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Kansas City, MO, US

Kansas City, Missouri, US

Complete research, strategy, design, and testing with multi-disciplinary teams for tech solutions addressing social and environmental justice.

Oakland, California, US

Act as project lead for a digital tool that helps people experiencing homelessness and service providers for that community. Work closely with various teams to ensure design consistency across integrated platforms. Complete user and market research, strategy, design iteration and testing, and development collaboration.

Led the UX design work for the Kansas Protection Order Portal site, a once in-person and paper process that was digitized for safety and convenience during COVID. I led the project through research, strategy, design, testing, and development collaboration - working closely with the UMKC Law School and State of Kansas groups.

Kansas City, MO, US

H&R Block has a UX team that focuses on our client-centered applications and experience, such as the “DIY” tool to file your taxes yourself. And a UX team that focuses on the “Assisted” tax professional applications and the experience facilitated in our 10,000+ offices. I was a Senior UX Designer and team lead for the latter team. A unique aspect of my.

Kansas City, Missouri, US

Designed event collateral for Shave to Save and Coaches vs. Cancer, American Cancer Society fundraisers. I created all of the event materials (programs, invites, posters, presentation decks, event decor/table arrangements, etc.) as well as helped with event planning.

San Francisco, CA, US

Act as a Lead UX Designer for KC's Chapter of Code for America, a volunteer "hacking" group that helps local governments and civic organizations with digital projects.I led the UX work on an expungement application which makes the expungement process much simpler and quicker for non-violent criminals who are struggling to get back into the workforce and.

Atlanta, Georgia, US

Led UX analysis and design recommendations for GAIN, a group focused on providing free immigration legal services to victims of crime and persecution. Conducted a thorough analysis of their existing website, based on user research, and created a prototype with design recommendations. Led ongoing communication and design reviews with members from the.

Houston, Texas, US

Organized monthly educational/networking events for UX professionals in the KC area. Coordinated a mentorship program, matching 24 local students and young professionals to seasoned UX professionals. Led a presentation on design systems to KC UX professionals based on first-hand experience creating a design system.

Overland Park, KS, US

- Implemented a company wide design system which incorporates best practices for adaptive design, and accessibility standards- Led agile UX partnerships with clients- Mentored UX interns and early career professionals- Saw products through the entire user centered design process, including research/strategy, design, testing, delivery, and measurement.

Design logos, business cards, product catalog, product packaging/labels, social media posts, and websites for various local clients. Additionally, I educate clients on how to use CMS sites so that they can easily maintain their site and utilize UX best practices.

Worked with a team developing a marketing, promotional, and advertising plan for decisionFX, a mobile based data collection and aggregation company. Based out of Kansas City, this is a start up company that sought out the help of Knacktive, a competitive, hands-on class at Northwest Missouri State University.

Help over twenty students learn design techniques and software, like Adobe Creative Suite.

Design print and multimedia marketing pieces in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. Manage social media sites using HootSuite. Update websites in Adobe Dreamweaver.

Perform on-air shifts, run the soundboard, drive the promotional ambulance to community events, record advertisements.

Design newspaper page layout weekly. Place stories, infographic a, photos, etc in a visually appealing way. Manage other designers. Attend weekly meetings.

Performed usability testing and research on the Missourian student newspaper's website. Created a mockup based on test results. Performed AB testing on the original design and redesign.

Bachelor'S Degree, Interactive Digital Media: New Media

Diploma