My Background
I began my career earning a degree from the Pennsylvania State University for Information Sciences & Technology. I've had experience in quality assurance testing, user research, requirements gathering, front-end development, information architecture, wireframing, prototyping, visual design and branding. Currently I'm also working with industrial designers and mechanical & electrical engineers to create physical user interfaces and interactions for people with illnesses. I'm also a certified scrum master and have led multiple scrum teams in both development and design.
Processes and Skillsets
Human-Centered Design
My process begins with people by building empathy and understanding of their needs and ends with validation and usability testing to ensure the best outcomes.
Cocreation
It's important to build value and concesus as a team, cocreation is a method of doing this by involving all stakeholders into the design process.
Cross-Discipline Communication
I've worked in various roles throughout my career and because of this, I am able to easily communicate with people from different backgrounds and expertises.
Design Toolsets
Experienced with most of the Adobe Suite, HTML & CSS, Balsamiq and Zeplin. while specializing in Photoshop, Illustrator, Sketch and Flinto. I love learning new tools that make designing more efficient.
Rapid Prototyping
Getting concepts in front of users quickly is very important, whether it's paper prototyping, creating clickable prototypes with Sketch and Flinto or writing some code to get things feeling real.
Brand Identity Execution
Creating the right look and feel in many cases is the finishing touch on a project. I've been involved in creating style guides, contributing to a global brand identity and applying brand architecture on products.