Education
UX Certified 2017
Nielsen Norman Group
Certificate of User Experience Design 2017
Team W Inc, Susan Weinschenk
Certificate Entrepreneurship pending 2019
Certificate Web Design/Technologies 2015
Wake Technical Community College
B.S. Industrial Design 2012
B.A. Spanish Language and Literature 2012
North Carolina State University
Qualifications
Adobe Creative Suite
Rapid Prototyping in Axure
HTML/CSS/SCSS
Qualitative Usability Testing and Reports
Design Strategy in Enterprise Systems
Content Management Systems
Spanish Intermediate Fluency
Atlassian Products - Confluence, JIRA
Experience
Extron Electronics, Raleigh, UX Designer [July 2016 - present]
Provided usability recommendations for existing and emerging A/V products including touch panels, mobile, desktop and web platforms.
Championed customer driven design over traditional product development methods and became first specialist to recruit external participants for tests.
Published standards for designing user interfaces within Extron’s touch panel products.
Collaborated with design team to ensure UX pattern alignment across platforms and products.
Tasked to lead intrapreneur efforts within the organization to identify new product ideas for the AV market.
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, UX Developer [May 2014 - July 2016]
Improved usability of existing and emerging technology and applications such as scholarship application and selection.
Worked with web development team to create responsive and branded WordPress themes to create consistency among academic departments and for use across multiple client sites.
Roundabout Art Collective, Raleigh, NC, Web Manager [2013-2017]
Coordinated web and print communications for a collective group of 25 local artists.
Girl Develop It RDU - Social Media Coordinator
Triangle User Experience Professionals Association - Communications Director