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Dallas, Tx, Us

Plano, Texas, United States

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

I conducted comprehensive user research using surveys, interviews, and mapping techniques to deeply understand user needs. Through close collaboration with stakeholders, developers, and cross-functional teams, I ensured the successful implementation of design solutions.To effectively communicate design ideas and proposals, I utilized a range of tools. I created sketches, wireframes, and prototypes to visualize and iterate on design concepts. The use of Jira facilitated seamless project management, allowing for efficient tracking of tasks, deadlines, and progress. Additionally, I leveraged Confluence for documentation and collaboration, enabling effective knowledge sharing and team collaboration.Collaborating with stakeholders, development teams, and fellow designers was essential to align design goals with project objectives. I actively engaged with stakeholders to understand their requirements and expectations, while working closely with developers to ensure the smooth implementation of design solutions.To stay at the forefront of the industry, I continually stayed updated with emerging UX trends, best practices, and technologies. This enabled me to incorporate the latest insights into my design work, delivering optimal user experiences.Generate reports and propose iterative changes using lo-res sketches, mid-res wireframes, and high wireframes to communicate design solutions to stakeholders and development teams.Create prototypes utilizing tools like Sketch, Adobe XD, Figma, and InVision to test and validate design concepts.Collaborate with stakeholders, development, and design teams to ensure seamless design implementation.Stay up-to-date with emerging UX trends, best practices, and technologies to continually improve the user experience.

Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area

Redesigned Onboarding Flow with Figma, personalizing user's wellness journeys and increasing engagement by 15%.Streamlined Assessment Features, reducing user inquiries by 25% and enhancing satisfaction. Utilized user feedback from UserInterview.com for validation.Applied Agile Methodologies to development, resulting in a 30% reduction in delivery times and a 20% decrease in project costs. Utilized Maze for validating designs. Focused on usability, design, and research to drive continuous improvement and project success.

Carrollton, Texas, United States

Inmate Management System Project:Partnered with the Scrum Master to define and track user flows using Jira, ensuring the dynamic adaptation of designs to enhance user experience.Conducted iterative design enhancements informed by direct user feedback, fostering a user-centered design approach.Facilitated cross-functional collaboration with the UX team and developers, championing UI modifications for flawless design execution.Messaging Platform Initiative:Led a comprehensive evaluation of existing design systems, employing heuristic analysis to identify improvement areas.Executed in-depth user interviews with Version 1.0 users, deriving actionable insights to inform persona development and use case scenarios for diverse user groups (Friends & Family, Incarcerated Individuals, Admin).Implemented A/B testing to validate UI updates, driving strategic design decisions based on user feedback.Recidivism Project:Spearheaded generative research focused on reentry services for post-release incarcerated individuals, identifying critical needs and opportunities.Conducted empathetic one-on-one interviews with current and former incarcerated individuals to unearth key insights for the development of a minimum viable product (MVP).Developed both low-fidelity and high-fidelity wireframes, translating initial research findings into tangible design solutions.Collaborated closely with the Product Owner to sharpen the MVP’s objectives, aligning with the project's overarching goals.Webmaster Responsibilities:Managed and updated online content, including facility details, pricing structures, and terms and conditions, ensuring accuracy and relevance.Securus Online (SO) Feedback Optimization:Led the audit of user feedback across all SO platforms, pinpointing areas for UX enhancement.Acted as a liaison between users and the development team, prioritizing feedback implementation to resolve user experience challenges and drive continuous improvement.

Wayne, New Jersey

Oversee the sales team, providing direct user support, and leading the research team in conducting secondary and generative research. Train and onboard new team members to ensure they are well-equipped to contribute to the research efforts. Recruit and screen participants, schedule sessions, and assist with other research planning and preparations. Conduct user research using a wide variety of qualitative and quantitative research methods, both in-person and remote, to develop a deep understanding of user needs and requirements. Reach out to customers to recruit them for feedback/research opportunities. Participate in weekly meetings with stakeholders, engineers, analysts, and other departments to create and share research insights. Continually evaluate and improve the research process, methodologies, and tools to ensure high-quality research outcomes.

Arlington, Texas

Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers, engineers, and other designers to define and implement innovative solutions for product direction, visuals, and user experience. Create wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity visual designs that effectively communicate design concepts and interaction models to stakeholders and development teams. Conduct user research and usability testing to validate design concepts and improve user experience. Iterate on designs based on feedback from user research and usability testing. Work with development teams to ensure design implementation is consistent with design guidelines and user needs. Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and best practices in UX design and user research.

Dallas, Texas

My time serving as child care aid involved me working with children ranging in ages from 6 years old - 13 years old. This position involved me tailoring curriculums for individuals students, tutoring children in a range of studies, as well as scheduling off campus activities. My work would include one on one instructions with students that had learning disabilities, teaching and implementing conflict resolution strategies with the students also.

Austin, Texas Area

Duties were meetings with key stakeholders, developers, and research team. In addition to my day-to-day duties conducting primary research, secondary research, and usability testing. Performed secondary research compiling information from government and court records. Interviewed Austin residents to aid in building personas of different constituents. Performed heuristic analysis of political communications websites and digital platforms. Used Word Press SEO to increase digital engagement on client's platform. Smaller duties were aided in capturing video/photography at certain campaign and political events.

Austin, Texas

Regularly coordinated with the development team to implement multi-platform tools to increase overall revenue, brand recognition, and digital engagement. Worked closely with company stakeholders to ensure the desired goal of the company's social media pages were met, generated original content to post on regularly. Utilized available analytics tool to narrow down best approaches of how to interact and engage existing customers. Created customer personas and stories from interviews in order to better identify a target audience for us to approach in the long run.Shaped websites SEO in order to drive web traffic clients. Increased overall brand awareness through working with the development team in information architecture. Overall increased digital engagement aided in $265,000 revenue increase from the first year of its engagement across all digital platforms.

Austin, Texas Area

While working with the Adler campaign my duties consisted of conducting secondary target research, quantitative data entry, research into current issues and topics that were pressing in the area, as well as utilizing government data and scholarly articles to aid the policy writing team for the candidate. My secondary research specialized in research on public housing, public health, environmental sustainability efforts, and public education. In addition to research on policy I was tasked with creating voter personas, and voters stories in order to best frame our campaigns messaging. Thorough first hand research conducting quantitative and qualitative outreach allowed our target voting base to open up to an array of voters, and those actively involved in the Austin, TX community. The results in our general election had our candidate win 37% of the Vote, and during the Run-Off election our candidate ended up taking 67.05% of the vote which more than doubles what our opponent earned.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Psychology

Activities and Societies: EPICC Project, Green Is The New Black, HIV/AIDS Research Field StudyI earned a Bachelor of Arts degree.

Ux Design Career Track Certificate

6 month, mentor-led UX Design intensive . Covers the complete design process through a Capstone project, a Design Sprint Challenge.

Criminal Justice And Corrections

Activities and Societies: Football and Baseball Teams

High School Diploma

Activities and Societies: Football Team, Baseball Team, DECA