Work Experience
Freelance UX Designer
Self Employed
Jun 2018 – Present, San Francisco, CA
Providing remote UX and UI design support to Research Square, an academic publishing services company based in Durham, NC. Includes helping define product requirements, producing mockups and design specifications for implementation by their development team.
UX Designer
PLOS
Dec 2010 – Apr 2018, San Francisco, CA
Led design initiatives for PLOS journals, Article Level Metrics, and editorial tools. Principal UX designer for the Aperta manuscript submission and management system. Applied Lean UX methodology within a Scrum agile SDLC. Designed workflows to support manuscript submission and editorial processes. Collaborated with users, product managers, and developers. Conducted user research and usability tests. Produced wireframes, prototypes, and mockups.
Sr. Web Designer
PLOS
Jun 2007 – Dec 2010, San Francisco, CA
Designed UI for PLOS web properties including icons, illustrations, and other graphical assets. Created and updated style guides. Implemented designs in XHTML/CSS, supporting 508 accessibility guidelines. Collaborated with JavaScript developers on implementation of AJAX enabled features.
Sr. User Interface Designer, AVP
Wells Fargo & Co.
Sep 2003 – Jun 2007, San Francisco, CA
Designed UX for banking, payments, transfers, and reporting functionality supporting over 10 million online banking customers in both consumer and small business segments. As interim User Interface Design Manager, Mar - Nov 2006, managed cross-functional team of information architects and UI designers. Collaborated with business partners and executive management.
Web, UI, Graphic Designer & HTML Developer
ZeeWare, Inc.
Sep 2002 – Jul 2003, South San Francisco, CA
Designed UI and produced graphical assets for enterprise web-based applications. Developed websites, created identity systems, branding, and marketing materials for corporate clients.
Sr. Visual Designer
Catalyst Resources
Apr 2000 – Sep 2002, San Mateo, CA
Designed UI systems for web-based software applications. Conducted user research and facilitated brainstorming sessions with clients. Defined interaction patterns based on user and task analysis.
Visual Designer & HTML Developer
CEISMC, Georgia Institute of Technology
Feb – Jun 2000, Atlanta, GA
Designed and developed web-based lesson plan application for Georgia public school teachers. Designed UI elements, icons, and other graphical assets, produced HTML and CSS.
Industrial Designer & Fabricator
Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access, Georgia Institute of Technology
Sep - Dec 1998, Atlanta, GA
Member of the furniture design and fabrication team. Pieces exhibited in the 1998 exhibition ”Unlimited by Design” - Smithsonian Institution's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum.
Skills
Tools & Technologies
Sharpie Marker & Paper
Sketch
InVision
Balsamiq
Zeplin
Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator
HTML/CSS
Design & Methodology
User Experience Design
User Interface Design
Visual Design
User Journey Mapping
Storyboarding
Wireframes and Mockups
Visual Specs & Styleguides
Prototyping
User Research
Usability Testing
UX Personas
Lean UX
Professional Development
User Research Techniques
Workshop, General Assembly
2018
UX Week
Conference, Adaptive Path
2013 - 2015
Good Design Faster
Workshop, Adaptive Path
2012
Education
Georgia Institute of Technology
MS, Architecture & Industrial Design
1997 - 2000
Georgia Institute of Technology
Summer Study Abroad
Design studies in Paris, Milan, and
Vitra, Germany
Summer 1998
Marlboro College
BA, Liberal Arts, Furniture Design
1990 - 1993
Carnegie Mellon University
College of Fine Art
1988 - 1989