WORK EXPERIENCE
Senior User Experience Designer
RCG Global Services
October 2023—Present
Staff User Experience Designer
CivicScience Pittsburgh, PA
June 2022—October 2023
- Translate high-level business goals into product specs, low-to-high fidelity
- Encourage stakeholder buy-in with data driven decisions and design storytelling
- Work across teams to meet project deadlines by delivering detailed hand-off requirements and consistent communication
- Organize user research activities (usability testing, heuristic evaluations, gap analysis, user interviews)
- Plan and manage UX roadmap in accordance with team and business goals
- Maintain and update detailed design system
User Experience Designer III
Honeywell - Safety and Productivity Solutions Pittsburgh, PA
January 2020—June 2022
- Design concepts for complex software starting from low-fidelity all the way to polished prototypes
- Translate research insights and user feedback into designs
- Support development of Information Archicture for complicated software projects
- Contribute to scoping and planning of design work in accordance with an iterative development process
- Communicate clear and concise design requirements to development teams
- Lead example to junior designers by establishing design processes that can be easily replicated across projects
User Experience Designed II
Honeywell - Safety and Productivity Solutions Pittsburgh, PA
April 2019—January 2020
UI/UX Designer
Plus Consulting Carnegie, PA
August 2018—March 2019
- Created wireframes and detailed visual mockups based on project requirements
- Conducted user research and analysis, distributing surveys/questionnaires and moderating interviews/focus groups to affirm user needs
- Developed user experience user personas based on research
- Designed modern, polished user interfaces for web and mobile experiences
- Worked with project managers and developers to ensure design requirements are met
User Interface Designer
Skyword Pittsburgh, PA
July 2015—February 2018
- Designed clear and usable designs based on user research/usability tests
- Translated wireframes into detailed user interface prototypes
- Assisted with conducting user research, usability studies and competitor analysis
EDUCATION
Chapman University
BFA in Graphic Design
February 2012—
Victor Valley College
Associated in Art
January 2009—December 2011
