👔 Resume

About

I am a creative User Experience Designer who likes to think outside of the box to come up with innovative solutions for unique and challenging problems. I am flexible and enjoy collaborating as part of a team while at the same time maintaining a high personal standard for outstanding workmanship.

Experience

Kaplan North America, Remote | January 2024 - Present

Manager, Product Design, UX/UI

Kaplan North America, Remote | March 2023 - December 2023

Sr. UX/UI Designer

Kaplan North America, Remote | October 2021 - February 2023

UX/UI Designer

  • Design and enhance student schedule and performance tracking experiences for a standardized learning platform that meets the needs of multiple users and businesses.

  • Collaborate with multiple cross-functional teams and stakeholders to ensure that

  • our learning platforms meet the needs of all our users.

  • Initiated and implemented an initiative to standardize design systems across multiple products to achieve a consistent and predictable user experience that meets the needs of multiple products.

UX Designer theCOOP, Remote | June 2021 - September 2021

UX/UI Designer

  • Worked with an agile, cross-functional team to create new edTech software.

  • Presented my findings, content, and designs to provide updates to engineers at weekly kickoff meetings.

  • Created new content and wireframes within an established design system to achieve MVP status.

  • Used personas and user research in design decisions and content creation.

iCivics, Remote | June 2021 - August 2021

UX Researcher

  • Conducted user interviews to assist the iCivics content team to better understand and meet the needs of its users with the goal of making iCivics the number one civics resource for educators in the nation.

  • Assisted in facilitating remote Design Thinking sessions with Civics Educators across the United States.

DemocracyLab, Remote | March 2021 - August 2021

UX Designer

  • Updated design systems to better improve consistency and usability sitewide.

  • Used standardized design systems to create wireframes and prototypes in Figma for desktop and mobile sites.

Ohlhoff Recovery Program, Remote | November 2020- January 2021

UX Designer and UX Researcher

  • Redesigned the mobile website for Ohlhoff Recovery Program, which increased access to care for San Franciscans afflicted with a substance use disorder.

Education

General Assembly

Certification - UX Design Immersive

George Mason University

Masters -  Education

University of Alaska Anchorage

Bachelor of Arts - Education

Western Washington University 

Bachelor of Art - Visual Art