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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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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