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New York, NY, US

New York, United States

New York, New York, United States

New York, New York, United States

• Led the end-to-end design for conversational AI product resulting in solo project created to guide authors through the publishing process
• Handled all research including competitive analysis, user interviews, along with persona creation, bot persona, and established voice and tone guidelines to inform design decisions
• Created conversation architecture, dialogue flows, sample dialogue writing and revising, designing for edge cases and repair flows to create a smooth and empathetic conversational experience
• Created Voiceflow prototype and ran user tests to inform iterations

New York, New York, United States

• Led the user-centered book development and design process from conception to launch, through research, developmental edits, writing pitch letters to capture a book’s voice, user feedback and iterative editing rounds.
• Advocated for client authors throughout the publishing process, building consensus and collaborating with stakeholders such as editors, publicists, designers, and translators, resulting in bestselling and award-winning.
• Streamlined internal legal review processes, reducing publishing delays and ensuring author satisfaction.
• Served on working groups within the Association of American Literary Agents, shaping industry-wide policies on emerging technologies like AI in publishing.

New York, New York, United States

• Redesigned the translation rights guide with a focus on color, layout, typography, and information architecture, resulting in hundreds of translation deals.
• Presented on panels at conferences on the role of literary agents in the publishing process.
• Represented authors at international book fairs and forging global partnerships.

New York, New York, United States

• Scouted for talented writers, edited their novels and nonfiction proposals over multiple iterations, wrote pitch letter copy and negotiated the sale of rights to publishers leading to bestselling and award-winning books.
• Advocated for client authors throughout the complex publishing process, from inception, to development, to publication, while building a coalition of stakeholders including editors, publicists, designers, film/tv.

• Redesigned elementary school's website, resulting in a 36.39% increase in monthly visitors, by conducting competitive analysis, user research, interviews, creating user flows, building personas, designing user.
• Designed a Minimum Viable Product for a NYC Arts calendar website, contributing to the product roadmap and focusing on aesthetics and design, interpreting broad conceptual ideas into a simple and elegant solution.
• Collaborated with engineers and stakeholders, received feedback, and advocated for user needs, to ensure a seamless experience across desktop and mobile.
• Developed affinity maps, user stories, wireframes, and mockups to inform design decisions.

New York, New York, United States

• Coordinated with clients, authors, publicists, and editors to keep the agent and author informed of all developments.
• Evaluated book proposals and manuscript submissions for possible representation.
• Maintained detailed tracking sheets on project developments, contract schedules and payments.

Doctor Of Law - Jd, Intellectual Property Law

Ui Design Specialization, Ui Design

Ux Design Certified Program, Ux Design

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Psychology, English