Manage the Beacon Design System at Charles Schwab, ensuring proper setup and structure for components designs to Bynder
Assist agencies and internal teams in utilizing components, providing guidance and support on component usage
Create instructional guides and tutorial videos for new components, enhancing user understanding and adoption
Collaborate with Beacon’s UX Researcher to provide artifacts for user testing and feedback.
Senior UX Designer
MSB School Services
Austin, Texas
02.2023 - 02.2024
Led and mentored a dynamic UX design and frontend team, achieving a 20% increase in project efficiency and output
Spearheaded the implementation of UX designs and best practices from Illustrator to Figma, resulting in a 50% improvement in user satisfaction through brainstorming sessions, synchronizing UX design strategies, and team understanding of business goals and objectives
Introduced and conducted extensive user testing, identifying areas for enhancement and implementing solutions that boosted product usability and satisfaction by 35%
Collaborated with frontend and back-end developers to make API connections to security and data queries.
Contractor
Blink, T-Mobile
Senior UX Designer
T-Mobile
Austin, Texas
08.2022 - 02.2023
Orchestrated the successful launch of, Fiber.com, driving a 20% increase in customer adoption of the product
Collaborated intensively with product teams to establish design patterns, elevating user satisfaction by 15%
Led user testing and comprehensive UX research, boosting product usability and satisfaction by 18%.
Contractor
AP Professionals, Nike
Senior UX Designer
Austin, Texas
05.2022 - 08.2022
Spearheaded and implemented Nike’s components email pilot program
Testing component email features & technologies validated email design and layouts, experimented with email campaigns, collected feedback and analytics, targeted audience and scope, iteration for full-scale rollout, and designed components library for marketing emails
Used Asana to track and organize the Nike email pilot project, streamlining processes, documentation, and stakeholder communication, resulting in a 3-month reduction in project completion time
Created detailed components, wireframes, prototypes, and user flows, optimizing the development process and cutting design-to-development time by 20%.
Senior UX Designer
Austin, Texas
11.2021 - 05.2022
Collaborated cross-functionally to troubleshoot UX issues, driving a 15% increase in user engagement and satisfaction
Developed and rigorously tested Fiber Plan purchase prototypes by boosting conversion rates by 20%
I translated product requirements into impactful UX deliverables like wireframes, mockups, prototypes, and demos utilizing Figma to streamline work and enhance the user experience.
Contractor
Ettain Group, Bank of America, BOA
Senior UX Designer
Bank of America
Austin, Texas
05.2021 - 11.2021
Led UX research for the, financial center platform, optimizing the retail customer experience and achieving a 10% increase in open new accounts
Produced wireframes, high-fidelity prototypes, and accessible designs meeting triple AAA standards, improving the experiences of users with disabilities
Conducted usability tests, iteratively enhancing design based on user feedback, leading to a 12% boost in user satisfaction scores using the NPS system.
Senior UX Designer
GoDaddy
Austin, Texas
01.2020 - 04.2021
Designed and implemented the e-commerce, merchant invoicing, and payment system
Utilized analytics to understand and create workflows for checkout and payment systems
I worked with marketing to conduct A/B testing to improve user experience and utilized Usertesting.com to understand our audience’s pain points.
Senior Visual Designer
IBM
Austin, Texas
09.2016 - 10.2019
Worked with IBM Security and Cloud departments to improve SEO, performance, optimization, and heat mapping, generating engagement to our web pages through layout, alt tagging, asset naming, and basic design principles
Generated various designs, refining them through experimentation and research, leading to a 30% increase in conversion rates
Achieved domain optimization of the web pages through SEO, AB testing, and data analytics, contributing to 15% page- growth
Q2ebanking
UX Designer
Austin, Texas
01.2014 - 07.2016
Managed project tasks in Jira to track progress, ensuring timely completion of deliverables while maintaining clear communication with stakeholders
Collaborated with CTO to enhance technology strategy, focusing on user-friendly security improvements
Transitioned from outsourcing to in-house research, resulting in a comprehensive product development process that enhanced innovation, improved quality control, and accelerated time to market.
UI Designer
Patient Conversation Media, Inc
Austin, Texas
01.2012 - 07.2013
Led UI design for healthcare applications, creating user interface elements like menus, charts, and widgets
Conducted qualitative user research to inform UI design and improve patient comprehension
Created patient-centric wireframes and prototypes that improved user experience, streamlined navigation, and facilitated better engagement with healthcare services, ultimately leading to higher patient satisfaction and adoption rates.