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ClumioLead Visual Designer and Design System Lead
Jul. 2021 - Oct. 2024United StatesProduct Owner, Design System: Led the creation of a comprehensive design system, achieving widespread acclaim and adoption across multiple departments. Boosted recruitment efforts for engineering and design talent through the successful implementation of the design system. Focused on delivering business value by enabling rapid product launches while ensuring consistency and high quality. Ensured "dev-ready" handoff of designs to UI engineers and conducted UX QA reviews to maintain design fidelity. Lead Visual Designer: Managed the visual design for all UX products, including modernizing legacy UIs and developing a new design language for interfaces. Streamlined workflows and improved project efficiency, resulting in the creation of design tokens, UI theming (including dark mode), and enhanced accessibility features like high-contrast themes.
Wells FargoSenior Framework Visual Designer
Aug. 2018 - Jan. 2020San Francisco Bay AreaHelped define, advocate for, and drive visual and interaction design directions for a responsive front-end framework that delivers 90+ applications to commercial banking customers. Helped create and communicate a scalable Design System for use across the broader Digital Customer Experience team. Designed Web-based, CSS-friendly animation, including micro-interactions. Developed concepts, prototypes, and final deliverables for all viewports. Built rapid prototypes based on user testing and research. Worked with accessibility experts to ideate, form, and implement team deliverables and systems.
Linking Arts Mobile & Web DevelopmentLead UX Designer
Sep. 2017 - May. 2018San Francisco Bay AreaLinking Arts provides strategic web and mobile development, UX design, SEO and social media marketing for non-profits, magazines, and other businesses. I joined the team to help design and build "Artifice," a SaaS product marketed to artists that includes both standard features and content as well as features that allow an artist to organize a searchable portfolio, publish artwork into collections, feature artwork that is for sale, publicize events, as well as write blog and social media posts (such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Pinterest). My role included: VISUAL DESIGN Designed the new look and feel for the Artifice application, including branding and logo development, UI components, color palettes, iconography, typography, and other media assets. INTERACTION & INFORMATION DESIGN
Designed navigation system and flow, front-end site structure, helped determine site contents and information design. USER EXPERIENCE DELIVERABLES
Documented User Experience design requirements, performed usability reviews and performed QA for the application. Created sitemap, flowcharts, wireframes, and high fidelity prototypes.
SAP SuccessFactorsSenior Visual User Experience Designer
Apr. 2010 - Jun. 2017South San Francisco, CALeading cloud-based HCM Suite, SAP SuccessFactors helps more than 4,450 customers, and 40 million cloud application subscribers, across more than 60 industries in over 177 countries. • Led the design of the UI for the cloud-based Recruiting product, which won a 420,000-seat deal (the largest of its type at that time). • Implemented User-Centered design solutions for the next-generation release of the cloud-based Performance and Talent Management products. • Created User Experience design deliverables: UI widget libraries, high and low-fidelity prototypes, visual design specs and wireframes. • Helped recruit and mentor new User Experience team members. • Worked with User Experience designers, product managers, and engineers in developing products that meet performance, scalability, and reliability goals. • Provided visual design, usability and content recommendations to improve customer experience. • Served as the User Experience representative for the engineering team responsible for front-end technology. • Collaborated on the implementation of interactive techniques and technologies. • Participated in daily Agile Development “scrums.” • Designed a UI theming tool and recommended new feature updates. • Updated visual design of common controls and global styles. • Supplied User Experience deliverables such as detailed visual design specs and interactive prototypes. • Performed design reviews and QA testing of models, including Accessibility standards. • Created assets and resources for other designers, including Axure stencil libraries and Photoshop templates.
SuccessFactorsSenior UI Designer
Oct. 2008 - Jun. 2009San Mateo, CAInstead of repeating similar information, please refer to the description above.
GoogleInteraction Designer
Apr. 2008 - Jul. 20081. Contributing directly to Google's bottom line by designing interfaces for Google AdWords and other complex web-based applications. 2. Leading design on individual projects while working closely with other designers for support, cross-project integration, and high-level design work. 3. Design products which scale elegantly, or accommodate multiple distinct user groups. 4. Working closely with Product Management and Engineering to define product direction. 5. Developing high level and/or detailed storyboards, wire frames and prototypes to effectively communicate interaction and design ideas. 6. Gauging the usability of new and existing features, and making suggestions for change. 7. Becoming an expert on the profiles and needs of advertisers, and finding ways to improve their experience. 8. Producing hi-fidelity HTML mockups as well as visual design direction.
SupportSoftSenior User Experience Designer
May. 2007 - Apr. 20081. Providing User Experience Design leadership in defining, creating and maintaining the consumer brand, support.com. 2. Overseeing the support.com brand as it is applies to all online properties and client tools. 3. Leading the development of all visual and interactive design elements, including page layouts, site navigation and information architecture. 4. Providing creative direction across all company offerings. 5. Mentoring Junior Visual Designers in US and India 6. Working closely with Product Management and engineering in an agile development environment. 7. Working closely with partner companies to define white label experiences. 8. Creating specifications that convey UI design ideas via storyboards using wireframes and HTML. 9. Creating UI design components that are extensible and reusable. 10. Working as a member of a distributed design team whose members are physically located in different locations worldwide.
PeoplePC Online, an EarthLink CompanyLead Web Designer and User Experience Specialist
Jan. 2006 - Oct. 20061. Collaborate with stakeholders to define the User Experience strategy and design a usable, useful and compelling Web site experience. 2. Ensure a consistent look and feel; upholding the highest design standards. 3. Participate and lead collaborative visual design and project planning sessions. 5. Provide timelines, estimates, and status for design project milestones. 6. Remain current with the latest online marketing trends and Web best practices. 7. Maintain brand integrity across multiple media platforms. 8. Manage multiple design projects with outside creative agencies as well as individual consultants. 9. Excellent ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing. 10. Ability to work under pressure, with a diverse team, welcoming numerous challenges and multiple projects.
Digital Web MagazineContributing Writer
Aug. 2004 - Oct. 2006Digital Web Magazine is a non-profit publication created by a world-wide network of volunteers dedicated to producing quality educational and informative material free-of-charge, to foster the development of the web for the benefit of all. I am currently volunteering as a Contributing Writer.
Almond DesignUser Experience Designer
Oct. 2001 - May. 20071. Creating visual and information design solutions based on User Centered Design principles, "Look and feel," of public/private Web sites and applications. 2. Creating brand identity, logo design and graphic standards guidelines. 3. Determining content and functional requirements. 4. Defining site navigation and scope, user orientation strategies and specific site content recommendations. 5. Copy writing and editing. 6. Site construction and front end programming, including XHTML, DHTML, CSS, JavaScript and Flash. 7. Browser compatibility and cross platform testing, and implementation. 8. Documenting User Experience and technical requirements, site assessment, and developing training guidelines. 9. Understanding User Experience, User Centered Design and usability standards and practices and W3C recommendations and specifications for valid markup. 10. Working partnerships with developers and architects to build back end databases and Web applications.
Terrace Consulting, Inc.Senior Creative Designer, User Experience Group
Sep. 2000 - Oct. 20011. Creating visual and information design solutions based on User Centered Design principles. 2. Determining content and functional requirements for front end of Web sites and Web based applications. 3. Working with developers and architects to build applications based on technical, end user and business requirements. 4. Defining navigation, functionality, User Experience requirements, site scope, graphic standards and branding guidelines. 5. Creating all images, front-end programming (HTML, CSS, DHTML, Flash), animation, sound effects, streaming audio/video, and CSS. 6. Developing consistent global navigation and site architecture.
Terrace Consulting, Inc.Senior Front-End Designer
Sep. 1999 - Oct. 2001As needed contract basis: 1. Creating visual and information design solutions based on User Centered Design principles for Web sites & applications. 2. Defining navigation, functionality, User Experience requirements, technical specifications, site scope, graphic standards and branding guidelines. 3. Developing design comps and prototypes for client consideration when establishing overall front end “look and feel.” 4. Creating all images, front-end programming (XHTML, CSS, Flash), animation, streaming audio & CSS required for the project. 5. Developing consistent global navigation and site architecture. 6. Finish construction of HTML site pages and testing cross platform and on all supported browsers, validating front end code and scripting, and load time.
Public Media CenterArt Director and Lead Web Designer
Mar. 1993 - Aug. 20001. Designing, developing, and maintenance of agency and client Web sites. 2. Managing national communication campaigns in print and digital media. 3. Understanding principles of visual design, typography and color theory. Print design, environmental/signage, and publication design. 4. Creating or revising brand identity, including logo development. 5. Creating graphic standards and guidelines.
Public Media CenterAccount Executive
Feb. 1989 - May. 19911. Managing national communication campaigns in print and other media. 2. Directing creative teams, working directly with clients and third party vendors. 3. Fundraising, proposal and grant writing.
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