Designed, developed, and maintained assorted commercial and non-profit websites, print campaigns, and retail products. Touched up photography, created logos and branding, developed scripts, graphics, and publications, and consulted with and trained clients on using and maintaining their products. Performed event management duties and created personalized invitations, decorations, treats, and activities. Launched an online print-on-demand store for designs.

Managed a team of engineers, while remaining hands on as a Senior UI/UX Engineer and Release Manager, with proven results: decreased turnover, improved morale, a more efficient release process, an increase in the quality and quantity of content and features released, an upswing in the user experience and the trust users had in the products, and a cost savings of an estimated $400,000 per year from modernization. The role involved a close collaboration with other teams, managers, stakeholders, and contractors. Duties included defining and improving the SDLC, ensuring that the workflow and standards were followed, and defining and achieving the roadmap goals. This entailed developing technical specifications, performing resource planning for major initiatives, and prioritizing, delegating, and supervising engineers’ activities and deliverables. Other responsibilities comprised of fostering an environment of positivity and mutual respect, and a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration, motivating and engaging engineers to ensure that their personal and professional needs were met, managing, supporting, and evaluating engineers’ performance, and participating in the hiring and firing process. AWARD: 2022 'Culture of Progress' (Core Value Award) recipient.

Spearheaded the creation of a global design system and component library for a suite of products, modernized the design of existing web and mobile applications, and applied Design Thinking principles to the design and development of new features and applications. Created mockups, wireframes, prototypes, and UI/UX requirements for B2B SaaS applications and worked as a full stack agile developer to turn those designs into cross-browser, cross-platform solutions. Consulted with stakeholders, performed intensive user experience analysis and competitive analysis to guide design strategy and enhance the usability and accessibility of our products and the overall customer experience. Worked with an international team to establish and document coding standards, software development processes, and quality assurance procedures. Participated in design and technology strategy sessions and code reviews. Developed both customer-facing and internal training materials and led training sessions. Collaborated with marketing and support teams to provide the information and assets needed for promotion and support. Formed and led the employee engagement committee in charge of encouraging interaction and improving the employee experience across a distributed environment. As a Team Lead, managed a team of engineers, and as a Release Manager, led the entire department through the release process. Performed as the Product Manager and/or the Technical Lead for various projects. AWARD: 2021 'Excellence' (Employee of the Year) recipient.

Worked with a global team to craft end-to-end user experiences drawn from research for Verizon’s award winning Intranet & Digital Workplace, serving 160,000 employees. Used a task-based approach resulting in an estimated $11.2 Million in cost savings from an improved UX, mobile enablement through responsive design, AI enhanced search, increased self-service, streamlined approvals, and from simplifying the platform’s content and facilitating personalization. Designed mockups, prototypes, and UI/UX requirements for the employee portal, learning management system, mobile applications, and AI-driven interactions for chat and search. Worked closely with designers, developers, and stakeholders through the design process and consulted with technical teams on front-end development. Created infographics and other visual assets. Conducted user experience research and testing.

Designed, developed, and maintained websites, SaaS applications, mobile apps, emails, and social media campaigns as a full stack developer and UI/UX designer. Created logos and branding, developed animations, data visualizations, and marketing materials, and did photography and retouching. Performed project and team management responsibilities, cross-trained coworkers, and wrote documentation, technical specifications, and training materials. Led the employee engagement committee, which encouraged teamwork and morale and reduced turnover. AWARDS: Six time ‘MVP’ (employee of the month) recipient.

Designed, developed and maintained internal and external non-profit websites and print campaigns. Performed audio, video and multimedia production, shot and touched up photos, created custom logos and branding, developed custom scripts, databases, graphics and publications, cross-trained coworkers, taught web development classes, performed project and team management, event management and art direction responsibilities, and wrote documentation, technical specifications and training materials.

Designed, developed and maintained commercial websites and multimedia. Created custom logos and branding, developed custom scripts, graphics and publications, cross-trained coworkers, and performed project and team management responsibilities.