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Santa Rosa, Ca, Us

San Jose, California, Us

Primary responsibilities are about the integrity and consistency for the website UX/UI. CloudBees Brand implementation and extension of Brand via digital experiences. Design education, project management, and workstream management of design work within the Content and Marketing domain. Secondary responsibilities are in the area of standards creation, maintenance of the ever expanding Content and Marketing component system, and alignment with Marketing Graphic design and Brand teams.General duties include:- Create and maintain systems of UX/UI and designer resources (Wireframes, Components and Figma Libraries)- Create and maintain all marketing components and CMS tooling (Design symbols/components, Confluence documentation)- Establish and manage relationships with key stakeholders including product managers, marketing, and engineering teams to align with and achieve business objectives - Utilize design thinking methodologies to rapidly prototype and arrive at creative, intuitive end-to-end experiences- Clearly and effectively communicate ideas, research findings, sketches, and other deliverables to the business and leadership teams- Give and solicit feedback from other designers in order to continually raise the bar for design quality and collaborate across the Design team to ensure consistency and transparency- Manage multiple projects and priorities of the marketing team- Effectively communicate and document design requirements to engineering teams

All things creative. UX/UI, optimization design, eCommerce strategy and consulting services for companies such as Surge Commerce, Kibo Commerce, New Elevations, One Legal, eZdia & Elevate Commerce.eCommerce Design & Strategy- Designed a “mobile first” approach for global billion-dollar skincare brand focused on improving usability while elevating the brand experience. Increased mobile conversion by 120%. - Designed a custom-curated and build-your-own gift basket website for World Market Rewards customers.- Created “Gift Guides” for Amazon incorporating merchandising and content eCommerce strategies to engage customers.Site Merchandising & Product Discovery- Developed eCommerce visual merchandising strategy and optimized overall product discovery for Canada’s largest camera retailer. Improved usability of global navigation, optimized home page merchandising eCommerce strategy and content display.UX/UI Design- Creative execution of the Buy Online Pick Up In-Store (BOPIS) experience for national off-price retailer, Stein Mart. - Created user-flows, wireframes and designs for content-heavy University site with multiple user scenarios (e.g. educators, administrators and students) to successfully build coursepacks, publish and/or purchase case studies.- Redesign user experience for leading legal software company to have a more user-focused navigation and engaging content structure.

Austin, Texas, Us

Creative Director for leading eCommerce platform generating over 3.5 billion in eCommerce transactions for major retailers, brand manufacturers and specialty catalogers including M&M’s, Ace Hardware, Sephora, DKNY & Neutrogena.Creative Team Management- Managed the day-to-day functions of the creative services department.- Ensured that projects are on-brand, on-time, within budget and align with the client’s brand standards.- Mentor, inspire and developed staff, encouraging open communication, skill development and high performance among the team members.eCommerce Design & Strategy - Presented eCommerce merchandising strategies and Kibo platform capabilities to help customers best utilize what the platform has to offer.- Researched industry design trends and innovative technologies that would benefit the customers.Company Wide Leadership- Collaborated effectively as a creative partner to cross-functional partners including the Product Team, Sales & Marketing, HR and Management.- Supported sales team for all design-related activities; client guidance, presentations and project estimates.

Petaluma, Ca, Us

Creative Director for leading eCommerce platform generating over 2 billion in eCommerce transactions for major retailers, brand manufacturers and specialty catalogers including Marc Jacobs, One Kings Lane, Gorsuch, Francesca’s, GH Bass, & Wilsons Leather.Creative Team Management- Managed the day-to-day functions of the creative services department (up to 8 people). - Provided daily design direction, staff resourcing and prioritized incoming requests against business needs.- Implemented processes and/or apps to optimize the hand-off of designs to development.eCommerce Design & Strategy - Researched industry design trends and innovative eCommerce technologies to better optimize the design process. - Member of the eCommerce “Best Practices” team providing feedback and insight from clients, evaluating industry trends and recommended innovative features for product development.Company Wide Leadership - Played a key leadership role in shaping the product vision and driving the eCommerce strategy and technologies used for the responsive platform redesign effort. Included Bootstrap framework, ADA compliance, breakpoint design templates and component libraries.- Supported sales team for all design-related activities; client guidance, presentations and project estimates.

Petaluma, Ca, Us

Team Lead and Sr. Designer for growing eCommerce platform generating over 1.5 billion in eCommerce transactions for major retailers, brand manufacturers and specialty catalogers including Sur la Table, Design Within Reach, Garnet Hill, Anthropologie, Urban Outfitters, Perricone MD, Stride Rite & Athleta.Key Responsibilities- Ensured quality creative met client requirements and delivered on time and on budget.- Developed, managed, motivated and retained creative development staff of up to 6 employees.- Delivered clear and detailed project documentation including eCommerce design concepts, client merchandising plans and specs for programmers.- Transformed low-fidelity, functionally-accurate wireframes into effective, high-fidelity user experiences.

Petaluma, Ca, Us

- Created graphical user interfaces for 75+ top brands and retailers that effectively translate and communicate client brand identity for optimal display on the Web.- Conducted internal and client creative reviews to present concepts and refine direction of site.- Worked within a multi-disciplinary team of web developers, project managers and QA engineers, to deliver dynamic sites.- Developed deep understanding of web site merchandising and marketing techniques & best practices.- Researched and built a strong understanding of brands customers interactive shopping needs.- Transformed low-fidelity,functionally-accurate wireframes into effective, high-fidelity user experiences.- Provided design consulting services for outside design agencies

The Bohemian is an award-winning alternative news weekly serving Sonoma, Napa and Marin Counties. Contributed as a Sr Graphic Designer within the editorial and advertising department to create high-quality engaging design and layout.Key Responsibilities- Worked with Art Director to conceptualize, finalize and implement all ads for a weekly published magazine.- Print design was initially all traditional paste-up & camerawork (no digital files). I worked with internal management team (Metro Publishing) to approve and implement digital design files to printer.- Designed yearly “Best of” campaigns and all promotional mailers and event newsletters.

The Genus Group was a small design agency focusing on brand development, logo design and print advertising. In addition to those activities, my role was to create their first website; sitemap, architecture, creative and content plan.