Résumé
A Little About Me
When I was 13 and I managed to get my hands on my mothers copy of Photoshop, and thus began my love affair with design. As my career has developed, I have found myself to be the kind of designer that holds usability at the forefront of everything I create. I have a passion for making users lives easier through intuitive interactions, simple designs and easy workflows. Armed with a good sense of humor and a ton of empathy, I work with clients and users to create the application they know they want, with the simplicity they need.
Experience
NCR
Senior UX Architect
Create user flows, wireframes, and prototypes to demonstrate functionality and usability to product owners and customers. Follow and oversee WCAG accessibility guideline compliance and perform audits when necessary. Create hifi prototypes and mock-ups in Axure based off of the UI Library. Act as the Hospitality Ambassador for hospitality lane of business to help facilitate design needs for all products. Facilitate Design Thinking Training to other departments company-wide. Primarily work on Engage and Aloha, but assist with user testing, feedback and design as needed.
Videa
Senior UX and Visual Designer
Created wireframes to demonstrate usability and flow for online application based on business requirements. Mocked-up detailed designs to hand-off to development team and created animated demos when necessary. Worked with product Owners, Developers, Architects and QA to ensure designs were properly implemented and functionality was as intended. Helped facilitate research and testing of products with UX Research team to continue to itterate and improve based on user feedback.
Freelance
Animator and Designer
Service clients via project management and solution creation; responsibilities include oversight of animation, graphic design, Web design and motion graphics. Completed projects include “Behind the Zerkonians,” a short for Fox Films, “Aliens in the Attic,” a game for the National Geographic show, “Dogtown”, as well as projects for Weebly, Moxie Interactive, Bias, Filmfunds, Art at Joes and a number of small business websites.
Mother Nature Network (MNN.com)
Lead Interactive Designer
Created and maintained styleguide defining web standards and brand guidelines. Headed redesign of MNN.com and worked with off-shore development team for implementation. Handled all creative and art direction with brand guidance from sponsors, to develop and design creative assets including animations, ads, infographics, slideshows and interactive deliverables. Sponsors included UPS, AT&T, CSX, Allstate, Aflac, Diageo, Georgia Pacific, Dunkin Donuts, SC Johnson, Zep.
WebMD
Web Designer
Created mocks based on existing products for sales teams and handled corporate support. Took care of day-to-day site operations, including updating home page and wellness centers. Developed mock-ups, storyboards, and animations for new initiatives, as well as designed and animated branded and unbranded ads for clients. Created first process and workflow for making animation and completed two shorts based on client specifications as well as numerous animations for internal use.
AT&T
Web Designer
Designed and coded websites, logos, and animations for yellowpages.com in high-volume, quick-turnover environment. Followed tight specifications to meet advertisers’ needs. Created mobile websites/banners, redesigned pre-existing websites, and made changes to content and design.
GetFugu
Senior Designer
Conceptualized art and storyboards for the “Magic Books” product in the Magitech division. Oversaw and managed the work for the 3D animation pipeline. Animated demos of products for sales pitches and web users. Created graphic and web design work for websites for several divisions including Magitech, Getfugu, Aluminaid, Media Power, Filmfunds and more. Edited film footage for a variety of product demos and pitches.
Education
Savannah College of Art and Design
M.F.A, Animation 2016
B.F.A, Animation 2007
Skills
Technical Skills
Software Skills
Honors and Awards
The Storyteller
2D animated Short film
Northern Lights Emerging Talent Award
2015 Alaskan International Film Awards
Official Selection
2015 New York City Indie Film Festival
Official Selection
March 2015 Digitalmation Awards
Official Selection
2015 West Chester Film Festival
Official Selection
2015 Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival
Official Selection
2014 Savannah Film Festival
Official Selection
2014 ASIFA Roll Yer Own
Shadows
2D animated Short film
2nd Place OverallBest Music
2007 NYC Midnight Animadness
Audience Favorite
2007 NYC Midnight Animadness