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Bethel Park, Pa, Us

Menlo Park, Ca, Us

Waltham, Ma, Us

Waltham, Ma, Us

UX Solution lead in driving product strategy and vision within the Customer & Identity area of Thermo Fisher Scientific’s digital platform responsible for UX/creative direction across a variety of product teams. Partnering with business leaders, Directors of Product Management, Product Managers, Product Owners, and UX teams, my goal is to ensure the vision is being distilled and executed to meet user expectations at the product and strategic level. I’m responsible for building out UX strategy as well as various fidelities of information architecture, concepts and prototypes to help convey the vision. I’m responsible for an end-to-end UX workflow (research to visual design) to help inform and make decisions that are part of Thermo Fisher Scientific’s global design system. Alongside user engagement and customer journey mapping, I’m also responsible for providing creative direction to respective scrum teams with a deep understanding of long-term product vision and business goals.• Oversee a global team of designers responsible for products and initiatives falling under the Customer and Identity portfolio. Providing guidance and direction towards the global UX strategy.• Partner with leadership and business for continued optimization of processes, best practices, team development, and support.• Responsible for building out various fidelities of information architecture, concepts, and prototypes to help convey MVP and North Star vision.• Design Systems Lead, driving strategy, implementation, and design of foundational and base UI components for all Thermo Fisher, Fisher Scientific, and Cloud products.

Waltham, Ma, Us

• Implement and introduce new enhancements and customer experiences for various persona-based digital properties and multibillion-dollar e-commerce websites.• Leverage the UX lifecycle from project research and strategy to IA and UX/UI design. Providing rich and valuable solutions based on VOC, usability results, and analytics for assigned product areas.• Lead designer on global high priority projects and North Star initiatives. Supporting multiple projects with parallel timelines while overseeing appointed scrum teams.• Developed and piloted processes for streamlining an improved collaborative workflow between UX, product, and scrum teams with Abstract and Zeplin.• Represented UX at various offsite/onsite interviews subject for potential contract to hire agencies and vendors.• Created the UX Manifesto to introduce the global UX team, define our guiding principles, best practices, and clear perception of UX value.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Senior UX Designer in Brunner's BHiveLab SBU.BhiveLab is a team of creative technologists who solve business problems with next-generation technology. We fuse agile software development chops with strategy, creativity, user experience design, and world-class partnerships. Founded as an innovation lab, we now help companies from startups to global brands develop inventive apps, custom web, and hardware solutions, and maximize their big data.• Responsible for end-to-end UX and design on various enterprise, big data platforms and web applications for MARS and SEI.• Designed VR and AR experiences, proof of concepts, and prototypes utilizing Cinema4D and Unity for the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Google Cardboard, Leap Motion, and Microsoft Kinect.• Lead product design and guide development for various websites, mobile apps, innovative connected hardware, custom web applications, and second screen solutions.• Created Gatorboard, the social media content aggregator that curates content from around the web into an awesome, engaging display.• Mentoring, consulting, and working alongside startups moving their ideas from concept to commercialization.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Senior Interactive Designer in Brunner's BWorks SBU. • Collaborate effectively with leadership, project management, copywriters, designers, and developers to direct and create successful RFPs, award-winning campaigns, responsive websites, mobile apps, and interactive experiences.• Lead creation and ideation for all end-to-end UX-related project deliverables - research, information architecture, interaction/visual design, and quality assurance on projects.• Handled multiple accounts and projects at a time bearing parallel project timelines and occasional diverse project deliverables.• Determined appropriated UX tools and processes for streamlining improved collaboration between digital/traditional design and development teams.• Elected for, and graduated the Leadership Development program.• Managed a growing Interactive Design team, conducted mid-year/year-end reviews, led applicant interviews, recruitment, and portfolio reviews.• Responsible for project sign-offs before development and quality assurance before going live. • Partnered with Account Directors and Project Managers to write Statements of Work and various project timelines.• Developed the UX Task Force to educate internally the importance of UX and it's methodologies, best practices, and processes for client projects.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Moxie formerly Engauge Marketing • Lead creation and ideation for all end-to-end UX-related project deliverables - research, information architecture, interaction/visual design, and quality assurance on projects.• Created responsive websites, microsites, mobile apps, interactive social marketing experiences, RFP and internal promotional video production, motion graphics, and traditional advertising.• Managed a Junior Interactive direct report within the Pittsburgh office.• Partnered with leadership and Creative Directors to build and compose effective, successful digital RFPs for quality brands within diverse industries.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Moxie formerly Engauge Marketing• Lead creation and ideation for all end-to-end UX-related project deliverables - research, information architecture, interaction/visual design, and quality assurance on projects.• Created responsive websites, microsites, mobile apps, interactive social marketing experiences, RFP and internal promotional video production, motion graphics, and traditional advertising.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Worked closely with project managers, copywriters, designers, and developers directing, and creating award-winning marketing campaigns, microsites and mobile applications for various B2C clients. This includes all end-to-end UX product deliverables and art directing designers on the team.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

• Responsible for the design and art direction of client projects and agency materials, accompanied by client-facing collaboration and project presentations.• Lead designer on various video production, motion graphics, animation and audio editing for various internal and client facing initiatives.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Where it all began…designing a variety of engaging and interactive experiences around customer needs and client goals. Through strong team collaboration, we designed several award-winning websites, microsites, mobile apps and more.