Summary
Seven years of experience working in Product and UI/UX Design. Responsible for end-to-end design of user-centered software experiences for multiple industries including B2B, B2C, and SaaS.
Experience
Quisitive
January 2020 - May 2024
UI/UX Designer
Remote
- Created UI/UX designs for custom applications that met both business requirements and client expectations. Owned the production of all design deliverables including wireframes, prototypes, and hi-fi mockups for developer hand-off utilizing Sketch, Figma, and Invision.
- Led UI/UX for internal payments division (PayiQ) wherein I created a foundational design system/framework that significantly reduced front-end development time and served multiple dashboards and a DevOps website.
- Worked cross-functionally with internal and external stakeholders to define feature requirements and user stories ensuring a strong source of truth for each project.
- Presented design deliverables to explain my solutions and acquire feedback and drive iteration.
Menlo Technologies
October 2017 - January 2020
UI/UX Designer
Los Altos, CA
- Owned all UI/UX and visual design tasks for the custom application team, producing everything from journey maps and rough concepts to low-fidelity wireframes, prototypes, and hi-fi mockups.
- Increased valuation of company through spec work that converted potential customers to paying clients.
- Introduced Zeplin into hand-off process to streamline design to development, fostering efficient communication which created synergy with off-shore development team despite different time-zones.
- Partnered with business analyst to gather functional requirements from clients and help shape user stories that influenced the design of each product.
- Led design review meetings with clients to present my solutions and gather feedback.
- Redesigned company websites, including visual overhauls, content updates, and improvements to information architecture and SEO. Regularly presented to CEO throughout process until sign-off.
Dabkick
August 2016 - July 2017
UI/UX Designer
Cupertino, CA
- Conducted heuristic analysis of Dabkick app and led end-to-end revamp of the UX and visual design.
- Produced all design deliverables including user flows, rough concepts, wireframes, hi-fi mocks, prototypes, redlines, and assets.
- Simplified sign-up and onboarding process addressing known pain-points and improving user engagement.
- Guided internal user tests to gather qualitative feedback.
- Overhauled UX writing throughout the app, refining microcopy for best usability. Re-designed marketing website.
Education
San Jose State University
BA: Art/Design Studies San Jose, CA
Skills
Figma, Sketch, Adobe CS, Invision, Zeplin, Wireframing, Prototyping, Mockups, User-Centered Design, Heuristic Analysis, Visual Design, UX Design, Product Design, User Research, UX Writing, Graphic Design, Jira, Azure DevOps, Cross-team Collaboration, Requirements Gathering, Client Engagement
References available upon request.