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Arlington, Virginia

Driving product strategy and design for 8 global technology solutions in higher education, government and ecommerce. Senior leadership with global team in 4 offices, 5 countries and remote. Established user-centered design process, building consensus with stakeholders to deliver competitive edge that has increased client retention and YoY net new customers. Launched new design system purpose-built for accessibility, automated testing, documentation, and adoption in any tech stack. Formalized accessibility evaluation cadence, compliance documentation and remediation process.

Arlington, Va

Led a quickly growing team of UX aficionados. Created a new user experience team who specialize in user research and rapid prototyping. Organized the team into specialized groups focusing on ux, front-end development, and graphic design. Implemented quality and efficiency standards, package management and automation, mentoring program, and committees to drive knowledge sharing and toolset development.

Arlington, Va

Managed a small team of UX/UI generalists. We worked closely with backend developers to scope, design, and build several web-based software applications and web sites supporting key government programs used by citizens and public servants. In addition to software projects, we produced all marketing and sales enablement collateral in-house and contributed to RFP responses. Clients include GSA, Senate, Treasury, Federal Judiciary, NIH, FHA and SBA.

Arlington, Va

As the sole designer at this aspirational start-up, I supported the rapid expansion of the Symplicity product line through the development of a template-driven UI system for Symplicity's proprietary application framework using Smarty, PHP, CSS and JavaScript. Redesigned the Symplicity corporate logo and created a visual identity system. Architected, designed and developed the corporate web site, landing pages, marketing collateral and environmental displays.

Chicago, Illinois

UI/UX and interactive design and front-end web development.Brand identity and publication design.

Chicago, Illinois

Designed user interfaces for web and desktop software products, brochureware and collateral, interactive digital marketing campaigns and corporate web sites. Developed web sites and animation using HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Flash. Met with clients to understand audience and business goals, develop requirements, present work and iterate according to feedback. Clients included Unilever, Akamai, and MacMunnis.

Alexandria, Virginia

Designed, developed and maintained websites using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Flash and GIF animation. Typeset publications, design ads, color corrected photographic assets, ran digital pre-flight and prepared physical composites for client presentations. Produced and populated an interactive database of artists and photographers for office use. Reported to Senior Designers and Partners.

Graphic design, production and printing services for faculty, staff and students.Educational workshop assistant for faculty on application of computer graphics technology.