Mary Rose Monkowski Email & Phone Number

Austin, Tx, Us

Houston, Texas, United States

Austin, Texas Area

• Sole UX designer in an agile software development team on ANUBIS, a PED thick-client application. Imbedded with 15 front-end engineers, information architect, and product owner in a 100% remote, 3 time zone, fast-paced environment. Depending on staffing, also filling in as the UI designer. • Also am the sole UX designer in an agile software development team on JET, a low-latency transcoding/enhancement application. Work with a different team of 6 front-end engineers, information architect, and product owner in a 100% remote, 3 time zones, fast-paced environment. Work with a dedicated UI designer.• Create User Research documentation in Dovetail for generative, and feature development.• Design high-fidelity wireframes using Figma Software focused on our target Personas for internal and external feedback. Created Figma prototypes as time and needs allowed.• Assisted with competitor research for division portfolio re-alignment.• Conducted user research on internal software to align user needs with business development goals. • Informal mentor to UX and UI (6) team members.

Austin, Tx

• UX designer on an array of user-focused desktop and touch screen software packages. • Designed clickable prototypes using InVision and Figma software packages.• Projects worked on: • Urban Mobility Backoffice (UMB) Customer Relations Management (thin client desktop app: July 2019 - May 2020), • Ventra Ticket Vending Machine (interactive touch screen kiosk: September 2019 - September 2020)• UltraLight Set-up Wizard Prototype (thick client desktop app: May 2020 – August 2020) • PROTEUS (ULTRA) (Unreal Engine 4 desktop game engine app: May 2020- February 2021) • ANUBIS (thick client desktop app: February 2021- present)

Austin, Texas Area

FortNite (PC, Xbox One, PS4, Android, Apple, 2019)• Supported Epic Games UI Department: Bug fixing in Unreal Engine 4 (UE4), icon creation, material updates, and marketing graphic support.Sports Scramble (Oculus Quest VR Headset, 2018-2019)• Create 2D UX wireframes in Adobe Illustrator to determine feedback flow and visual styling. • Create 3D UI using Maya, textured models, imported into Unreal Engine 4 (UE4), and wrote basic shaders and blueprints for gameplay designers.Unannounced Project (2016-2018)• Created 2D UX wireframes and 2D hand painted UI textures using Adobe Illustrator and Photopshop for external partner.• Imported and animated 2D textures in Scaleform for the front-end engineers.Deadstar (PS4, 2016)• Created wireframe mockups in Adobe CC to identify feedback loops and determine visual styling• Created all visual textures for UI windows, HUD and icons• Imported and laid out artwork in BluePoint Game Engine for front-end engineering.

Austin, Tx

• Collaborated with gameplay designers on UX needs for mobile app and game projects.• Created UX wireframe mock-ups for prototypes & concepts to determine UI visual hierarchy in Adobe Illustrator.• Responsible for all advertising graphics on social media

Austin, Texas Area

UX Design / UI Design• Created design guidelines for all PC and mobile game products using Adobe CS 6. • Created high-fidelity UX wireframe mock-ups using Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop for feature flow & to determine visual UI hierarchy.• Coordinated with programmers to layout art in Blend for Visual Studio.• Managed art outsourcers, review submitted assets, and coordinate with internal staff to integrate assets.• Created visual content and work with CMS to maintain company website.Marketing Artist• Created all marketing graphics for online, print and social media: web banners, posters, social media imagery (i.e. Facebook, LinkedIn, etc), email blasts, t-shirt designs, webpage graphics, press kits, etc • Developed and document corporate brand identity guidelines.

Austin, Tx

UI/UX• Created UX wireframes for: Ultimate Collector (PC), Port Casino Poker (iPhone)• Established visual UI standards for all games• Generated reference style guides for all user interfaces.• Used 3dsmax and Adobe CS 6 to created various UI art elements Marketing Artist• Created website graphics for both ShroudoftheAvatar.com and UltimateCollecting.com• Created marketing graphics: Facebook feeds, email blasts, and icons as well as iTunes store graphics for Port Casino Poker

Carrollton, Tx

Mfa, Industrial Design

Minor in Graphic Design

Ba, Art History

Activities and Societies: Renaissance SingersGraduated with Departmental Honors and General Honors