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PRODUCT DESIGNER
Sustainable Progress & Equality Collective (SPEC)
Oct 2021 - Present
Product Design Leadership:
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Led design initiatives for external clients, ensuring impactful project outcomes.
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Efficiently managed projects from inception to completion, optimizing design workflows for client satisfaction and heightened brand visibility.
Collaborative Team Contributor:
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Actively participated in cross-functional teams, offering valuable design insights across concurrent projects.
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Fostered collaboration to enhance overall team efficiency and project success.
Client- Centric Design Solutions:
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Engaged closely with clients to understand their needs and preferences.
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Delivered visually compelling solutions aligning with client brand identities.
Skills: User Experience (UX) | Web Design | Figma | Visual Studio Code | Responsive Web Design | Google Workspace | Social Media Management | ChatGPT | Mattermost / Project Management | UX Research |Collaboration Tools (Slack, Trello, GitHub)
UX RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
RAND CORPORATION / CENTER FOR ADVANCED RACIAL EQUITY POLICY
Dec 2021 - Oct 2023
Game Design Support:
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Assisted lead game designer in ideationand asset iteration for a gaming project.
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Conducted research during the conceptualization stage to inform decision-making.
Website Development:
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Collaborated on the creation of a website showcasing projects and research associates through the SPEC/RAND partnership.
Ethical Research Certification:
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Achieved Human Research certification through CITI, demonstrating expertise in ethical research practices.
Skills: UX Research | Gaming | Educational Technology | Web Development | Microsoft Teams | Midjourney | Figma | Responsive Web Design
UX DESIGNER AND RESEARCHER
buildJUSTLY
Jan 2022 - Feb 2023
Desktop Application Design:
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Led the advancement of desktop application designs through iterative refinement.
User-Centric Design Insights:
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Utilized insights from user interviews and survey data to inform and drive design decisions.
Prototyping Expertise:
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Developed prototypes for both responsive websites and desktop applications.
Industry Collaboration:
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Presented design concepts to a leading tech company, contributing to impactful decision-making.
Skills: Notion | Microsoft Teams | Web Design | Figma | Web Services
UX DESIGNER
Data Umbrella
Jan 2022 - Feb 2023
Webinar Presentation:
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Presented at a live webinar for the Data Umbrella Community.
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"Figma for Beginners: Using Figma for Data and Applications"
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45 minute live presentation and walk through on the Figma app
Stakeholder Collaboration:
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Collaborated closely with external stakeholders to meet project requirements.
Responsive Website Design:
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Crafted a comprehensive, multi-page responsive website design.
Development Team Collaboration:
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Partnered with the development team to implement design concepts effectively.
Skills: Google Docs | Google Drive | Slack | Discord | Github | Figma
USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN
General Assembly
INFORMATION SCIENCE & POLICY
University at Albany SUNY
RECENT WORK
SPEC
Improve the user experience and address usability concerns.
RESPONSIVE | MARKETING | BRANDING
DATA UMBRELLA
Build an open source event board platform that will be free for the data science community to share their events
SEARCH | SUBSCRIPTION | BRANDING
RAND/CAREP
Highlight the Research Associates and showcase all the projects that were completed during the RAND x SPEC collaboration.
MARKETING
BUILDJUSTLY
Validate whether the US Hispanic population is a viable segment for Microsoft to target for growth.
RESEARCH
SPEC
Design social media images, conference post cards, stickers, t-shirts for digital and printed marketing.
MARKETING | BRANDING | SOCIAL MEDIA
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