# Loosine Vartani > Principal UX Designer at NewsBank Location: Greater Boston, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/loosine Creating meaningful experiences through design and paying attention to detail. Ultimately striving to make complicated topics simple. ## Work Experience ### Principal UX Designer @ NewsBank Jan 2022 – Present ### Principal User Experience Designer @ BlackSky Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 • Evangelized and spearheaded user experience design at the company • Championed and integrated agile & Lean UX processes into engineering team • Sole UX designer at the company that led to successful IPO. Consistently reviewed as distinguished performer (Top 10%) • Major influence for positive feedback from high paying clients about exceptional customer experience at company ### UX Consultant @ GravityLab Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 • Consultant UX designer for a variety of core applications. Hired by company as in-house UX designer after successful demonstrations and contributions ### UX/UI Lead @ Humanyze Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 • UI/UX lead and web developer for a dashboard application. Specialized in improving data visualizations using d3 charts, the Ember framework, and React libraries. Incorporated best practices for data visualizations from Tufte courses and Nielsen Norman UX conferences. • 3D rendering/modeling of hardware products, collaborated with IDEO for Boston office entrance redesign, and assisted the marketing team with rebranding the company’s website ### Data Visualization Analyst @ City of Boston Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 •Project lead for the Boston Fire Department. Main project was an application mapping safety concerns and potential hazards for fire fighters called “Building Intelligence”. Project was featured in the Boston Globe, Economist, and Harvard University’s Ash Center. • Analyzed datasets from Boston Public Schools, Office of Economic Development, Department of Neighborhood Development to create multiple dashboards, infographics, and visualizations to understand key performance indicators of improved residential life at the City of Boston. ### Citywide Analytics Team @ City of Boston Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 ### Data Visualization Specialist and Consultant @ New York University Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 o Created data visualizations for NYU and New York City Department of Education’s universal pre-k analysis project entitled “Strengthening the Research Architecture for High Quality Universal Pre-K (UPK)”, led by Drs. Cybele Raver and Pamela Morris o Data visualizations presented to Mayor de Blasio in the months of February through April ### GIS Researcher and Analyst @ UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 o Edited and digitally drew geographic boundaries of water service areas in Los Angeles, numbering 228 regions; created comprehensive Los Angeles County Water Atlas. Translated atlas into web application. o GIS research and spatial analysis of potable water providers in Southern California. Research posed to create a comprehensive look at drinking water LA County. ### Teacher Assistant (Advanced GIS: the Geoweb) @ UCLA Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Greater Los Angeles Area o Teacher Assistant for a popular UCLA Graduate Course in the School of Public Affairs, Advanced GIS: the Geoweb ### GIS Technician @ NGO Consulting Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 o Joined NGOs as student researcher and spearheaded efforts to include digital maps and web applications for humanitarian efforts in the Southern Caucasus region. o Used open source platforms to create web pages and infographics for organizations (Tbilisi Heritage Group, Hayrenik Press, ANCA, AEN, Transparency International) ### Graphic Designer @ Analia Saban Studio Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 | Santa Monica o Collaborated vector art of several projects, and managed artist’s online archive o Created art pieces using Trotec Laser Machine; artwork featured in exhibitions at the Hammer and LACMA museums ### Research Assistant @ City of Los Angeles Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 | Office of Historic Resources o Collaborated with the LA city preservationist architect to create historic cultural monument reports for historic building rehabilitation projects in Downtown Los Angeles ### Project Manager @ Art Ranch Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | California Hot Springs o Led and managed a group of graduate architecture students to create a series of designs for multiple tents schemes/ cabins for a children’s art camp in the CA Hot Springs region. o Produced a bound booklet of 50 pages of tent and cabin designs as well as large site plans of complete design plans for the non-profit organization, Art Ranch. ### Student Researcher @ cityLAB UCLA Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 o Photographed and documented changes to Westwood buildings, comparing present conditions to early 20th century buildings. o Data collection, analysis, and GIS mapping of all parking lot spaces in Westwood Village. Data used in design schemes for Westwood Vision Project led by Dana Cuff and Harrison Higgins. ## Education ### Master's Degree in Urban and Regional Planning UCLA ### City/Urban in Community and Regional Planning University of California, Berkeley ### Bachelor's Degree in Architectural Studies UCLA ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/loosinevartani - Portfolio: http://loosine.com - Portfolio: http://www.loosine.com/blog/ --- Source: https://flows.cv/loosine JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/loosine/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-31