Samuel Porter Email & Phone Number

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.
• 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.

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.
• 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.