Sr. UX Designer - Interaction
Autotrader/Cox Automotive
September 2015 - Present
- Agile / Lean UX Subject Matter Expert for a multi-disciplinary program team
- Bridge to delivery teams for implementing a new UX/UI framework
- Contributed to the interactions and patterns of the vehicle search experience
Interaction Designer II
Careerbuilder
April 2013 - September 2015
- Member of a team responsible for developing the job seeker experience
- Facilitated implementation of a Dual Track Agile / Learn UX Process
- Use of user research, usability testing and analytics to validate designs
- Built relationships with developers and product owners in newly created team
UX / Visual Designer
Digital Marketing & Media, Inc.
July 2011 - April 2013
- Conceptual and production work for a variety of projects
- Designing interfaces, interactions, information architecture and prototypes
- Utilized communication channels such as mobile, web and tv application
Client: AT&T Digital Life
- Involved in gathering requirements, prototyping, testing and creating comps
- Implemented the visual design within the Android application
Industrial Design Co-op
MeadWestvaco
January 2011 - March 2011
- Conceptual next-generation office and school products
- Attributed co-inventor on two patent applications
- Production designs and tessellation for manufacturing of current generation products
Industrial Design Co-op
RC2 Learning Curve
January 2010 - March 2010
June 2010 - September 2010
- Production artwork and concepts for licensed product lines released to the market
- Licenses included Chuggington, Thomas the Tank Engine, Dinosaur Train and Lamaze
Industrial Design Co-op
Hasbro
January 2009 - March 2009
June 2009 - September 2009
- Design for dual gender products for the Playskool® toy line, including Mr. Potato Head
- Presentation and production work for new product pitches to marketing and management
Industrial Design Co-op
GE Consumer & Industrial
June 2008 - September 2008
- Product development for global products including microwaves and window A/C units
- Interface design and production level graphics and specifications for a variety of units
education
U. of Cincinnati
Bachelors of Science
in Industrial Design
graduated 2011
certification
Nielsen Norman Group
UX Certification
License # 1009898
skills
User Experience Design
Information Architecture
Visual / UI Design
Prototyping
Wireframes
Site Analytics
User Story Mapping
User Research / Usability
A/B Testing
Sketching & Rendering
Responsive Design
Lean UX Methodologies
Front End Development
Application Design
programming
HTML
CSS / SASS
Javascript / Jquery
Ruby on Rails
tools
Adobe Creative Suite
Sketch
Axure
Visio
Omnigraffle
Balsamiq
FramerJS
UserTesting.com
Google Analytics
Usabilla
Verify App
Site Catalyst
SilverBack 2.0
Office