Support business development by participating in project scoping and pitching project work.Lead and support multi-disciplinary project teams while owning the quality of work, client satisfaction, and overall success of each project.Provide strategic leadership for each project that balances client goals, user needs, research, best practices, and project scope.Collaborate with key client stakeholders to prioritize opportunities, build-out project roadmaps, and help to implement tools and processes to support efficient workflows from concept thru completion. Lead creation and/or evolution of design systems that serve as a cross-functional resource for product, design, and development teams.Cultivate collaboration between geographically dispersed teams and clients.Coach and mentor practitioners to help them learn, grow, and succeed in achieving their career goals.Help shape internal practices, processes, and culture by identifying opportunities for improvement and participating in internal initiatives.

Evaluate client functional needs and business requirements.Communicate and collaborate with clients to develop new and engaging products, features, and functionality that meet business and user needs.Plan and facilitate activities for design and strategy workshops.Develop project-based design principles to assist with decision making and design direction.Lead multidisciplinary teams through the UCD process and work with project owner to keep projects on track.Facilitate discussion and feedback with clients throughout projects to ensure teams are delivering high-value.

Execute competitive analyses and usability evaluations to identify problems and opportunities within existing systems.Construct information architecture, navigation systems, system vocabulary, task flows, and user flows/workflows.Create wireframes and prototypes (ranging from low to high fidelity) to illustrate interaction design concepts and flows.Illustrate futuristic interaction design concepts using a combination of market research, user research, interaction design, visual design, and motion design.Plan and conduct concept validation and user research to evaluate user needs.Adhere to design systems and brand guidelines while creating new features/functionality within existing products.Create detailed documentation of projects including annotations and specifications.Work with multidisciplinary contributors to ensure smooth delivery of design assets and transition between project phases.Present research findings, design concepts, and design rationale to clients and stakeholders.

Responsible for understanding and implementing brand guidelines across all projects.Design and assist in implementation of global loading animation on mobile applications and across the site.Develop an understanding of the user and apply research to solve problems to create fluid user experiences.Create concepts for a responsive marketing campaign landing page (post redesign).Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team in an agile environment to develop new features and functionality in order to meet business and user needs.Assist in conducting user tests, analyzing findings, and developing solutions.Conduct research and competitive analysis. Ideate, wireframe, mockup, and prototype design solutions.

Responsible for developing an understanding of corporate branding guidelines and properly implementing them in design projects.In charge of prioritizing a large quantity of jobs to effectively manage time and meet deadlines.Able to manage all aspects of a project from start to finish.Develop constructive and cooperative working relationships with internal clients through maintaining a clear open line of communication and providing timely feedback and status updates.Create design solutions for a national and international market.Design support collateral across various mediums for product launches, trade shows and seasonal promotions.Translate advertising concepts developed by outside agencies into integrated marketing collateral.Collaborate with the UI Team to create corporate guidelines for Fluke mobile applications.Work in collaboration with developers to generate landing pages, microsites and email campaigns.Follow workflow processes including job acquisition, execution, proofing and preparing files for print, translation, distribution and archiving.

Developed and led a rebranding plan to create an identity which better suited NOAH as a whole, and allowed for future growth and expansion.Assisted with marketing and fundraising efforts.Responsible for project planning, management and design including: newsletters, appeal letters, e-newsletters, calendar, event collateral, web content, rebranding, etc. Developed promotional and informational videos, including a video for Music for the Animals, NOAH’s annual fundraiser which raised $41,000.Oversaw all projects to ensure deadlines were met in a timely fashion.Worked with multiple departments to generate content and create end products for various events and promotions. Coordinated print jobs with an outside printer. Used FTP sites to store and transfer files. Managed NOAH’s social media sites.

Responsible for designing logo, jerseys and all public relations and fundraising materials in order to raise interest in the team, recruit new players, and raise money for travel. Managed media relations concerning the team with various media outlets (such as Rugby Mag, The Western Front and The Bellingham Herald).Acted as Co-President of this club. Oversaw seven officers, completed USA Rugby paperwork, managed the roster, and assisted in overall future development of the team, i.e. fundraising plans, scheduling, and other logistics.

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