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Senior UX/UI Designer
Lenexa, KS
Oct 2018 - Present (5 years 7 months)
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UX/UI Fifth Element
Jul 2016 - Oct 2018 (2 years 3 months)
Currently helping to drive innovation and design thinking as an in-residence expert in Interface, Interaction, and Experience Design.
I'm responsible for evaluating and creating user interfaces based on respective competitive market analysis, user feedback, and best practices. Takes pride in creating delight for users, building team morale, and the ability to work within tight deadlines.
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Creative Director/Lead UI Champion
Sep 2015 - Jun 2016 (9 months)
Lead and owner of crafting brand standards and guidelines. Assists and drives product from concept to delivery. Collaborates with clients and internal team to ensure success.
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UX & UI Designer
H&R Block
Kansas City, MO
Jan 2015 - Aug 2015 (7 months)
UX/UI Hybrid Design Contractor responsible for mocking up mobile application & web interactions,
prototypes, hi fidelity mockups, spec sheets, and asset creation. Helped to create a custom icon font for using across web and hybrid mobile apps to increase productivity between designers and developers. Tasked with creating an extensive component library to help maintain consistency across projects for wireframes and hi-fidelity mockups, as part of a 3 person Style Guide Team. Helped maintain and improve brand consistency across multiple platforms. Uses Adobe Creative Cloud for mockups and hi-fidelity proofs; UX Pin, InVision, and Cycle for prototypes; JIRA and Basecamp for project management.
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UX & UI Designer
Cerner Corporation
Kansas City, MO
Jun 2012 - Jan 2015 (2 years 7 months)
User Experience/Visual Interaction designer, responsible for maintaining consistency in the overall design and user experience for Cerner's Patient Portal and its family of applications. High focus on responsive web design and desktop application design. Uses Adobe Illustrator, Keynote, and Fireworks to create presentations, high-resolution desktop and mobile website mockups, application designs, and prototypes as well as Balsamiq and OmniGraffle to create wireframes, workflows, and information architecture diagrams.
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Lead Creative
HypeLife Brands
May 2009 - Jun 2012 (3 years 1 month)
Began freelancing May of 2009, awarded full-time position February 2010.
Uses Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, AfterEffects, Dreamweaver, and OmniGraffle to effectively define the usability and visual style of websites, email blasts, and motion graphics. Additionally, I work with my team to develop brand strategy and identities (logos, business cards, print collateral), snow boards, skate decks, t-shirts, and screen prints.
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Summer Intern
Liquid 9
May 2008 - Aug 2008 (3 months)
Used Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator to design microsites, t-shirts, posters, and logos.
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Student Designer
Kansas City Art Institute Communications Dept.
Oct 2006 - Oct 2007 (1 year)
Hand-picked to join the four person student design team. Used Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop to solve complex design challenges while staying in the school’s corporate style guide to craft postcards, posters, and ephemera to educate students, faculty, and others in the KCAI community regarding upcoming artist lectures, classes, shows, and student living.
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Summer Intern
Blue Collar Press
May 2007 - Aug 2007 (3 months)
Summer Graphic Design Intern focusing on music and underground culture. Updated online store through HTML and Photoshop. Designed t-shirts for various bands.