UX Designer / Manager, ADP Pasadena, CA. 2015- Present
Manage, Mentor and Lead UX Designers.
Involved with the local UX community to help promote the Pasadena Innovation Center and Design Culture in Pasadena.
Design and create visuals, interactions, and workflows for updating and improving the User Experience of ADP Tax Compliance applications.
Collaborate with the Corporate Design Strategy team to design and define ADP’s new Visual Design Language, leading the designs for the Practitioner persona.
Front-end development for rapid prototyping and handing code off to dev teams.
Worked with the newly formed Product Team to help reinvigorate a culture of rapid innovation, agile development, and lean methodologies.
UX Designer, HUDL Remote, CA. 2015
Work with Product Managers to define scope and directions for existing product designs and new features.
Ensure cross-squad communication to define and develop core application designs.
Design flows and interactions for Web, iOS, and Android applications.
Collaborate with and mentor other designers to develop research methodologies, design principles, and patterns.
Interview customers to drive user-centered design decisions.
Lead UX Designer, ADP San Dimas, CA. 2014-2015
Design and create completely new visuals, interactions, and workflows for updating and improving the User Experience of ADP Tax Compliance applications.
Collaborate with the Corporate Design Strategy team to design and define ADP’s new Visual Design Language, leading the designs for the Practitioner persona.
Lead and mentor junior designers to ensure design consistency, establishing application wide visual and interaction patterns.
Front-end development for rapid prototyping and handing code off to dev teams.
Worked with the newly formed Product Team to help reinvigorate a culture of rapid innovation, agile development, and lean methodologies.
Senior UX Designer, Kareo Irvine, CA. 2013-2014
Lead Visual and Interaction designer for Electronic Medical Health record application.
Mentored junior designers through a redesign of Kareo's EHR application, ensuring consistency in visual and interaction design patterns.
Front-end development for production and prototyping, releasing updated header and global navigation code for a milestone MU2 Certified update.
Worked with the mobile team to update and redesign the mobile application for iOS 7 update
Lead weekly customer interviews and User research sessions, providing guidance, methodologies, and best practices to junior designers.
Senior User Experience Designer, Citrix Santa Barbara, CA. 2010-2013
Lead UX Designer in promoting strategic partnerships with Product teams by defining and designing the next generation of GoToAssist based on extensive User research.
Lead UX Designer for the GoToAssist Android products. Responsible for visual design, asset export, application flow, and coordinating User testing.
Designed continuous, iterative improvements for GoToAssist in an Agile environment.
Lead UX Designer for the GoToAssist marketing site in partnership with the Marketing Team. Provided Information Architecture, wireframes, and a functional XHTML, CSS, Javascript powered prototype iterated through multiple Usability Studies.
Synthesized customer data through interviews and onsite visits to provide Product and Business teams with designs for road-mapped features.
Provided visual design, design process, and mobile design mentoring to the team.
Lead UX / Creative Designer, Kalkomey Dallas, TX. 2009-2010
Design and create concepts for updating and improving the User Experience of Kalkomey product sites as part of an agile and iterative design and deployment process focused on HCI (Human-Computer Interaction) principles
Front end development (XHTML, CSS, Javascript) for production and prototyping
Wire-framing for new and current flows to improve interaction and usability
ActionScripting and Flash development for an interactive courseware product that won Kalkomey exclusive contracts with 5 additional states
Implemented and managed user testing practices
Designer/Animator, Lewis Center for Educational Research Apple Valley, CA. 2008-2009
Lead designer, rapidly creating superior designs and visual mock-ups for prototyping and site deployment with a user-centered design approach
Design and create concepts for updating and improving the User Experience of LCER as part of an iterative design and deployment process
Developing and producing 2D and 3D animations for online educational products
3D modeling, texture, animation, and rendering for environment and characters
Produce HTML and CSS code from initial design comps to provide to development
Design and create concepts for updating and improving the User Experience of hotels.com as part of an iterative design and deployment process
Lead designer for updated global navigation bar, leading to increased exposure and click-through of key navigation points compared to previous iterations
Lead designer for the “Property Page” and the property detail tabs including an updated rooms/rate display and introducing a property cross-sell feature
Lead designer for user generated reviews listing that includes new filtering and Reason for Trip metrics
Lead designer in multiple rich media advertising campaigns to deploy on the hotels.com site and external advertising slots
Lead designer on updated home page project
Work with TWA Chiat/Day agency designers to implement new logo and brand elements into current site designs and online promotions
Produce HTML and CSS code from initial design comps to provide to development team for deployment
Concept and design for hotels.com “Deals” promotion micro-sites
Work with Flash to create rich media banners for “Deals” promotion micro-sites
Collaborate with Information Architects on wireframes and site flow, looking for areas to improve user interaction with appropriate design solutions
Work with program and product managers to concept and develop designs to update site products or support new initiatives
3D modeling and texturing of elements used for promotional elements reducing dependency on stock photography in certain applications
Designer and Developer, CBE Design Studios Aledo, Texas 2001-2009
Graphic Designer and Illustrator
Web Design and Development with a focus on usability and W3C recommended standards
Lead designer and developer contracted with The Lewis Center for Educational Research for multiple initiatives from 2001-2009
Consultation services on usability, information architecture and user interface design
Conceptualize, design, and implement client marketing strategies
Install and deploy Content Management Systems (CMS)
Develop and expand current CMS modules and core code
Set up and manage Dedicated Virtual Servers for clients and provide routine server administration
Storyboard creation for 3D and live action production
3D modeling, texturing, and animation of environment and characters