USER EXPERIENCE (UX) DESIGNER

Wire-framing • Storyboarding • Journey Mapping • Graphic Design • Gamification • Narrative Design • Creative Writing • Logical Modeling • Mind Mapping

Career Interests: Business Applications | Video Game | Fin-Tech | Learning

Professional Profile

Multi-skilled technology professional with a unique combination of experience, interests, skills and practical application in using all the tools in the toolbox essential to telling a story, translating a vision or driving a user experience in software development. Adept at applying visual memory with an innate ability to derive customer requirements and translate them into a graphic representation. Eager and enthusiastic at the prospect of applying my recent experience, educational credentials, technical skills and interests in UX to a new challenge.

Technical Competencies

Select Career Highpoints

Application development. Designed a unique “reseller” application in sports betting to create a new marketplace—successfully delivering an innovative solution that exceeded customer requirements on budget, on time and on plan.

Brand development and deployment. Created the branding behind a start-up within the existing enterprise, including logo design, tagline, promotional materials, an engaging live stream layout and various other pieces of promotional material.

Interface enhancement. Participated on an extensive project to “scale down” a high-end interface used to program print jobs—successfully meeting or exceeding all requirements essential to enabling the project to go live.

Professional History

Flower City Gaming, LLC, UI/UX Designer

(January 2020-Present)

Hired on contract initially; converted to permanent status within three months. Core responsibilities include creating user experience designs using workflows and wireframes, the information hierarchy and user feedback for this company specializing in application development in sports betting. Communicate design requirements to the development team. Manage the branding behind a new product launch—sports card breaking.

Xerox Corporation, ​User Interface Graphic Designer​

(On Contract August 2017-March 2019, September 2019-December 2019)

Networked way to earn position designing high-fidelity wireframes and storyboards for user touch interfaces for multi-function printers. Applied design principles to the graphics and functionality behind user interfaces comprising the operating controls for equipment. Developed and tested concepts, created graphics and navigation, and demonstrated the solutions.

● User experience.​ Translated design principles calculated for application on large screens to small-screen installations—solutions pending release across multiple products.

● Special projects.​ Assisted management in developing high-concept logical models used to make the business case, help marketing promote the value of the product or lay the foundation for contractual relationships with third-party providers.

Degrees & Certificates

STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT OSWEGO

Master of Arts, Human-Computer Interaction •​ ​Bachelor of Arts, Graphic Design & Creative Writing

Project work:​ Compiled and maintained the software requirements specification (SRS) document for Roots, a prototype application that collected and displayed user ancestry data as a family tree, parliament chart and heat map of birthplaces.

Community engagement:​ Working as a volunteer at Oswego Tree Stewards, completed various graphic design projects for this local not-for-profit.

Internship:​ Federal Communications Commission. Performed heuristic evaluations and user interviews. Developed design specification and prototype for improved document tagging.

Scholarship:​ Studied ​Game Design for Digital Humanists ​at University of Victoria, British Columbia.

HUDSON VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Associates of Science, Individual Studies

PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE (PMI)

​Certified Associate in Project Management, ​2018

Organizations

Upstate UX

Rochester, NY, Member: August 2017 - Present

Roc Game Dev

Rochester, NY, Member: August 2017 - Present

Tech Valley Game space

Troy, NY, Member: January 2017 - August 2017

Presented an introduction to UX Design, took lessons on game design, and participated in game jams.

Human-Computer Interaction Organization

SUNY Oswego, Member: September 2015 - May 2017

Pride Alliance

SUNY Oswego, Director of Communications: September 2013 - May 2014, Member: September 2012 - May 2016

As Director of Communications, I created posters that advertised organization events as well as promotional material for recruitment and awareness.

Writers’ Open Forum

SUNY Oswego, President: September 2012 - May 2013, Member: September 2011 - May 2016

As President, I facilitated a welcoming environment for writers to share their work and receive constructive criticism.