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Skills
Knowledge
- Design Systems
- User Experience
- Information Architecture
- Design Tokens
- UX Engineering
- Content Strategy
- Strategic thinking
- A/B Testing
- Conversion UX
- Form UX
- Wireframing
- Prototyping
- Product Management
- Process Design
- Mobile Design
- Web Analytics
Tools
- Figma
- Miro
- React
- Gatsby
- Hugo
- Tailwind CSS
- Git
- Github
- GitLab
- TypeScript
- Azure DevOps
- Jira
- CSS
- JavaScript
Experience
Senior Design Technologist
Zonar Systems
August 2022 - November 2023
Remote
- Worked with the UX organization and product/engineering teams at Zonar to evaluate the current state of their design system (DSPLY) and pattern library and identify opportunities for improvement and development
- Audited the Angular-based pattern library, documenting for the first time how every team used its components in their product work
- Identified and pushed forward the need for a centralized Storybook instance to consolidate documentation for both UX and engineering, and provide isolated code specimens without the need for app deployment
- Planned out how to more effectively use design tokens within the design system project, in both the Angular code as well as our Figma library
- Worked with the design director on a comprehensive color framework overhaul, incorporating updated branding and design requirements as well as knowledge from the above audits
Design Technologist
Smartsheet
April 2021 - July 2022
Remote
- Planning and content strategy for a documentation site for the Lodestar design system
- Designing and building the documentation site in Gatsby alongside the UI Engineering team
- Testing various design system React components in non-SPA (single page application) contexts using the documentation site
- Planning and initial implementation of design token strategy, with a priority on colors
User Experience Designer & UX Engineer
Offerpad
July 2017 - May 2020
Chandler, Arizona
- Designed, built, and maintained marketing site, Home Offer Request experience, and worked with engineering team on home listings experience
- Wrote proposal for a complete revamp of Home Offer Request experience, including major changes to UX, architecture, user outcomes, and more
- Worked closely with product manager on requirements and general experience of a self-service portal for home-sellers once they accepted our offer, including a significant audit and redesign of the transaction process between a home-seller requesting an offer to moving out of the home
- Consultation and exploratory design on Offerpad mobile application
- Initiated basic design system (Floorplan)
Front-end Designer / Developer
Axosoft (GitKraken)
February 2011 - October 2016
Scottsdale, Arizona
- Primary webmaster (design and code) for Axosoft and GitKraken marketing sites
- Worked on WordPress theme for Axosoft blogs, including writing a CSS framework to share code and design language between blogs and marketing sites
- Produced graphical assets for GitKraken application launch
- Participated in Axosoft product redesign for version 16 launch
- Various other marketing, graphic design, and social media tasks
Education
BA, Marketing
August 2006 - May 2010
W.P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University