- Freelance UX/UI Product DesignLead Product (UX/UI) Design ConsultantNovember 2016 - Today (8 years and 1 month)1809 E 11th St, Tulsa, OK 74104, USAWorking as a consultant mainly with early stage startups to help them launch new products, grow existing ones and/or develop product strategy and vision. My responsibilities include:
- Leading the full product development lifecycle, from ideation to launch and post-launch iteration.
- Building a product strategy that sets a design foundations that help build a product from the grounds up.
- Collaborating with management and cross-functional teams to gather requirements and user needs, proposing creative and practical, design solutions.
- Managing and mentoring design teams and junior designers, reviewing the quality of their work, providing feedback and helping them hone their craft.
- Facilitating user research including: interviews, user testing, surveys and workshops to collect and integrate feedback into design updates.
- Presenting design concepts, progress and solutions to stakeholders, users and team members for clear communication, coordination and clarification.
- Creating and further developing design systems that are scalable, ensuring consistency with growth across the company products.
- SPRINGBOARDUX/UI Design MentorJanuary 2020 - Today (4 years and 11 months)1809 E 11th St, Tulsa, OK 74104, USAI mentor Springboard students, helping them achieve their dreams of becoming skilled UX/UI designers through weekly mentoring sessions.- Explain UX/UI design concepts, processes, and methodologies such as: UX research Wireframing & Prototyping Testing UI design Design systems- Provide detailed project feedback and teach them how to apply concepts they learn to tackle real-world problems on the job- Helping students achieve their goals and approving course completion
- SwygProduct DesignerJune 2020 - June 2021 (1 year)1809 E 11th St, Tulsa, OK 74104, USABeing the sole designer at this innovative early stage startup, I helped create the vision and designed the products that help companies identify the right candidates based on their skills. Some of my responsibilities include:
- Leading the team through the entire product design process; from initial strategy and research, to ideation and presentations, to prototyping and final designs.
- Working closely with the CEO and product team members to shape product strategy and vision, delivering industry-leading solutions.
- Collaborating with stakeholders, collecting, synthesizing and incorporating feedback. Communicating design decisions and process.
- Hiring and managing designers and design agencies for specific projects, crafting projects plans, specifications and deadlines.
- Managing ongoing design iteration through continuous research, prototyping, user testing, interaction mapping, pattern definition, and new component delivery
- Developing an innovative and creative products from the grounds up with solid foundations of design best practices including a design system and thinking.
- Designing a new B2B hiring dashboard from the grounds up, including: onboarding, product roadmap, a design system and rebrand.
- Optimizing the usability of the existing P2P Interview platform, including: Smoother onboarding, better user flow, additional features and UI design
- Ux design immersive, User experience designGENERAL ASSEMBLY2014Ux design immersive, User experience design
- MA, Product DesignLondon Metropolitan University2010MA, Product Design
- Bachelor of ArtsWestminster University2008BA, Architecture