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- Senior leadership for the Digital Innovation Studio- Providing product strategy and design to fortune 500 and public sector clients- Specializing in design thinking workshops, product strategy and rapid prototyping- Shaping engagements and deals for the Avanade Toronto Studio- Helping to create the tools and methodologies needed to develop and grow our custom software development offerings

Brought in to help launch an esports gaming platform. My focus was to help:• Articulate the brand• Collaborate to create the product strategy (value propositions, differentiators and desired outcomes)• Validate our hypotheses through research• Design a superior user experience to competitors

I was brought in to help articulate and shape the product to create a better experience for our clients and their customers. I worked with input from our sales, marketing and customer success departments as well direct customer research to distill the big picture down to an actionable plan.Specifically:• articulated the product's strategy, vision and value propositions• defined the product roadmap in an effort to support business strategy• helped set requirements to clarify the technical implementations of features• created the Early Access Program allowing for rapid testing of new features with real customers• unifyied the design and development teams into a combined product department • implemented a more transparent and collaborative process for product development• outlined our Service Level commitments with customers to balance new development vs bug fixes• instituted cross-discipline design reviews to better incorporate sales and marketing feedback• designed the experience of the product, improving workflows and creating new features

As the co-head of the interactive department and user experience lead, I kept our teams and clients focused on what matters to the people who will ultimately use what we make. What are we doing and who is it for? What problem are we solving? What value are we adding? Basic questions like these provided the foundation for building great products and services.Some of the things I did:• Helped clients to articulate key business and communications objectives• Created strategies, systems and process to achieve those objectives• Continued the development of internal expertise regarding UX and CX practices • Designed new concepts and collaborated with our full team to bring them to life for clients• Spoke at industry events and conferences

• Helping create, refine or reimagine client offerings through strategic thinking and design• Building and developing teams or departments for clients looking to improve their digital talent• Nuts & Bolts: IA, design, prototyping, biz-dev, process engineering, mentoring, public speaking

Select Clients: Nokia, Maple Leaf Sports Entertainment, Rogers, Beck Taxi, Sympatico, Sony, La Carnita, Intuit Canada• Oversaw projects from concept to deployment• Ensured client goals consistently met• Focus on strategic aspect of what we do, and why we do it• Contributed to developing the MethodLab, OM's creative incubator

Select Clients: Royal Bank of Canada, Heart & Stroke Foundation, Brothers Dressler, Opera Atelier, Slow Food Toronto, Genesis Translation, STI Partners Architects• Created websites, content management systems, document management systems, intranets, extranets, project management applications, and e-newsletters • Handled all project management, resource management, client-relations and billing • Managed small teams of contractors on a per-project basis

Select Clients: Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, Daily Bread Food Bank, Delta Hotels, Kinder Surprise, George Brown College, Family Channel, Instinct Brand Equity• Focused on turning client needs into compelling designs, on-time and on-budget • Assembled and led small creative and development teams for online projects• Worked on RFP responses and new business development

Designed a custom corporate intranet (700+ employees) and corresponding CMS • Conducted usability labs for intranet development • Designed a custom project management application for communications department • Advised on functionality and technical requirements for online initiatives • Built and supervised production of most product websites

• Received extensive training in usability, design process and new technologies • Collaborated on large-scale RFP response for BCE inc. • Provided clients with vision, scope and design documentation • Provided graphics, layouts and usability assessments

• Designed and built mini-sites for special news events, within extremely tight deadlines • Chose and produced daily online front page feature • Edited headlines and copy edited stories for online edition