Grace C. Email & Phone Number

Cleveland, Oh, Us

- Collaborate with business partners to understand needs and define requirements for websites and software applications- Partner with IT and the Business to plan for new products and applications, defining design activities and helping with product strategy-Oversee or partner on UX research to gain strategic insights that inform design activities

• Social media posts• Worked with the Tartan Day Event Coordinator and Chairperson to create Tartan Day annual event flyers for festivity held at Ardenwood Historic Farm• Volunteered at Tartan Day Fair monitoring and overseeing children's activities in the Children's Glen as well as registering, receiving and guiding visitors at the Registration tent

Clients include: East Bay Scots Association, CompareNetworks, Inc., Apics, Claybanks Kids LLC, American Greetings, Davenriche European Martial Arts School• Working with team of 20 from UK, Canada and Romania to design and develop tech upskilling app to aid those affected by Covid-19• Working on designing and developing a React social media app for startup• Product testing for UserTesting• Referencing Figma mockup, developed Landing Page, Form and Thank You pages using HTML5, CSS3 and JS• Visually designed landing page design, UI design, branding and conducted competitive analysis for innovative, machine learning powered, productivity SAAS web application for early stage tech startup. Skills used during project: Web Design, Branding, UI/UX Design, Landing Page Design, Competitive Analysis• Designed high fidelity tablet mockups for medical company app• Visually designed site for Apics, an organization for supply chain and operations management industry professionals where Google analytics shows that getting to prime information needs to be within 3 clicks/screens based on current user data • Created application concept, custom icons, user experience wireframes, user flows, Balsamiq lo-fidelity prototypes and FluidUI pixel perfect hi-fidelity prototypes for sheep themed mobile game and debt tracking apps• Designed wireframes and pixel perfect prototypes for debt tracking web/mobile phone application using Omnigraffle, Adobe Illustrator and Eclipse Software Development Kit (SDK) • Created low fidelity prototypes for location-based notetaking mobile phone application• Designed and engineered prototype for pop-up board game to be presented to Hasbro

Milwaukee, Wi, Us

- Developing Cream City Lab experiments and designs that support the experiment to target an audience’s problem to solve in a scrum environment - Collaborating cross-functionally in an agile environment that includes a product manager, designers and engineers to take a project from research all the way to prototype- Incorporate multiple perspectives into mockups & prototypes utilizing best in class tools, methods, and processes- Driving usability, accessibility, responsiveness and other properties through design execution- Advocate for design process and methods, and teach non-designers how they can make use of them

San Jose, Ca, Us

• Designed Wordpress landing pages, Mailchimp weekly e-news blasts, Pactech blog, Powerpoint presentations• Rethought e-commerce site flow to include international shipping• Maintained contact database via Salesforce CRM• Site analysis with Google Analytics

Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

Client: Linkedin• Created advanced data visualizations to enhance business intelligence• Built out original, complex, interactive chart types: graphs, networks and maps• Designed interfaces for exploring information and better usability/readability• Worked collaboratively with project teams and end users/stakeholders to understand business objectives and requirements

Chicago, Illinois, Us

LKQ/Keystone Automotive Operations/NTP-Stag/Coast• Developed engaging UI design assets and user interaction, prepared product content and collaborated with engineers to create RV Private Label wholesale, retail, ecommerce product site pages in Sitecore to maintain digital presence and allow for cross-browser testing• Designed graphics for marketing initiatives including online banner ads, promotional flyers, tradeshow displays, posters and packaging • Developed online brochure template designs for Direct2Market system and visual design concepts for Coast site

San Francisco, Ca, Us

• Created visual and interaction design for AR/VR interactive museum exhibit• Performed UX/UI Design on Gidget E-Commerce Site

• Designed and taught art project lessons for K-7 afterschool students.• Performed a wide range of administrative and office support activities for school director and teachers to facilitate the efficient operation of the organization.• Proofreading and editing correspondence.• Processed task orders, invoices and various documentation between vendors and clients.• Collected and notified clients of payments and maintained detailed payment records.

San José, Ca, Us

• Collaborated with marketing communications strategists, program staff and vendors to design graphics for marketing initiatives including online banner ads, Facebook ads, flyers and posters• Helped develop innovative PowerPoint presentation used by the Communications Manager to introduce division restructure to the Environmental Services Department• Prepared web accessible content and migrated content over to CivicPlus content management system for city organization website and collaborated to finalize city website navigation redesign• Applied Search Engine Optimization (SEO) keywords and managed migrating content using Wordpress for South Bay Water Recycling microsite • Created Facebook QR Code Promotional A-Frame Ad for Bright Green San Jose environmental campaign improving fanbase by 125%• Aided in implementation and development of email newsblast increasing readership by 323% and archived to intranet site

Cleveland, Oh, Us

Engineered entertaining movements and dimensionality for Father’s Day greeting card design for American Greetings

Us

• Illustrated card design concepts for 10 product lines• Developed brand identity and product design for Travel Globes Greeting Card Line• Contributed key development in launching new product lines including a pop-up book imprint, pop-up greeting card lines, board games and pop-up advent calendars• Managed design projects from concept to implementation for clients including Barnes & Nobles and Borders.• Coordinated clients, freelancers and production artists to execute book project objectives incorporating feedback and producing iterations under tight deadlines• Prepared prepress dielines and prototype mockups for production.• Communicated with print vendors to turn out high quality printed and assembled products.• Collaborated with corporate headquarters, the marketing team and the creative department to manage project deadlines for up to 11 major product lines

New York, Ny, Us

Assisted in book design in an internship for children’s paperback imprint.

New York, New York, Us

Little Simon ImprintDeveloped mechanicals for flap books, rebus books and board books during design internship.

Created dielines and pop-up prototypes for the production of Robert Sabuda's Alice in Wonderland pop-up book and MOMA Christmas cards

B.F.A., Communication Design Degree, Major In Illustration

Education record

Ux/Ui Design

Python Professional Training Prep

Mobile Interface Design