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Rochester, New York, Us

Seattle, Wa, Us

• Managed an independent design practice for window display installation. Longtime clients include Butch Blum and Pacific Place.• Independently executed high quality installs with tight turnaround between concept, refinement, sourcing, and installation; oftentimes, 7 windows the length of a city block in 2 days with only a week of preparation.• Mentored and trained interns in visual design fundamentals and installation best practices.

New York, New York, Us

• Provided strategic solutions for early stage home mortgage startup that assured business requirements of digital strategy while advocating for the customer and developing intuitive interactions and easy-to-use interfaces.• Responsible for all UI design decisions. Created sketches, wireframes, prototypes, and mockups to communicate user flow and interactions to founders and engineers.

• Researched and prototyped a web-based paywall system for Health Hippo, an online health information resource.• Increased product comprehension and purchase confidence in users by restructuring and expanding the information architecture of Health Hippo’s site.• Delivered mid-fidelity wireframes and prototypes for Health Hippo’s web and mobile with MVP recommendations based on qualitiative user interviews and quantitative A/B testing.

Seattle, Wa, Us

• Provided operational and project management support to founder of the firm and approximately 100 clients with over $460,000,000 in assets under management (AUM).• Spearheaded the onboarding of new clients and handled a large volume of existing client requests and related paperwork i.e opened and invested new accounts according to portfolio allocations, raised and disbursed cash while auditing monthly cash-flow needs, and prepared and ensured properly completed subscription documents for alternative investments.

Seattle, Washington, Us

• Pitched personal designs and negotiated work for window installations at a high-end retail store.• Managed and directed interns for prepwork and installs while undertaking their training in visual design fundamentals.

Seattle, Wa, Us

• Provided critical support to 26 faculty, 12 staff, over 150 graduate students, and 17 functioning research labs.• Acted as point person in maintaining all department operations, such as equipment orders, reimbursements, building access, room reservations, event planning, stocking, and daily shipments, with little to no oversight.• Prepared and oversaw the fulfillment of all travel and expense reimbursements while ensuring compliance with federal grants and all university mandates. In the top 2.5% of travel reimbursement preparers by volume from all UW offices, including the medical center.• Monitored budget balances, reconciled transactions and generated fiscal reports in the university’s financial accounting system while verifying proper documentation for audits to the highest standards.• Worked closely with the chair to conceive, fund, judge and host a department-wide photography contest of scientific research images.• Continually streamlined and established protocal on all levels of department function while demonstrating strong oral and written communication skills to keep everyone apprised of changing procedures and expectations.• Responsible for managing departmental fiscal account, the central travel account (CTA), as well as the documentation and reconcilliation of all departmental credit cards.• Placed all manual orders after gauranteeing lowest cost overall and securing PI approval for budget expenditures.• Anticipated department needs and employed incredible time management to balance all duties and adhere to a strict personal timeframe for response.

Pittsboro, Nc, Us

Bachelor'S Degree, Visual Art, English, Minor In Photography

Ux Design

Valedictorian