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New York, Ny, Us

Define and drive the UI/UX design strategy aligned with BuildingLink’s business goals and technical constraints, ensuring a seamless and delightful user experience across all digital touchpoints.Oversee and execute the creation of user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs, ensuring consistency and alignment with BuildingLinks’ brand identity and design guidelines.Conduct workshops, user feedback sessions, and design sprintsCollaborate with product and engineering teams to enhance current platform architecture and design systems.Own multiple projects from start to finish, partnering with product and engineering teams to problem solve and integrate design into the product development process.

Led the design vision and set product direction for Decisionary’s portfolio of products from the ground up.Designed the UI/UX for user-centric features, including journeys, purchasing guides, deal hubs, product comparisons, surveying tools, and more. Responsible for user research, interaction and visual design, functional prototyping and testing across web and mobile products.Collaborated with product managers, engineers, stakeholders and vendors to help define product requirements and road map.Developed and maintained style guide and design system to unify the design process across Decisionary’s products and teams.Supported the marketing and executive team by creating and maintaining all visual and design aspects related to the Decisionary brand.

Newtown, Pa, Us

Responsible for facilitating and leading the creation of DirectLync’s SaaS platform’s extensive design system and visual identity.Drive the UX/UI vision, create UX workflows and prototypes, and conduct usability testing. High focus on user-centric design principles based on user personas to create an intuitive, purposeful, and visually appealing interface. Management and execution of DirectLync’s creative strategy through digital multimedia. Lead, mentored, and collaborated with design, marketing, and development teams.Executed clients’ visions through discovery, project management, prototyping, and design of web and mobile applications.

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

Managed a small team of designers and content writers focusing on all aspects of campaign design to promote client products and support company initiatives.

Designed, managed, and developed various print and digital experiences to support client publications and events.

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

Promoted over two dozen company brands and events in the consumer electronics, retail and marketing landscapes through the creation of print and digital experiences.

Managed various print and web campaigns for a number clients in an agency setting.

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Head freelance artist for NCBA, the National Caucus and Center on Black Aged, creating newsletters, brochures, calendars, and other print material.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Design of various marketing and promotional pieces to promote NAB’s annual trade show and various events.

Head freelance designer, creating logos, advertisements, and other promotional material.

• Developed creative page designs for internationally published magazine.• Created illustrations and retouched photos for feature and department stories. • Updated magazine’s website and archives on a monthly basis.• Communicated with authors, contributors, and printers in order to reach monthly deadline.

Bachelor'S, Graphic Design

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