DESIGN SKILLS
Design Thinking, User Research, Affinity Mapping, Usability Testing, Persona Development, User Journey Mapping, User Flows, Sitemaps, IA, Wireframes, UI Design, Design Systems, UX Writing
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Figma, Adobe XD, UXPin, UXPressia, Xtensio, Asana, Jira, Confluence, Trello, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Slack, Teams, GSuite, Zoom, Loom, TypeForm, Qualtrics, UserTesting
EDUCATION
- University of North Carolina Wilmington, Double Bachelor in Arts, Psychology and Anthropology, Minor in German, Graduated Summa cum laude
- CITI Certification in Social & Behavioral Research , 2021
- Google UX Certification , 2022
- UX/UI Specialization Certificate, CalArts, 2020
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2020 – present | Remote
UX/UI Designer, Researcher, UX Writer at Predictive UX
- Create client primers on taxonomy, UX, and search
- Author UX- and data-related articles and social media posts
- Research UX, accessibility, and DEI as input into content strategy
CLIENT WORK
- RecoverX: an evidence-based medicine (EBM) augmented intelligence platform
- Plan, conduct and synthesize clinician research
- Capture user feedback during user interviews
- Create affinity maps showcasing key themes uncovered during user research
- Prioritize user research findings
- Create high-fidelity wireframes showing flows for unified search experience
- Define information architecture for search data coming from disparate sources
- Analyze pertinent positives and pertinent negatives comparison for intuitiveness and recommend alternative approach
- LemonBrew: a real estate platform with automated property valuation
- Assist with wireframing and user flows for the LemonBrew site
- Perform front-end user testing
- Document bugs in JIRA for the development team
- IQVIA: advanced analytics, technology solutions and clinical research services
- Conduct user research
- Synthesize user interview transcripts and aid in the consolidation of user wants and dislikes
- Translate user feedback into an actionable features list
2020 – present | Remote
Usability Tester at UserTesting
- Conduct front-end user testing on apps and websites
- Perform live walkthroughs and user interviews
2021 Academic Year | Remote
Deep Learning AI Researcher at UNCW
- Member of a collaborative interdisciplinary research team
- Conducted and co-authored a systematic literature review in the field of AI ethics
- Co-authored an AI ethics framework model for broad scale university use
2021 Academic Year | Remote
Writer at Hey Explorer Blog
- Wrote blog articles on German-specific content, such as the best tools to learn the language
- Researched materials for language learning
HONORS AND AWARDS
- Graduated Summa cum laude
- UNCW Honors College
- Psi Chi Member
- Lambda Alpha Member
VOLUNTEER WORK
- Plastic Ocean Project (POP), University of North Carolina Wilmington
- Executive Member, Art Committee Leader - As Art Committee leader, I organized POP’s 5th and 6th Annual Art Galas, which are aimed at raising awareness of ocean pollution and raising funds for the chapter
- Grant writer
- Participated in beach and river sweeps cleaning up trash , some of the sweeps and drives I participated in involved aiding in hurricane relief
- Georgian Papers Programme
- Transcribed handwritten German documents from the Georgian Period
- Reviewed completed transcriptions for accuracy
