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User Experience Architect
Blacksburg, VA
Jan 2014 - Feb 2016 (2 years 1 month)
- Worked in small-team collaboration with designers, developers, and content specialists at web design agency specializing in user research, digital strategy, and custom implementation for large websites.
- Conducted on-site and remote stakeholder interviews and mixed-methods audience research to understand user needs and project goals.
- Utilized industry and in-house research to inform concept sketches and create conceptual wireframes and designs.
- Built prototype models and designed and implemented moderated and unmoderated user tests using OmniGraffle, UXPin, and video screen-capture software.
- Performed post-testing data analysis and presented findings to executive client teams.
- Facilitated information architecture, consensus-building, and content strategy workshops with clients, students, and faculty members.
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Industrial Design Intern
Dell Experience Design Group
Jan 2012 - Jun 2012 (5 months)
- Worked alongside the Industrial Design Team on poster and print design, logo design, product design, and packaging design.
- Engaged in meetings with local design firms to gain insight on giving and evaluating high-level design presentations.
- Learned about the corporate design process and how ideas transition through the phases of conception, implementation, and production.
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Human Resources Intern
Beltsville, MD
Dec 2011 - Jan 2012 (1 month)
- Assisted in the re-design of the HR Department’s website, determining page flow and site architecture.
- Designed pages in Microsoft SharePoint by coding in Java and creating graphic elements in Photoshop and Illustrator
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Human Resources Intern
Beltsville, MD
May 2011 - Aug 2011 (3 months)
- Assisted in the re-design of the HR Department’s website, determining page flow and site architecture.
- Designed pages in Microsoft SharePoint by coding in Java and creating graphic elements in Photoshop and Illustrator
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Resident Advisor
Blacksburg, VA
Aug 2008 - May 2011 (2 years 9 months)
- Monitored hall activities to maintain a safe, supportive, and work-friendly environment.
- Planned and executed educational and community-building programs and activities geared towards residents’ needs.
- Participated in the hiring process by interviewing and evaluating hundreds potential new hires and recommending qualified candidates to supervisory staff.
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Architecture Intern
Torti Gallas and Partners, Inc.
May 2008 - Aug 2008 (3 months)
- Created print designs in Photoshop.
- Assisted architects by modeling and editing plans in Google Sketch-Up.