Julia Debari Email & Phone Number

Boston, MA, US

Boston, MA, US

• Volunteer Position
• Manage the apprentice program experience.

• Volunteer Position
• Lead client projects in UX for groups of apprentices.

Volunteer Position

San Francisco, CA, OO

• UX Mentor & InstructorCombining both teaching and mentoring, I have over 10,000 hours of experience.
• Served as an instructor at leading institutions, such as General Assembly, GrowthX Academy, Flatiron School, Seattle School of Visual Concepts, Product School, UC Berkeley, and Academy of Art University
• Developed curriculum for top programs, including Springboard, GrowthX Academy, Interaction Design Foundation, IxDF Bootcamps, Flatiron School, Product School, UC Berkeley, and Chegg
• Mentored through various community, bootcamp, and organizational programs

New York, US

• Collaborates with stakeholders and provides consulting services, including UX Research, UX Design, Information Architecture, Design Systems, Interaction Design, Design Operations, Object Oriented UX, UX Training, and.
• Clients include Astoria.ai, MRM, Dell, Intel, Verizon, WalkMe, Leverage Software, and Balsamiq, and others
• Key projects included consulting on an AI project, collaborating with Dell on their Design System and a new operating system, creating an interactive network status visualization dashboard for Verizon, and redesigning.

Copenhagen, DK

• Drove the continual process improvement of day-to-day operations, automating tasks, enhancing workflows, and greatly improving data retrieval; led the transformation of key programs to enhance operations and user.
• Improved data retrieval efficiency by 25% and decreased specific task times through task automation
• Created and maintained comprehensive operational documents, enabling employees and vendors to quickly locate assets and policies, resulting in a 12% increase in efficiency
• Achieved an 18% reduction in operating expenses within 6 months, extending the operational runway by 4 months
• Redesigned the website to optimize the user experience, reducing web pages from 8,000 to 15 by utilizing dynamic CMS templates, resulting in more efficient maintenance workflows for employees and developers
• Piloting process and infrastructure improvements to company operations

New York, US

• Took this job to see the other side of recruiting in order to understand what recruiters go through and how they work (third-party recruiting agency). I am grateful to The Hired Guns for giving me the opportunity..
• Recruited and assisted with the retention of a diverse group of designers, such as UX Design, Visual Design, UX Research, and Marketing.
• Full-cycle recruiter that screened and sourced candidates, strongly emphasizing building a diverse pipeline of qualified applicants and acting as their advocate and liason through the hiring process.
• Partnered with hiring teams and HRBPs to ensure that roles were properly leveled and scoped.
• Developed a knowledge management system using Notion to create onboarding documentation and create consistency with projects and the recruiting process.

Sunnyvale, CA, US

• Overhauled LinkedIn's onboarding program for new Designers, impacting a team of 85 and optimizing educational offerings by balancing the quality of learning experiences, budget, vendor management, and resources
• Improved onboarding efficiency, education, and employee experience, meeting key OKRs through structured initiatives and effective program management
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to develop scalable education frameworks, operationalizing process improvements within the Design department
• Developed workflows to analyze the new hire experience, reducing ramp-up time and enhancing continuous improvement

Aarhus, DK

• Led daily operations and strategic initiatives, implementing best practices to optimize the UX Design Bootcamp program
• Increased member insights by 5% by instigating a regular research program
• Improved project planning and scheduling for UX Design boot camps, strategized new educational initiatives and created original UX course content

NEW YORK, New York, US

• Managed multiple small teams of designers (UX, Researchers, and Visual Designers).
• Recruited, hired, and trained other UX instructors.
• Executed 4 side projects to increase San Francisco UX/UI Design on-campus student experience by 5%.
• Initiated changes to UX/UI design teachings, which increased student understanding by 20%.
• Reduced the need for UX/UI design resources which saved the company $75,000 in 6 months.
• Coordinated strategies with Admissions and Marketing for the growth of the Design program at the SF campus increasing enrollment by 250%.

• Promoted to Program Manager of the UX Program within 6 months of being hired.
• Recruited, hired, and trained other UX instructors.
• Designed and directed 24 events per year, including public events with more than 100+ attendees.
• Held multiple roles within the startup as needed, such as Design Facilitator to Enterprise Partners, Teacher Trainer, Design Program Manager, Community Lead, Events Coordinator, Partner Outreach, and Client Management.

• Managed a total of over 75 students in a hybrid environment.
• Managed multiple small teams of designers.
• Directed over 35+ student/client projects in an Agile Scrum process with sprints including the full design cycle to deliver functioning prototypes for web, mobile, and IoT.
• Generated the curriculum for the UX Design Program, which has been licensed internationally by other training providers to create their own UX bootcamps.

New York, NY, US

• Managed classrooms of an average of 20 adult students.
• Facilitated group discussions, UX activities, and in-class design workshops.
• Conversion rate of an average of 5% of short course students into UX Design Immersive students.
• Fostered a curiosity for design into students by providing mentorship, UX critiques, and career advice.

Irving, Texas, US

• Clients included companies such as American Express, Wells Fargo, Cisco, Genentech, Apple, Google, and more.
• Hands-on with the UX team to design innovative, intuitive product solutions that create engaging designs and that met business goals.
• Defined, documented, and optimized processes for delivering design to clients and stakeholders.
• Led and grew a UX team through task management, upskilling, and performance coaching, resulting in 2 team promotions in one year.
• Facilitated and created career paths for the extended design team consisting of UX designers, visual designers, and content strategists.

San Francisco, CA, US

• Initiated cross-functional collaboration to increase the efficiency of the product roadmap.
• Mobilized an initiative in an Agile environment to ensure consistency in the user experience across all platforms (iOS, Android & web).
• Created interactive prototypes using Axure, Bootstrap, and Zurb Foundation.
• Developed sitemaps, wireframes, concept diagrams, and user task flows.
• Maximized user analytics, rapid prototyping, and KPIs to monitor new features’ performance and guide product evolution.
• Collaborated with stakeholders to identify and document requirements for projects and benchmark usability.

Palo Alto, CA, US

• Expanded the team’s understanding and focus on the product we were building by doing User Research and creating personas and journey maps.
• Instigated a regular cadence of usability testing and research for each 2-week sprint, reducing developers having to rework code.
• Optimized the UX process for an Agile approach making the most use of 40 developers and 1 UX Designer in an Agile environment.
• Educated developers on basic UX concepts so they could make decisions on their own.
• Reason for leaving was the two-hour commute each way to the office.

Boston, MA, US

• Clients included companies such as Kodak, Cisco, Sony, The Associated Press, American Express, BareEscentuals, and more.
• Contributed with cross-functional teams to assess product requirements and design solutions.
• Created sitemaps, task flows, interaction specifications, content inventories, personas, use cases, and wireframes among other deliverables.
• Participated in user research and analysis.
• Grew an understanding of design for multiple platforms such as mobile phones (iOS & Android) and the iPad.

New York, NY, US

• Clients included companies such as Visa, Hawaiian Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Virgin Atlantic Airlines, Microsoft, JP Morgan Chase, Williams-Sonoma, and more.
• Delivered the information architecture and interaction design for transactional, informational, and marketing websites.
• Translated target audiences' needs, tasks, and goals into creative concepts and functional components.
• Designed the Information Architecture for Parsons.com creating a consistent user experience targeting a younger Internet-savvy demographic.
• Streamlined specifications ensuring client stakeholder, development, creative & QA teams could meet project requirements.
• Researched and demonstrated the best technologies for a client's needs.

San Francisco, CA, US

San Francisco, California, US

London, GB

San Jose, CA, US

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Master Of Arts - Ma, Organizational Leadership

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, It Project Management

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Digital Design, Vr Design

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Human Ecology - Human-Centered Design (Hcd)

High School Diploma, Ecology