2023 — Now
2022 — 2023
San Francisco, California, United States
San Francisco Bay Area
As a UX/UI Designer, I've engaged with clients to provide contract and pro bono design services, including UX research, information architecture, interaction design, and visual design. Recent projects have included:
Client: 350NH
Conducted a thorough UX/UI website audit to assess where there are areas to improve accessibility and user experience as well as align the website to 350 branding guidelines
Revised the primary and secondary navigation to ensure optimal user navigation
Explored a new design direction to redesign the entire website's user interface
Collaborated with a developer to implement the new redesign and fix user experience and accessibility pain points
Client: Project Giving Kids
Updated the sitemap to include new webpages and user flows and ensure optimal UX
Created wireframes, high fidelity screens, and a prototype that incorporated new educational material webpages, based on the current website design and PGK’s branding
Read the full case study here: http://leanneplaisted.com/project/project-giving-kids
Client: Foxtrail
Conducted a competitive analysis of direct and indirect competitors to help guide the wireframe layout
Created logo designs, illustrations, and Foxtrail branding
Crafted style tiles and high fidelity screens and applied them to the website with Webflow
2019 — 2019
Chicago, Illinois, United States
I worked collaboratively to conduct user research, usability testing, ideation, wireframing, prototyping, branding, and visual design for the following clients:
The Cumin Club
Conducted UX research to define user pain points and establish opportunities to improve the user’s experience; produced wireframes that optimized the user flow from the homepage to checkout
Designed high fidelity screens and a prototype for the user interface of the website
Established visual design guidelines through a branding style guide for the small startup company
Read the case study here: http://leanneplaisted.com/project/the-cumin-club
Constellation Brands, Inc.
Redesigned the internal employee app of Constellation Brands, a Fortune-500 company, to incorporate new features to that would help employee’s needs and improve the UI design
Designed high fidelity mobile screens, a prototype, and a logo to enhance the visual experience
Conducted desirability and usability tests to ensure all design directions were user-focused
Read the case study here: http://leanneplaisted.com/project/ambassador-app
Education
UC San Diego
Certificate
UC San Diego
Certificate
Flatiron School
Certificate
University of Vermont