Welcome to my design portfolio

Discover the world of user-centered design through my unique perspective as a UX/UI Designer with Project Management experience. With over 8 years of design expertise, I am committed to creating exceptional user experiences. Join me on this journey and explore the art of design collaboration within cross-disciplinary teams.

Sr. UX/UI Designer at Vertex Innovations

Rapid Design | Web Design | App Design | UX Design | UI Design | User Journey | User Flows | Design Systems | Team Lead | Asynchronous Teams | Remote

With Vertex Innovations, I was contracted to work with a Fortune 500 company as part of their Rapid Design team. I co-lead the members of the design team asynchronously, working with people in India and across the US to quickly turn around interactive prototypes and other design assets to assist the sales and marketing team in attracting clients to back new projects for the in-house teams to develop.

Sr. UX/UI Designer at InvestCloud

Design Systems | User Flows | Project Management | UX Design | UI Design | Remote

At InvestCloud, I worked on doing learning and applying client brands to existing product, working with the team to develop our brand and style guide, and worked on a yet unreleased new project to be added to the InvestCloud product line.

UX/UI Designer at Humana

User Flows | Project Management | UX Design | UI Design | User Stories | Remote

Contracted through Brooksource, my work at Humana consisted of helping to create User Flows, User Stories, and quick iterations of the designs for their API integration into their existing product. I worked remotely in a small team of 3 designers, and with the product and development teams to deliver a clear and concise API library layout.

Interaction Designer at National

Brand Identity | User Flows | Project Management | UX Design | UI Design | HTML | CSS | Marketing | Content Management Systems | Remote

At National - a subdivision of Kimball International - I was the Interaction and UI Designer for a brand refresh/redesign that was started in 2019 with the task chair brands. When COVID struck, I was put in charge of rapid design and implementation of our furniture solutions response to the global pandemic. I also assisted with marketing, using CMS tools to send news letters and text messages to existing, and new, customers.

Education

  • Master of Science degree in Human-Computer Interaction/design

    Indiana University, Bloomington

    Graduated 2012

  • Bachelor of Arts in Communications: Journalism, and Public Relations

    Trine University, Angola IN

    Graduated 2010 - Cum Laude

  • Associate of Arts degree in General Studies

    Cottey College, Nevada Missouri

    Graduated 2007

Employment

    • Sub-contracted to Google to work with their Rapid Innovation Team as their US Design Team Lead

    • Created more than 15 clickable demos and prototypes using Figma

    • Created Sales and Marketing assets by way of visual graphics, slides, and user journeys

    • Worked with UX Copy Writers, Developers, TPMs, and Sales departments to deliver on several projects resulting in sales in the Federal, State and Local Government, and Education sectors

    • Worked to showcase generative AI tools to businesses and education sectors

    • Contributed to the creation and development of an ongoing Style/Brand guide.

    • Completed several web and print designs as sales guides for potential clients ranging in length from 24-80 pages.

    • Identified client branding, and rebranded IC product to match client brand and voice.

    • Lead as team designer on a new, upcoming project, often taking on project management duties.

    • Contributed to biweekly design sharing/review sessions, both in presenting and offering constructive criticism to team members.

    • Assisted PMs, BAs, and Developers in understanding deliverables.

    • Conducted design reviews at several levels of development, offering feedback and helping ideate solutions.

    • Created interactive wireframes for web, following user flows.

    • Collaborated virtually with remote team members about project expectations and requirements.

    • Met semi-daily with developers to review project progress.

    • Assisted in internal user testing for MVP release of Humana’s API Repository.

    • Designed and developed the National brand response to COVID-19 challenges.

    • Prepared marketing emails for Salesforce delivery using Salesforce Marketing Cloud and Microsoft Templates.

    • Learned the brand styles and voice to begin work on a comprehensive brand guide.

    • Began work on a total web redesign, completing the Task Seating section.

    • Wrote User Stories for comprehension and testing purposes.

    • Executed test cases for quality assessment over the course of several months.

    • Worked with business owners to identify and update user stories and personas for greater team use.

    • Completed test cases with an average for 20-25 steps each.

    • Designed and developed UI for websites, contests, and entry forms using Balsamiq and CMS systems.

    • Consulted with designers and developers on user experience practices, design thinking, and the use of workflows in our process.

    • Lead brown bag presentations over Storyboarding in Design, the use of Atomic Design, and Pattern Libraries / Style Guides.

    • Owned the design and creation process of 3 internal apps, taking responsibility for all assets and deliverables.

    • Scripted areas, levels, NPCs, quests, and other assets in several new game areas.

    • Oversaw the volunteer player guide system that helped train incoming player guides.

    • Led several team projects, coordinating across different areas of design and content writing to develop new game areas and content.

    • Streamlined existing help documents, processes, and wiki resources for both internal and player use.

    • Coached students in understanding and learning basic web design and scripting.

    • Worked with instructors to assist students in various multimedia tasks.

    • Created and led workshops each semester on storyboard creation and usage.

    • Designed and completed a complete overhaul of the School of Education’s W200 class resource website with updated university branding and voice.

    • Oversaw and completed design and instructional design challenges over a 5 week period, demonstrating time management, cooperation, and project management skills.

    • Created and proposed an overhaul of the internship program for GP Strategies instructional design internship.

About Me

I am a Senior UX/UI Designer with experience in Project Management. Currently I reside in southern Indiana, but have been successfully working remotely in multi-disciplinary teams across time zones and continents much longer than the last few years. I’m a creative and friendly individual who has often been called “the heart of the team.”

Besides work, I am a mother of a 5 year old, and two rambunctious dogs. I enjoy film and animation, gaming, sketching, and going on random deep dives into a variety of topics and ideas. I use inspiration from all walks of life in my design, looking for trends in the everyday mundane as well as by keeping up with online publications, design organization memberships, and networking with colleagues.

I am currently open to new opportunities.