Led a team of five designers, ran semiweekly meetings, assigned tasks, directed design, and coordinated with the developers and CEO. As a result, I strengthened my leadership skills, effectively communicated the company vision and goals, encouraged teamwork, and met the personal needs of my team while balancing the project duties.

As part of a diverse team of ten, four of whom were graphic designers/information scientists, I learned the importance of the often-overlooked details pertaining to usability. As part of a complete overhaul of this online student magazine, we completed meaningful user research with more than 200 participants and as a result, were able to design a more seamless user experience.

Completed Michigan State University’s Global Internship program in Florence, Italy. In this position, I improved my understanding of UX on an international scale creating the English version of three Italian websites and improving the user content through graphics, navigation, and usability strategies.