SUMMARY

• General Assembly certificate in UX Design
• 15+ years of experience in Visual Design wif expertise in small business branding and marketing, wif concentration in ad specialties and promotional products.
• Guided a team of designers to produce high quality experiences wifin web and mobile applications
• Developed brands, identities, sales collateral, promotional product artwork and advertisements for clients in retail, high tech, professional services, educational and Internet media industries.
• Exceptional multi - tasking skills, able to manage several time sensitive projects simultaneously, accustomed to performing in deadline driven environments wif emphasis on creativity and quality control.
• Self starter and team oriented personality

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Affinity Matrix
• Competitor Analysis
• Stakeholder Interviews
• Surveys
• User Interviews
• Heuristic Reviews
• User Testing
• Story Boarding
• Creating Personas
• Process Flows
• Card Sorting
• Paper Prototyping
• Experience Mapping
• Use Cases
• Visual Designs
• Wire Framing
• Online Graphics
• Style Guides
• Kanban
• Agile Methodologies
• Scrum Processes
• Sprints Planning
• HTML
• CSS
• Bootstrap
• JavaScript
• AngularJS jQuery
• & React
• GitHub
• Invision
• Balsamiq
• Sketch
• Axure Enterprise
• Adobe Creative Suites
• Adobe Suites
• Adobe Brackets
• Adobe Experience Design (XD)
• Wordpress
• Terminal
• Microsoft Visio
• Microsoft Office
• Networking
• IT Troubleshooting
• Facebook
• Twitter

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

UX Architect/Designer

Confidential - Atlanta GA

Responsibilities:

• Worked on Auto Loan Experience
• Work wif stakeholders to design screens using Sketch, Axure or Adobe Suites
• Develop interactive screens using Axure & Sketch
• Make corrections to UX using Axure
• Participate in day to day Stand Up meeting and provide mockups for grooming sessions
• Shadow end user to understand application flow
• Hands-on UX design position
• Simplify complex ideas to translate them into intuitive experiences
• Persuade key business and IT stakeholders where necessary
• Provide Level of Effort estimates for requirements
• Track project tasks, provide status and ensure tasks are completed on schedule
• Support teh full lifecycle of a project for multiple projects
• Solve problems creatively and effectively

UX Designer/ Visual Designer

Confidential - Chicago, Illinois

Responsibilities:

• Prototype Design.
• Based on client requirements developed Wireframes using Adobe Suites and Axure.
• Participate in day to day Stand Up meeting and provide mockups for grooming sessions.
• Simplify complex ideas to translate them into intuitive experiences.

UX Designer

Confidential - Columbus, Indiana

Responsibilities:

• Based on client requirements developed Wireframes using Adobe Suites and Axure.
• Participate in day to day Stand Up meeting and provide mockups for grooming sessions.
• Simplify complex ideas to translate them into intuitive experiences.
• Persuade key business and IT stakeholders where necessary.
• Solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Develop Usability questionnaire.
• Usability Testing.

UX Designer

Confidential - Atlanta, Georgia

Responsibilities:

• Work wif stakeholders to design screens using Sketch, Axure or Adobe Suites.
• Develop interactive screens using Axure.
• Make corrections to UX using Axure.
• Participate in day to day Stand Up meeting and provide mockups for grooming sessions.
• Shadow end user to understand application flow.
• Hands-on UX design position.
• Simplify complex ideas to translate them into intuitive experiences.
• Persuade key business and IT stakeholders where necessary.
• Provide Level of Effort estimates for requirements.
• Track project tasks, provide status and ensure tasks are completed on schedule.
• Support teh full lifecycle of a project for multiple projects.
• Solve problems creatively and effectively.

UI/UX Designer

Confidential - Irving, Texas

Responsibilities:

• UI & UX Design for research and development.
• User Research and Testing.
• Developing UI’s using Bootstrap and some simple AngularJS
• Requirements exploration, which includes ad hoc, high-level sketches dat enable teh iterative and interactive exploration of business requirements.
• Life cycle development - ie., Concept Model, Conceptual Flow, High-Level Wireframe Review and detailed Wireframe and Interactive Flow Review.
• Adherence to digital standards.
• Prototyping.
• Consult wif Project Leads to ensure quality and deliverables are met.
• Worked wifin Agile and Scrum methodologies.
• Built prototype using Angular and Json.

Mobile Visual Designer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Adobe Experience Manager use of teh asset management tool.
• Understood client briefs and actively contributed to teh brainstorming and ideation process.
• Communicated wif stakeholders to halp manage concepts and deliver milestone objectives.
• Layout and design of Mobile Application for iOS and Android.
• Experience of User Experience planning, use case preparation and wireframe development.
• Detailed slicing of images for developers.
• Modifying teh look and feel of previous designs for iOS8.
• Using Photoshop to create mock up for iPhone 5S, iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.

Sr. UI/UX Designer

Confidential, Columbus, Georgia

Responsibilities:

• UI Design standards to design and layout website for both mobile and tablet devices in IOS and Android environments.
• Developed responsive websites for mobile and tablet devices.
• Troubleshoot and repair Web Accessibility issues wif International Clients.
• Troubleshoot and repair defects for responsive website applications.
• Provided significant input into teh creation of technical prototypes and screens, navigational structures and labeling systems wif limited guidance.
• Created user interfaces to support defined functional tasks using functional specifications and wireframes.
• Reviewed and provided feedback on teh final implementation of teh UI.
• Provided significant input to others who work closely wif teh product management, usability, and development teams to translate use cases, task analysis, and requirements specifications into interface designs.
• Validated designs internally and externally through working prototypes.
• Provided significant input into creating innovative designs by looking beyond articulated needs.
• Created reusable HTML templates and style sheets based on UI standards and guidelines.
• Used usability design principles and standards, as well as templates/tiles standards in development.
• Understood and incorporated effective unit testing techniques and processes into all UI development work.
• Supported teh development and maintenance of standard UI component libraries for use in design and development by both all teams (Product Management, UI Development, and Development).
• Began to assume responsibilities in teh education of product development and professional services teams on teh principles of user-centered design and on its application wif EBS, as well as tools for developing wireframes and other design components.
• Participated in technical design, provided review and input related to meeting teh stated UI design

UI/UX Designer

Confidential, Bloomington, Illinois

Responsibilities:

• Executed interaction design and visual design as a part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Collaborated on user experience planning wif a lead experience architect.
• Consulted wif Confidential lead experience architect.
• Researched interaction design trends and technology trends.
• Required exploration, which includes ad hoc, high-level sketches dat enable teh iterative and interactive exploration of business requirements.
• Life cycle development - ie., Concept Model, Conceptual Flow, High-Level Wireframe Review and detailed Wireframe and Interactive Flow Review.
• Adherence to digital standards.
• Created wireframes as well as visual design comps.
• Consulted wif Project Leads to ensure quality and deliverables are met.
• Worked wifin Agile methodologies and Scrum processes.
• Participated in discussions on processes and way of working towards improvements.

Visual Designer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Front-end, user-centered (UI) design experience comprised of web site design.
• Conceptualized and developed designs for web site and internal products.
• Created wireframe and site map for developers.
• Knowledge of design best practices around teh use of new media (including social media, email, web, blogs, mobile) desirable.
• Successfully developed style guides.
• Collaborate effectively wif an agile, multi-disciplinary team to evaluate teh feasibility of proposed designs.
• Worked wifin Agile methodologies and Scrum processes.

Media Specialist

Confidential, Georgia

Responsibilities:

• Designed and managed teh printing of Gala Invitations.
• Created teh design and layout of teh DeKalb Technical Colege Annual Report.
• Designed ad for teh Atlanta Braves Yearbook.
• Provided print design solutions for marketing materials, presentations and other visual representations including flyers, brochures, posters, banners, illustrations/graphics/icons and logos.