Senior UX Designer

• Oct 2022 - Present

UX/UI Designer

• Mar 2020 - Oct 2022

- Leading the UX perspective on ideation and technical development within current and new SaaS innovative products.- Educate and advocate for shared priorities leading to efficient collaboration and freedom of creativity within teams.- Integrate usability tests, research, user interviews, and define success metrics to establish successful user experience within products.- Collaborate daily and develop strong teams with other designers, developers, product managers, and management to align UX, development and business needs within the global company.- Educated over 40 global leads with guidelines to integrate UX within their software teams.- Led workshops on how to increase productivity within diverse teams through collaboration strategies.- Organized and executed with a group of women the company's second International Women's Day Conference, and the creation of the company's first Employee Resource Group for women.

Freelance User Experience and Visual Designer

• Aug 2008 - Present

- UX designer for website redesign. Followed UCD process, researched context of use, determined business scope, web optimization, competitor analysis, usability testing, A/B testing, iterations, user flows, personas, and low-high fidelity Sketch wireframes. Deliverables included framework, style guide, designs for WCAG, interactive InVision prototypes, and Zeplin files. - UX designer for an independent developer. The role involves application development, user flows, user personas, usability testing, low-high fidelity Sketch wireframes, and using InVision Studio and Zeplin for deliverables.- UX intern for a digital entrepreneur. Created an educational website, conducted user interviews, created personas, user flows, navigational elements, designed to increase conversion rates, social media tool kits, infographics, and low-high fidelity wireframes. Tools include Sketch, Photoshop, Illustrator, and WordPress.- UX consultant and designer for six websites used at Denver Public Schools. Identified a breakdown in communication among various users and created a solution that decreased miscommunication and increased learning. Conducted usability testing, identified user pain points, and iterations based on task analysis and empathy for the users. - UX consultant for Brewery Branding - redesigned their e-commerce site identifying strategies for power users. Conducted subject-expert interviews, user interviews, and usability testing. Developed personas, user flows, and journeys. Researched, identified navigational elements, WCAG accessibility, low-high fidelity wireframes in Sketch and InVision interactive prototypes.- Designed illustrations, logos, and products for Lone Tree Brewery, Dry Dock Brewery, Elk Mountain, University of Colorado Anschultz Medical Campus, and RadCraft. Used Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop. Presented concepts and strategies to stakeholders.

Bartender

• Sep 2012 - Mar 2020

- Work in a fast-paced environment as an experienced bartender with a diverse customer base, communicating and marketing quality craft beer and hard seltzers.- Regularly educate our clients about ingredients, production, and the variety of beer styles produced in our facility.

Merchandise Designer

• Oct 2014 - Sep 2017

- Researched current trends, sent qualitative and quantitative surveys out to the public and within the company looking for ways to improve our product line. Tested prototypes of new designs on willing customers and iterated based on user feedback. These efforts increased merchandise sales by 3% within one year due to a fresh and new product line that attracted additional customers and resulted in a permanent merchandise collection within both taprooms.- Designed the top-selling t-shirt, holding this record presently since 2014.- Collaborated with the sales & marketing team and organized photoshoots, supervised styling, and determined how to successfully promote the brand.

Leadership Coach and Senior Team Lead

• Jul 2017 - Jul 2019

- Coached seven educators to meet their individual career goals by developing collaborative strategies, success metrics, and targeted growth milestones. - Facilitated meetings, brainstorming sessions, and implemented 10 professional development trainings within the building for educators and administrators. - Researched new educational strategies and mentored others on how to use them effectively.

Distinguished Design Instructor

• Aug 2007 - Jul 2019

- Under my leadership, the visual and performing arts implemented a collaborative digital platform that improved communication, outreach, and curriculum understanding for 650 users annually. User research was conducted which provided qualitative and quantitative data to create six individual websites that met user needs and pain points. This process improved overall grades and increased enrollment in the programs by 40% within two years of their rollout. -Educated and trained over 1,900 individuals ages 14-55, about design, public speaking, and educational strategies.-Expanded the IB Visual Arts program by 1500% over nine years due to leadership style, tailored curriculum to meet user needs, user and product research, and weekly usability tests on various curriculum features.-Recognized learning opportunities for teachers, identified solutions and presented those findings in 10 professional development training.- Identified a lack of transparency around individual and team spending for a $14k shared budget and created a digital model that improved the communication within the team and decreased spending errors.- Created over ten publications and led a team of novice journalists using design thinking strategies, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign. The team focused on user needs and met tight deadlines.- Introduced over 50 students to eight countries through travel and educational experiences.

Visual Art Specialist

• Aug 2016 - Jul 2017

The role involved:- Collaborated with the performing and visual art departments by coaching and identifying strategies that would support their needs. - Was a valuable asset to the administration by identifying successful ways the arts could support the vision of the building.