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Concord, Nh, Us

Sebago, Me, Us

Lowell, Massachusetts, United States

First UX hire at Magna New Mobility, a division of Magna International - a Tier 1 Automotive Supplier.• Developed interactive, dev-ready Figma prototypes for an internal SaaS app suite that saves over $2M/year per factory by optimizing decision making across multiple touchpoints including freight, robotics, and MHE fleet management.• Created personas and journey maps to better understand user types and their requirements, helping direct not only the product's interface design but also product strategy as a whole.• Translated brand guidelines into a thorough Figma design system, expediting and standardizing all interface design efforts.• Designed branding and marketing collateral to communicate project value and achieve buy-in from internal customers, supporting SaaS products and ensuring consistent application of brand guidelines.• Managed a small team of third-party UX contractors.• Regularly collaborated with project management, software engineers and architects in an agile team.

Orono, Maine, United States

Executed a variety of design and marketing tasks at ASAP Media, a media production house & design agency within VEMI.• Developed thorough brand guide, solidifying the visual identity of ASAP Media with concrete detail and rules. • Collaborated on interactive multimedia content creation, and managed project asset database. • Created and continuingly managed brand Instagram account. Achieved 8k+ impressions in the first month.

Freeport, Maine, United States

Aided in the management of a massive asset database, while conducting a thorough market research project.• Helped manage and improve the usability of massive asset database and met with a variety of internal teams to aid in related issues.• Improved the information architecture of several areas of the brand’s eCommerce website – affording a more streamlined shopping experience for customers, ultimately improving conversion.• Major intern research project, ideating actionable strategies to better promote Footwear product lines. Presented to Marketing & Creative Departments, and very well received.

Remote

Continued work after the end of Innovate for Maine internship summer experience.• Helped manage event calendar and directory of Portland, Maine tourism site with over 60k followers.

Orono, Maine, United States

The Innovate for Maine Program connects the best and brightest Maine college students with internship experiences at Maine's most exciting companies. After a week-long innovation bootcamp, went on to spend the summer interning at Mainely SEO and SoulBeing. • Designed 50+ one-pagers, infographics, prints, social posts, and presentation slides for varied promotional use. • Managed existing pages, created new pages, and ran large event calendar for a tourism-based WordPress website.