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Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Improve usability of business' websites and products through conducting andanalyzing research, and crafting user and business centric solutions

Foxborough (Foxboro), Massachusetts, United States

Dorel Juvenile is a leader in the juvenile care industry. At Dorel we develop products to empower parents on their journey. As Senior Industrial Designer I collaborate with my cross functional team to design physical products across 4 of our brands. As senior designer, I have specialized in our Car Seat and Home categories, leading design for my products in these categories. •Led industrial design on products within the Car Seat and Home categories, while ensuring that brand standards and the user's needs were met •Developed UX storyboards and journey maps to present research findings to team and stakeholders to foster discussion and create team alignment on product goals•Collaborated on projects with on-site and international team members to design products that met our 4 distinct brand’s specific market needs•Implemented in house usability testing of prototypes to aid the cross-disciplinary team's agile product development•Collaborated with Product Integrity Engineers to ensure juvenile product safety regulations were met in the products designed

Foxborough (Foxboro), Massachusetts, United States

As Industrial Designer I collaborate with my cross functional team to design physical products across 4 of our brands. I have co-lead and lead design on products across our Car Seat, Infant Health and Safety, and Home categories. •Led/co-led industrial design on products within the Car Seat, Home, and Infant Health and Safety categories ensuring that brand standards and the user's needs were met throughout our NPD process•One of two industrial designers on Maxi-Cosi's revolutionary infant car seat Coral XP. Spearheaded the team’s user experience focus through developing UX Storyboards and running internal usability tests to help guide design revisions•Acted as Scrum Master for a portion of Coral XP’s product development process to ensure the team had structure and resources needed to develop quickly with the user’s needs in mind

Princeton, Nj

Michael Graves has one of the leading design practices in the world offering services in product design, architecture, interior design, master planning, graphic design and branding. Our designs are humanistic, intuitive, and pioneering. As an intern at Michael Graves, I designed on the product design team, developing product solutions for client's that were grounded in understanding the needs of the user. •Collaborated with design team to develop a line of products which assist the aging population maintain their independence in their homes•Recruited research participants, participated in home visits, sewed prototypes for UX testing and helped develop and execute the consumer UX testing•Painted, repaired, and assembled displays for the "Past As Prologue: 50th Anniversary Exhibition"

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

The Other Edge is a design firm that creates solutions to help clients communicate their story.As an intern, I helped execute design solutions in branding, graphic design, and product design for our clients.•Collaborated with the design director in launching a new branding initiative through designing and executing print collateral, visual presentations, and web content•Co-developed and prototyped a leather handbag and its branding, which was launched and sold on Etsy•Performed secondary-market research on convertible hand bags

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

The Women's Center of Wake County is an organization that serves and assists marginalized, at-risk and homeless women seeking to break the cycle of trauma, abuse, violence, and homelessness. As an intern, I organized my leading social worker's files and data, and assisted with client planning.•Entered client data into a national database, and organize client files so that leadership’s work could be done more efficiently •Discussed with the supervisor her clients' cases and steps to take to help clients progress•Organized and prepared for the creation and implementation of a large client reunion

User Experience Design Immersive

Education record

Took and passed additional UX Research Course: User Interviews

Nielsen Norman Group Ux Certificate, User Experience

Completed 30+ hours of rigorous user experience training and passed all related exams. This status demonstrates a high level of dedication.

Bs Industrial Design & Minor: Psychology

Activities and Societies: IDSA