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Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Acted as lead UX representative for multiple agency clients, providing design direction grounded in a thorough understanding of customer and business needs.- Interfaced directly and frequently with client stakeholders, conducting workshops and discovery interviews, presenting strategy and design artifacts, and advising on best practice.- Aided in developing new project scopes and processes, advocating for human-centered design and evidence-based decisions.- Continued senior-level research & design responsibilities listed below (note that the digital design team at Chemistry was rebranded to React Digital)

Pittsburgh, Pa

UX representative to multiple clients for a creative consulting agency- Produced wireframes, user flows, content hierarchy, and functional requirements to guide design and development. - Synthesized research findings into thorough but understandable recommendations and strategy presentations, including high-level insights, data visualizations, personas, and user journeys.- Built research plans and coordinated all steps of UX research process: planning, creating materials, recruitment, testing, analysis, synthesis, documentation & presentation of findings.- Conducted qualitative interviews, contextual inquiry, and both moderated and unmoderated usability testing throughout the product design process.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

User Research Lead for Capstone Project: Boulder Crest Retreat- Led user research efforts to understand and improve student engagement through technology touchpoints for Boulder Crest Retreat, a nonprofit that provides training and support for Veterans and first-responders with PTSD.- Organized and conducted interviews and design evaluations with users and staff stakeholders, and led analysis and synthesis of findings.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Research Specialist for the Laboratory of Neurocognitive Development- Managed recruitment, scheduling, and data collection for two ongoing research studies of neurocognitive development.- Interviewed children and adults to systematically collect quantitative metrics of cognitive functioning and development.- Supervised scheduling and collection of structural and functional neuroimaging data.

Greater Philadelphia Area

Research Coordinator for the Brain Behavior Lab & Schizophrenia Research Center- Led teams in planning and execution of two research studies.- Evaluated and compared several iterations of a novel behavioral intervention for teens and young adults at risk for psychosis disorders.- Helped design and user-test cognitive assessment tools compatible with the restraints of functional neuroimaging.- Collected qualitative clinical interviews, quantitative cognitive testing, and neuroimaging from diverse populations including children and subjects suffering from severe mental illness.

Greater Philadelphia Area

Research Assistant for the Brain Behavior Lab & Schizophrenia Research Center- Conducted a literature review on social cognition interventions for Schizophrenia.- Edited videos of actors for use as stimuli in research on emotion perception.

Master'S Degree, Human Computer Interaction

Bachelor'S Degree, Biological Basis Of Behavior