User Experience Group Manager
New York, Ny
• As User Experience Group Manager I led discovery and brainstorming sessions with clients, conducted stakeholder interviews, formal and informal usability testing, created detailed functional/UI specifications, heuristic evaluations, personas, requirements gathering, site maps, interactive prototypes, taxonomy creation, and content structuring.• I worked and collaborated constantly with all members of project teams, including art directors, technical specialists, account directors, and clients. I led presentations of work, solicited senior stakeholder feedback, and negotiated consensus.• As a manager I was responsible for guiding the career development of direct reports and monitoring and mentoring them in their work. I contributed to internal standards and methodology, and helped guide the direction of the entire user experience group.• I created estimates, crafted SOWs, participated in business development, and led project engagements.• Clients included Canon, Godiva, Kraft, Nautica, Wet Seal, and Saks Fifth Avenue.