SmugMug is a web and mobile platform for photographers to host their photos and create customized portfolios.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead design sprints to guide product decisions for the native mobile app as well as web application

• Conduct user research interviews with professional and aspirational photographers

• Develop UI mockups and prototypes

• Identify and troubleshoot UX problems

• Created and maintain a UI Sketch library of reusable symbols, text styles and components

• Work with developers to overcome technical constraints

Hacking for Defense (H4D) provides a platform to address pressing problems facing the Department of Defense (DoD), Intelligence Community (IC) and other government agencies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead designer of a team of 3 marines

• Interviewed military experts, listened to people who have the problem, and to other people who were responsible for developing solutions

• Developed a mission model canvas and captured hypotheses about how a solution would work

• Quickly developed different concepts

• Identified our critical hypothesis to test with our MVP

• Created storyboards, and built an MVP

• Created a user testing plan and conducted user testing.

PublicBnb is a responsive web application that aims to help low-income families find affordable housing.

Key Responsibilities:

• Led a team of 3 designers to develop the scope and execute the project and also acted as the primary client contact and facilitated the design sprint.

• Applied a human-centered design approach and created a responsive web application from the ground up

• Conducted User Research & in-person interviews

• User Experience Design and Strategy (personas, scenarios, flows, and wireframes)

• Designed and maintained consistent interactions and UI patterns

• Developed information architecture, navigation, features, and branding

• Created a living style-guide including fonts; color palette; and design components.

• Created compelling keynote presentations

YouCaring is a free crowdfunding platform that empowers people to help others overcome hardships and enjoy happier, healthier lives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conducted User Research, Usability Tests & in-person interviews

• User Experience Design (personas, scenarios, flows, and wireframes)

• Designed and maintained consistent interactions and UI patterns

• Developed new features

Tradecraft is a full-time growth apprenticeship program that prepares individuals to excel at high growth startups through a combination of hands-on project work for startups, curriculum, and mentorship from industry practitioners.