Stephanie Harte Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Conduct user interviews, surveys, personas and competitive analysis to validate value propositions. Ground stakeholders and team in reality with empirical evidence turning assumptions into fact. Build and refine products using Lean UX method. Experience working in an agile production environment. Develop UI designs and visualization strategies to help users accomplish complex tasks associated with large-scale enterprise platforms. Understand and break down complex problems from sketch wireframes to elegant technical solutions while seeking feedback throughout the process. Design and build marketing CMS website and assist with front end development on products. Create a QA process including testing spreadsheets and manage QA testers. Assist in managing weekly sprints, product roadmaps and assigning and overseeing developer tasks.

Chicago

Lead team by gathering business requirements, designing and executing user experience for web software application. Solved design problems by making the user experience easy and beautiful. Developed product through wireframes, flows, mockups, HTML/CSS and jquery. Guided the engineering team to implement the idea. Designed marketing print materials and created marketing web sites using WordPress. Gathered feedback from stakeholders to make sure the experience matched business goals.

Lead and participated in a team environment designing digital applications, eBooks, responsive websites and email marketing. Gathered business goals, conducted research and understood clients’ needs. Developed documentation (flows, wireframes, sitemaps, functional specifications, etc) to create digital marketing solutions. Worked on a variety of concurrent projects.

Manage the e-commerce and organization web sites for usability, seo and content management to maximize revenue and support organization goals; manage and art direct freelancers, contractors and interns, manage all web and print projects, design logos, business cards, letterhead, quarterly organization publication, posters, advertisements, banners, invitations, postcards, etc.; design and develop concepts for web sites, microsites, emails including wireframes and information architecture; analyze web traffic and present usage reports; manage servers.

Digital and UX design for mobile, web, email and print projects for freelance clients such as Sears, Kmart, Lands’ End, Blue Plate Catering, Metromix and CareerBuilder – from concept to production; create marketing plans, write proposals, wireframing, search engine optimization, front end development and CMS implementation.

Designed and develop concepts for web sites including wireframes and information architecture; built web sites using CSS/XHTML, javaScript and Flash; participated in creative kick-off meetings with clients; developed and presented creative briefs to designers; collaborated with design team; provided advice regarding site evaluations and usability.

Designed and built web sites, flash movies, email promotion and all other interactive projects; provided assistance with print design; worked directly with clients by solving design issues; provided advice regarding current design standards, usability and site evaluations.