire frames, annotated screen mock ups and site maps based on Business requirements and Company Brand Standards.
Create wire frames, annotated screen mock ups and site maps based on Business requirements.
Provide development team with wire frame prototypes to achieve desired output without deviating from client’s UI expectations.
Facilitate design reviews and user feedback meetings, and working sessions to ensure UI design meets the UI definitions and functionality.
Responsible for developing the UX discipline including educating the business on UCD principles and best practices.
Created a plan to build a successful team, mentoring mid- and senior-level contributors on IA discipline, best practices, and help the User Experience team work more effectively.
Identifying and implementing new processes and tools - sketches, site maps, wireframes, user-flow diagrams, user research, and analytics - to determine optimal user experiences.
Initiated and led the development of interaction patterns and guidelines across all devices Lead weekly team meetings, encouraging idea sharing, open honest communication, collaboration and overall portfolio UI consistency.
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Senior UX/UI Designer
Lawrenceville, GA
Aug 2012 - Dec 2012 (4 months)
Designed creative ideas across all interactive destinations, helping to emotionally connect with the RealEstateBook.com audience and deliver high quality visual design.
Produced present design deliverables that clearly communicate concept, intention, and appropriateness for the RealEstateBook.com audience.
Contribute a strong design point-of-view and passion for exceeding customer expectations to RealEstateBook.com products and touchpoints for the main brand and sub-brands.
Collaborate with other designers, experience architects, art directors, copywriters, and strategists to ensure that design meets the standards of user experience and accessibility.
Guide visual thinking and provide expertise on the most effective ways to reach our customers and meet business objectives through digital and non-digital content.
Act as a subject matter expert and consultant on design across web, mobile, social, and email to internal stakeholders and agency partners.
Assist with conducting usability testing on design mock-ups, user and competitive research to understand customer needs and design trends.
Create visual and interaction concepts then iterate into increasingly high fidelity prototypes for user evaluation leading to the final visual design.
Write the visual and behavioral style guide for the GUI components.
Develop innovative design solutions for multiple projects.
Communicate effectively with the team.
Provide expertise on color theory, typography, composition, layout, etc.
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Senior Website/ELearning Designer
Alpharetta, GA
Oct 2011 - Jul 2012 (9 months)
Primarily responsible for designing, developing, implementing, and evaluating innovative,
multi-platform, enterprise-wide E-learning and communication programs that address client goals and objectives.
Convert existing instructional material to an Online Seminar and quizzes or blended delivery format using Adobe Captivate and in-house system.
Designed & implement timely, innovative, cost-effective learning solutions.
Designed, developed, and delivered a variety of virtual and classroom training materials including:
- Mobile Sites
- Video Production
- Digital Marketing
- Online Education
- Patient Portals
- PowerPoint presentations
- Elearning/teaching models and strategies
- Quick Quizzes