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Houston, Tx, Us

Houston, Tx, Us

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Leads design strategy and research for the Assurant Global Automotive innovation team. Plans and co-leads design workshops with business stakeholders to rapidly iterate and expand on ideas, evolving them from incubation into test ready prototypes. Created, and coaches others on a toolbox of sprint templates used to champion a consistent innovative process throughout the organization. Created and maintains a shop design system, customer personas, and user journey maps. Supports enterprise wide CX and UX initiatives and ensures products meet objectives for usability, adhere to relevant design and accessibility standards, and align with company identity guidelines. Collaborates with development and engineering teams to ensure all requirements and objectives are communicated and met throughout the agile process. Works closely with product owners to ensure an efficient workflow while maximizing design impact. Leads a team of offshore designers to inspire, guide, champion, and elevate their efforts.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Principal designer for an innovation shop within the Assurant Global Automotive line of business. Facilitated remote design sprint workshops to help to align ideas with business needs and launch a product quickly and efficiently. Conducted interview panels with business leaders to better understand the vision for new innovation and digital transformations. Generated user-centric metrics for guiding and implementing the design process. Created UX/UI assets such as user flows, wireframes, mockups, design systems, and interactive prototypes. Worked closely with developers to ensure all features and requirements were to design specs.

The Woodlands, Tx, Us

Supported a team of web application developers by designing user-centered digital products. Identified areas for improvement within existing tools and implemented change with a focus on usability and function. Conducted UX research by analyzing tracking software and data collection. Created wireframes and interactive prototypes for stakeholder presentations. Designed interfaces and user experiences for business prospecting and development tools. Mentored junior team members.

The Woodlands, Tx, Us

Responsible for design, prototype, and front-end development as part of web applications team. Support included writing HTML and S/CSS for Bootstrap based frameworks within an ASP.Net environment. Provided internal marketing and product development teams with custom web designs for landing pages and sales contests. Created web graphics with Photoshop and Illustrator. Maintained a series of corporate Intranet and CRM web applications.

The Woodlands, Texas, Us

Preformed daily updates and maintenance for a large WordPress site, wc.org. Including editing content, designing page layouts, and WordPress development. Builds pages and elements using HTML and CSS.Setup an option tree plugin by converting the site's HTML into WordPress shortcode functions.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

US Army Reserves: Trained to determine the psychological vulnerabilities of potential targets. Responsible for the analysis, development, and distribution of information using various mixed media during psyops-related campaigns.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Served as a member of an observation and listening team; responsible for gathering and reporting information on terrain features, route classification and enemy strength, disposition and equipment.Performed mounted and dismounted land navigation using standard military maps.Operated military tracking systems, radios including UHF/HF/FM, and phones such as local cell, and satellite.Monitored the movement of over 500 soldiers while conducting security patrols in the capital of Iraq.Designed detailed terrain analysis overlays to facilitate battlefield movements.Restored, tested and analyzed the effectiveness of 100% of the company's chemical, biological, and nuclear protective equipment.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Served as a member of an observation and listening team; responsible for gathering and reporting information on terrain features, route classification and enemy strength, disposition and equipment.Performed mounted and dismounted land navigation using standard military maps.