Resume

Experience

01/2018–present: Maternity leave

Seattle, WA

Senior User Experience Designer (03/2014–01/2018)

FTI Technology | Seattle, WA

• Created cohesive workflows and data visualizations for a large, collaborative enterprise web application (Ringtail, since acquired by Nuix)
• Maintained and expanded a common UI library
• Facilitated weekly design team meetings
• Primary user researcher, usability tester, and UX writer

Information Designer (01/2013–02/2014)

General Dynamics, Viz | Pittsburgh, PA

• Designed a streamlined tablet version of, and an administration dashboard for, an extensive collaborative situational awareness application used by the U.S. Army
• Redeveloped the company website (HTML5/CSS3)
• Created wireframes, interaction specs, and prototypes
• Conducted interviews and usability testing

Visual Designer (08/2011–12/2012)

Carnegie Mellon University, Open Learning Initiative | Pittsburgh, PA

• Created new interaction flows, mockups, and illustrations for an online learning application
• User research including interviews, card sorting, and think-aloud usability testing
• Copywriting for the public marketing website

Instructor (part-time) (08/2010–05/2012)

Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, PA

• Taught HTML and CSS to undergraduates and graduate students in classes of 5 to 20 students
• Developed lectures, activities, and assignments
• Taught a summer course for high school students covering design fundamentals

User Experience Design Intern (05–08/2010)

Google | New York, NY

• Explored new interaction patterns for editing and formatting text on mobile phones
• Designed a usability study and used the results to improve the UI

Marketing and Design Associate (06/2007–06/2009)

Golden Gateway Financial | Oakland, CA

• Designed new web content (page layouts, illustrations, copywriting) for marketing websites at a financial startup
• Created digital and print marketing materials and co-wrote scripts for two TV commercials