My job description says I develop, evolve, and champion the user experience vision for the Epiq Legal Solutions software product line. I say I am a user centered designer trying to make the world more usable.

• Designed user experience and developed hand-coded and WordPress-based websites for small businesses and non-profits

• Created logos and identity for entrepreneurial clients

• Led development of user flows and wireframes outlining voting experience for a shoe design contest

• Conducted UX research to iteratively guide product development

• Built user journey maps identifying touchpoints, problems, and opportunities to clarify and adapt product functionality

• Designed wireframe prototypes to facilitate product discussions with engineers, stakeholders, and customers

• Streamlined design and development through a reusable component library

• Designed the user experience for a commercial real estate listing web application

• Developed front-end code for user interfaces

• Modernized the user interface for video surveillance software

• Lead brand refresh including logo, typography, colors and

corporate templates

• Create corporate visual brand standards to unify marketing assets

and product interface

• Develop brand assets for multi-channel marketing campaigns

• Design and incorporate new user interface elements into

product portal

Branding and UX Design

• Led creative rebrand of visual identity including logo, brand elements, colors, typeface and website

• Developed brand transition strategy for competitor acquisition

• Created and executed creative concepts for multi-channel digital marketing campaigns, print collateral, trade show properties, and sales documents in support of internal clients including executive, marketing, and sales teams

Management

• Provided mentorship to and project management for design and development team

• Managed work in quarterly releases: broker larger projects into tasks, estimated effort, facilitated the QA process, and coordinated launches

Development

• Performed responsive front-end development utilizing Bootstrap and creating scalable, reusable code

• Proactively maintained Wordpress website including security, core and plugin updates

The Startup Institute is an eight week full-time, career accelerator that align passion with profession, to create highly effective startup employees. It prepares students with rigorous training in the hard and soft skills required to work in the fast paced, cross-functional, and dynamic work environment of a startup.

I completed the Product and Design track with a focus on learning Product Management, UX/UI Design and Front-End Development.

• Created and managed the visual identity for a global executive search firm

• Developed creative concepts that communicated messages across languages and cultures

• Took the initiative to research, make a business case for, learn and execute on a tablet solution for the digital distribution and layout of company publications

• Managed day-to-day needs and unreasonable demands of adorable son

• Played with a lot of toys

• Led a networking playgroup for stay-at-home dads

• Worked in five-person marketing department for human resources consulting firm

• Managed digital marketing including company website, e-newsletters and e-blasts

• Developed print collateral including fact sheets, product brochures and whitepapers

• Produced branded campaigns for external clients

• Created and executed strategic marketing plans in collaboration with executive team

• Worked in large creative services department for a healthcare best practice firm

• Designed custom artwork and developed production templates

• Led large design team and coordinated with authors to design 500-page binders, slide presentations and other educational and marketing materials

• Mentored and wrote weekly progress reports on new designers

• Traveled to hospitals throughout the country to film and produce videos for member education activities

• Chosen to participate in year-long emerging leaders training program

Tohubohu Productions is an independent digital movie making company comprised of aspiring writers, directors, actors, and producers.

http://www.tohubohuproductions.com/

Worked on the production crew of the short film, "Number One with a Bullet" (2008)

Worked with the following short film competition teams:

Assistant Director, "Machinations" (2006)

Sound Mixer, "Homemade Hero" (2005)

Sound, "Quite Contrary" (2005)

Worked with editors on cycles of edits, approvals, and press checks. Created layouts for national newsletters, government reports, educational packets, and public service announcements. Designed stationery and other promotional materials.

Designed promotional brochures, posters, advertisements and websites for campus organizations and departments