Peter Berexa, M.A.

User Experience Designer at Larson Texts, Inc.
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, US
Languages
  • English -
  • French -

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Credentials

  • Associate Member
    User Experience Professionals Association
    Dec, 2020
    - Oct, 2024

Experience

  • Larson Texts, Inc.
    • United States
    • Book and Periodical Publishing
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • User Experience Designer
      • May 2021 - Present

  • pbdesign.online
    • UX Designer
      • Apr 2021 - May 2021

  • Bushwick Abbey
    • United States
    • Telecommunications
    • User Experience Consultant
      • Oct 2020 - Apr 2021

      Full-service responsive web design and branding for a LGBT spiritual nonprofit.

  • The Lower Eastside Girls Club of New York
    • United States
    • Civic and Social Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • UX Mentor & Lead UX Designer | Global Winner
      • Oct 2020 - Oct 2020

      Built empowerment and community by mentoring high school students in UX strategy and design. Helped bring team to first place regionally through Figma design and prototyping for NASA International Space Apps Challenge.

  • Global Neuropsychology Solutions
    • User Experience Consultant
      • Jun 2020 - Oct 2020

      Implemented cohesive client management and visual branding strategy for responsive website.

  • General Assembly x Creative Circle Creative Jam
    • User Experience Researcher
      • Aug 2020 - Sep 2020

      72-hour hackathon with goal of empowering marginalized creatives. Our solution: BraveCircle, a community care app. It exists to fight two silent epidemics that predate the pandemic: isolation and depression. BraveCircle is unique because it is based on clinical, off the shelf research and because it relies on community rather than self to provide care.

  • Real Estate Startup (Stealth)
    • User Experience Consultant
      • May 2020 - Jun 2020

      Performed competitive analysis and project management for early stage startup, defining design strategy and future directions.

  • CoLife
    • United States
    • Internet Publishing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • User Experience Consultant
      • Apr 2020 - May 2020

      Building trust and transparency for a responsive website through UX writing and usability analysis. Improved trust and understanding by 60%

  • Zassport
    • France
    • Wellness and Fitness Services
    • User Experience Researcher
      • Sep 2019 - Jan 2020

      -Planned and executed exploratory user research for a more ethical, authentic travel experience.-Carried out local ethnographies across immigrant groups using snowball sampling and personal interviews.-Discovered, defined, and catalogued authentic cultural enrichment activities in collaboration with CTO and Product Lead.

  • La Salle University
    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Research Assistant
      • Sep 2015 - Sep 2017

      Research facilitator in Mindfulness Lab and Ecology of Emotion Lab.Designed and facilitated research projects ranging from emotional chemosignals to emotional induction through images.

  • Chatham University
    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 400 - 500 Employee
    • Graduate Research Assistant
      • Sep 2014 - Aug 2015

      Facilitated research in Cross-Cultural Lab and health and aging, with topics including dream analysis and health behavior change. Designed and performed qualitative data analysis including the use of Consensual Qualitative Research (CQR) coding.

    • IT/Media Assistant
      • Jun 2014 - Aug 2014

      Maintained and tracked media technology campus-wide. Facilitated campus events and lectures.

  • Lafayette College
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Research Assistant
      • Sep 2013 - May 2014

      Facilitated and collaborated on research of human-like procrastination in pigeons and the effects of progress bars on procrastination.Responsibilities included animal care, quantitative data analysis, and research design.

  • S Alexanndra Kreps MD & Associates
    • Intern
      • Jun 2013 - Aug 2013

      Shadowing experience with a psychodynamic-eclectic psychiatrist.

  • University of Pittsburgh
    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Research Intern
      • Jun 2012 - Aug 2012

      Lead researcher on a project to investigate the effects of poverty sociopolitical marginalization on the spread of dementia.Developed 2D realtime model in NetLogo to visualize dementia spread and value of stimulation.

Education

  • General Assembly
    Immersive Certificate, User Experience Design
    2020 - 2020
  • Chatham University
    Master's of Arts, Psychology
    -
  • Lafayette College
    AB, Psychology/Anthropology & Sociology
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  • Center for Talented Youth
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