• Worked with senior leadership to interview and hire a Principal Product Designer • Designed documentation to ease hand-off and onboarding for a new design lead• Mentored the new Principal Product Designer in expectations and previous design projects in-flight• Advised the design team on various projects as needed

• Building, managing, and mentoring a design team.• Working with product managers and senior leadership on strategic product decisions and roadmapping priorities.• Refining and shaping the look and feel of EAGLE6, an enterprise-level cybersecurity software application.

• Top secret security clearance with the United States Government to work with the VA• Working with business analysts to define user stories, requirements, task flows, and navigation routes• Refining wire frames considering best practices for business approval• Conceptualizing UI solutions via Sketch app, Figma, and Adobe Xd• Engineering high fidelity prototypes in InVision App, Sketch, Figma, and Adobe Xd• Illustrating interactions and motion design using Principle• Refining existing style guides, design library components, and visual elements• Working closely with front-end developers to implement the best solution for our software app• Drafting design challenges, interviewing candidates, and advising the Principle Product Designer on staffing decisions• Graphic design tasks for new product logos, letterhead, and PowerPoint themes• Continuing education via Interaction Design Foundation courses, Udemy courses, attending MWUX conferences, and UX publications

• Creating custom HTML5 animated flash banners for external advertisements• Designing and coding HTML emails for promotions and awareness• Scripting, filming and editing educational and promotional video pieces• Designing sales sheets and other marketing materials to assist the sales team• Planning trade show collateral and design elements by identifying and coordinating requirements; analyzing attendees selling markets; developing plans and designs; coordinating mailing lists• Preparing marketing reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing sales data.• Keeping promotional materials ready by coordinating requirements with graphics department; inventorying stock; placing orders; verifying receipt.• Updating job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading trade publications.

• Scripting, filming and editing educational and promotional video pieces.• Supporting the sales staff by providing sales data analysis, market trends, account analyses, new product information, and relaying customer services requests.• Conducting pricing and product library analysis by comparing several competitors catalogs pricing and selections.• Preparing marketing reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing sales data.• Keeping promotional materials ready by coordinating requirements with graphics department; inventorying stock; placing orders; verifying receipt.• Researching competitive products by identifying and evaluating product characteristics, market share, pricing, and advertising; maintaining research databases.• Planning trade show collateral and design elements by identifying, assembling, and coordinating requirements; analyzing attendees selling markets; developing plans and designs; coordinating mailing lists.• Updating job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading trade publications.

Typesetting, manipulating images and layouts in Quark and checking accuracy of orders to ensure customer satisfaction.

Conceptualized custom stir sticks and cake toppers for large-scale manufacturing. Designed eye-catching sales sheets and marketing materials for new customers. Utilized CAD/CAM software to design and engineer new products.