Kevin Allen Email & Phone Number

Vancouver, Washington, United States

• Built and evangelized a comprehensive design system from scratch with hundreds of configurable components to set a scalable, cohesive look and feel for a variety of mortgage industry B2B-SaaS applications used by multiple Fortune 100 banks.• Owned complex B2B projects from concept to production, performing all aspects of product design, including wireframing, visual design, advanced prototyping, UX writing, interaction and motion design. • Calmly handled a shifting landscape of changing requirements, business pressure, and lack of resources. • Introduced the concept of user research to the company, establishing usability testing as a key component of the design process. Conducted moderated tests with dozens of users, resulting in 28% reduced training time and 66% improved user satisfaction. Used both quantitative and qualitative data to solve complex problems.• Mentored and coached a team of 2 junior designers and 6 business analysts on using the SitusAMC design system in Figma, speeding up the design process for several applications by over 50% and allowing a small design team to support 2 additional teams of developers.• Collaborated with stakeholders to define project objectives and translate them into actionable steps, and with developers to ensure high quality final product, reducing visual bug reports to 0.

• Sole designer at an iOS app startup, responsible for ideation, UX and visual design, and marketing for three applications including a document scanner and a photo gallery. • Redesigned a mobile fortune telling app, raising it from #714 in its category to #4 Top Paid Overall in the U.S. in the iOS App Store - a 37,000% increase in customer engagement.• Performed market research and competitive analysis, identifying App Store niches with money-making potential and ways to compete and win in those niches, contributing to our apps collectively grossing over $3.5 million through upsells and gamification.• Analyzed user reviews to identify, categorize, and roadmap requested features.

• Designed iOS and web application icons and UI based on client direction. • Worked with stakeholders and clients to understand their needs and realize their vision.• Worked with deeloeprs to translate designs to a quality product.• Designed, marketed, and sold iPhone themes (replacement icon sets) on the Cydia Store.

• Full-stack UX/UI designer for cross-platform Enterprise applications.• Worked with clients to realize their vision.• Clients included Bank of America and the U.S. Green Building Council.

Greater Detroit Area

• Created detailed cross-platform wireframes based on client vision. • Adapted wireframes into functional interactive prototypes & visual designs.• Worked with developers to implement designs & achieve quality products.