EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

UX Designer & Sharepoint Developer

Responsibilities:

• Provide support in carrying out the project plan for delivery of Sharepoint solutions to Confidential .
• This include full lifecycle solutions to include gathering and analyzing business and functional requirements using Agile methodologies.
• Improve Functionality of iShare Sites:
• Provide day - to-day support to Confidential for improving its Share Point site for most efficient use of the site and existing access databases and business process management tools. Responsible for the overall format, design, layout and organization of Confidential ’s iShare site collections, for the purpose of increasing transparency, usability, collaboration, consistency, and efficiency for the end-users.
• Meet/interview division stakeholders to determine metadata structures and/or requirements for business process management tools to increase efficiency and to meet the needs of the Confidential stakeholders. As a result of these interviews, provide summarized results of these meetings and provide/develop a recommendation as to how best meet the stakeholders’ needs, for the Government review and approval.
• Redesign public facing website as well as internal members sites.

Confidential

Sr. UX Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Undertook usability reviews, testing and research.
• Developed and confirmed requirements with business owners.
• Facilitated requirements sessions, modeling use cases documenting business & technical requirements, as well as processes.
• Assisted with process development for the use in User Acceptance Testing.
• Assisted with User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and Integration testing.
• Developed personas, user scenarios and user journeys.
• Designed internal prototype intranet systems for association’s HQ
• Redesigned previously launched site proposals and enhanced them through production.
• Ensured website templates and designs met business requirements.
• Created sketches and then wireframes for a multi-system platform.
• Provided technical writing for prototypes and style guides of CSS.
• Facilitated communications effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Integrated best practice principles in terms of page layout and site architecture.
• Worked collaboratively with the developers to facilitate a smooth, well-planned user experience.
• Worked collaboratively with business stakeholders on user flow, hierarchy and navigation.
• Assisted with analysis for Microstrategy team.
• Assisted with content population into CMS system.
• Actively participated in Agile ceremonies and processes.
• Also, tutored and mentored intern in a Senior Art Director’s role.
• The Adobe Creative Suite was utilized in accomplishing this role for the Confidential ’s marketing projects.
• Axure RP was the predominant tool used in creating wire frame prototypes, site maps, & personas.

Confidential

Sr. UI/UX Designer & Sr. Art Director

Responsibilities:

• Introduced UX Agile environment elements to IT teams that were not previously present.
• Proposed latest technological standards to stakeholders, which in turn, led to a savings of 25% of the production budget.
• Established and designed the 1st mobile application prototype requirements for desktop to mobile conversions (IOS and Android platforms).
• Implemented current CSS and HTML5 standards that were not previously in place for designers and developers. Also, created style guide standards for video, Flash, and all AV projects.
• Established style guides standards that were globally used by developers, designers, and QA for e-Learning courses, websites, and e-Publishing.
• Awarded several performance-based bonuses and promotion as a result of these achievements.
• As a senior designer, mentored and trained intermediate level graphic artists on how to create wireframes and GUIs for applications.
• Project management and user-experience protocols were also implemented regarding my design team.
• Archival, photo tagging, and chronicling of all digital assets.
• PC/Mac work environment.

Confidential, Bethesda, MD

UX/UI Art Director

Responsibilities:

• Strategized and implemented user experience brand voice guidelines with content strategists, copywriters, IAs, and business sponsors to enhance/achieve the highest user-experience possible for various media.
• Member of the User-Experience team which conducted multivariate (MVT) and A/B testing of various focal points based off of my application designs: app functional specs, web page layouts, banners, and SWF files. Feedback from user research, metrics, and Adobe Omniture Site Catalyst data were essential in final user experience decisions.
• Created technical, functional, GUIs, wireframes, and UX design specs for various web pages, which enhanced turn around time for the Information Resources (IT) team to build, as well as providing visual examples for sponsors.
• Documented all digital assets utilizing company’s CMS.
• Designed and built various interactive web, Flash, PDF, and multimedia work for Confidential .
• Agile work environment.

Confidential, Chantilly, VA

Art Director/Graphic Designer

Responsibilities:

• Consulted weekly with Director of Architecture & Construction Divisions as well as the Systems Administrator on status updates of marketing presentations, web images, and web functionality.
• Taught internal training to Senior Architects and Senior Interior Designers on how to accurately convert and optimized their CAD blueprints and interior design layouts for the web & Smart boards.
• Also, taught them how to integrate their work with the Adobe Creative Suite.
• This lead to efficient document hand-off as well as a greener workspace.
• Documented, tagged, uploaded, and archived all digital assets for the department.