Product Designer on the CNN Digital Design Team

A creative agency providing consultative services in UX/UI, design, branding, videography, and general media strategy.

Worked with clients to solve business problems to ensure that products logically flow one step to the next.

To lead all UX and design initiatives at TopPick.

• Worked on enterprise software as part of the iLab team

• Took part in design sprints keeping feasible deadlines in mind

• User test prototypes and design based on user and stakeholder feedback

• Used the Atlassian tools Jira and Confluence to tell user stories and report bugs

• Designed in Axure, Sketch, and Illustrator.

• Assist in the UX / UI education of 19 students through a rigorous 10 week professional course.

• Lead daily scrum meetings (stand up), project briefing & kick-offs, software workshops, and delivering the occasional lesson.

• Support head instructor and students with their personal assignments.

• Evaluate & critique experience and interface designs.

Created emails/postcards/website content, wireframes, shot/edited videos, ran the social media accounts (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram), shot/edited photos, and managed the company catalog.

Responsible for social media marketing and email campaigns. Leveraged skills in Mailchimp, analytics, social media marketing, and Facebook Ads all used in an agile setting.

Created print/digital catalogs with a focus on the Safeway grocery chain. Primary tools used included Photoshop and InDesign.