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Salt Lake City, Utah, US

My primary focus at Instructure is to create solutions for how Canvas displays data and analytics by telling the right story to different user roles.

Teaneck, US

• Cognizant Softvision is a digital solutions firm focused on helping clients create impactful digital products for multiple business industries. As part of a full stack design team, I was:
• Responsible for improving and redesigning an enterprise project management system for a Big Four auditing firm
• Responsible for UX design and research - creating surveys and interviews, user journey maps, user flows, lo-fi design (wireframing), and hi-fi design (mockups and interactive prototypes)
• Lead 1:1 client discovery and brainstorm sessions
• Lead UX team collaboration brainstorm and review sessions
• Developed multiple team project task management process strategies

Buffalo, New York, US

• LocalEdge, a Hearst Media Services Company, offers a full line of digital products that help customers or businesses of any size, reach and interact with today’s consumers. My responsibilities included:
• Leading the UI redesign for Localedge marketing suite and dashboard on a legacy platform
• Working with product managers and internal users to develop workflows and user journeys
• Leading team discovery and collaboration sessions
• Designed and developed their first design system
• Introduced a structured design process incorporating Lo-Fi to Hi-Fi deliverables

Freelance and contract web design and Internet marketing working primarily with Wordpress and the Bootstrap framework.

• AdsOn5th was a pay-per-click advertising firm that offered extensive PPC research and management to increase the ROI of each client’s online marketing program. My responsibilities included:
• UI design and development of multiple websites intended for gaining organic traffic to host client ads
• Developed several social media strategies to market these websites to gain organic traffic
• Built and managed a user friendly content distribution process for non-technical team members to post and edit content easily

Buffalo, New York, US

• Campus Labs developed a platform that offers integrated software and cloud-based assessment tools for higher education. Our team focused on the development of innovative user-interface solutions as part of a.
• Working on the UX and UI design of multiple applications part of the enterprise suite
• Executed research and redesign of a legacy project management tool
• Continuously collaborated with developers and QA in conjunction with product managers and stakeholders on designs to meet client needs Skills obtained and/or strengthened during position:- Agile development- HTML / CSS.

Buffalo, NY, US

• Gelia is a marketing firm who provides marketing strategies, sales enablement and technology services to multiple business industries. My responsibilities included:
• Coordinating with the multimedia team to implement new designs for client web projects
• Responsible for front-end development of the UIs based on the designer’s mockups

Buffalo, NY, US

• Roswell Park is a cancer research and healthcare institution dedicated to finding ways to prevent and cure cancer. As a part of the Web Marketing team, I was:
• Instrumental in the maintenance and construction of existing and new pages in Roswell’s main website, along with other child sites using the Drupal CMS platform
• I continued with the yRoswell project from my internship
• Coordinated with stakeholders and conducted user surveys and interviews

Buffalo, NY, US

• Responsible for new design concept and development of yRoswell.com
• Responsible for additional web design/development tasks not exclusive to yRoswell.com

Provided technical support to customers with LocalNet internet connection.

Lead kids from ages 8 to 15 on day/overnight hikes for a camp in Maine.

B.S, Computer Information Systems

B.A, Art, Concetration In Graphic Design

Associates, Fine Arts