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Eagan, Minnesota, United States

Eagan, Mn

Part of the Digital Marketing and eCommerce team working on digital experiences for the legal, tax, corporate and international websites.- Collaborate with marketers to create marketing web experiences designed for specific audiences; more than 20 hours a week- Use reports from usability research, evaluate analytics & other user behavior observation tools to inform page design- Help coordinate testing and formulate hypothesis to test on existing web experiences- Use quantifiable results to inform design and improve the customer experiences on all enterprise websites- Help test and enhance components to improve user/customer experiences on the web

Eagan, Mn

Contracted with Corporate Learning & Development to redesign Hub pages and provide customer and logistical support on the Hub.- Created a plan to analyze the existing Hub pages and resources, test users on the existing sites, redesign the pages, and publish a new site.- Researched company UX resources and best practices as well as researched/reviewed and shared UX trends with stakeholders.- Created an asset inventory of over 53 Hub sites with 1,500+ resources used to help identify most used and underused resources in order to create a more useful design.- Analyzed & created existing user journey & created a site map in order to visually communicate the complexity of the existing sites and navigation.- Designed, coordinated, and conducted 16 think-aloud & first click user testing interviews & studies with participants from each region and business unit.- Developed low-fidelity (lo-fi) mockups/wireframes during and after initial user testing interviews.- Reviewed lo-fi mockups with stakeholders and established a hypothesis to test with high-fidelity mockups. - Designed and tested hi-fi mockups in Adobe Experience Design with 10 users using an informal A/B testing method.- Analyzed and presented results from A/B testing to select the best design for development.- Planned and coordinated with team of designers and developers to implement the design into working HTML/CSS documents compatible with Jive (The Hub).- Created and presented stakeholder updates featuring user testing insights, survey stats, decision points, and next steps in order to keep the project on track with the original goals of stakeholders.- Provide continuous customer support on the Hub by answering questions, updating documents & event calendars, and distributing Hub badges.- Provide ongoing logistical support to stakeholders by creating & updating Hub documents and groups as well as creating graphics for Corporate Learning & Development.

Rochester, Minnesota Area

I have been working with the Tile Superstore and more as a web designer and creative/marketing consultant, assisting in graphics for clothing, signage, web, social media, and POP displays. I photograph products and customer interactions and create marketing campaigns online. I redesigned the website and implemented a user friendly wordpress interface.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Assisted team with converting print version of magazine into mobile app.Researched and recommended stock photography to accompany articles and blogs.Designed layouts, checked for errors, and assisted with typographic choices.Collaborated and participated in planning meetings for upcoming issues.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Graphic Designer for Career Services Administration a unit of Student Affairs. Create digital and print publications for counselors, GoldPASS Job Database, and other graphic needs of office.

Minneapolis, Mn

- Assisted students from a variety of different backgrounds with career related issues including: resume revisions, cover letter critiques, LinkedIn training, Job Search Methods, and Interviewing techniques.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

I worked for Career Services Administration, a unit of Student Affairs, as a Graphic Designer as well as office assistant for the CLA Career Services office on the east bank of the University of Minnesota- Twin Cities campus. Duties included all print and digital publications for counselors and Career Services Administration, including the GoldPASS job search database. I was also responsible for administrative duties as an office assistant and ran the front desk as the face of career services, greeting students and booking appointments.

University Of Minnesota Veterans Services

Administrative work in the Veterans Services office and created various printed materials.

Minneapolis, Mn

Uniformed security for a variety of clients including Cub Foods as well as Lunds and Byerlys.

Camp Pendleton

My daily responsibilities included keeping accountability of over 150 Marines administrative status on the Marine Online module and maintaining a database of all pertinent information of personnel. Maintained an an advanced knowledge of excel and its functions as well as the use of SharePoint to share documents . Tasks included; drafting and correcting correspondence letters, maintaing appointment letters, maintaining and correctly filing all documents according to the naval SSIC format, and correctly routing documents through the chain of command. Created and maintained a Wiki Library with desktop procedures as well as links to common documents in SharePoint. This wiki improved correspondence accuracy and reduced the amount of time it took to draft a letter in the correct format.

Camp Pendleton, Ca

As a Combat Crew Chief certified Amphibious Assault Vehicle Crew Chief my tasks and responsibilities included but are not limited to the following; completing and maintaining a Naval format Log Book of the vehicle, an advanced understanding and knowledge of how to maintain a diesel engine, cleaning and doing first level echelon of maintenance on the vehicle, leading and instructing subordinates, organizing and planning movements, tactfully deploying teams in a high stress situation, and developing myself and my Marines with a higher knowledge of our job.

As a cook at Roscoes I did everything from cook everything on the Menu to cashier and run the restaurant at times. I did free lance photography for the restaurant and created their Facebook page, helping with promoting and creating an online identity for the restaurant.