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In pursuit of
making things better

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Context

Has

  • 5+ years of product design experience

  • Designed for Fortune 500s, startups, NGOs, and the occasional food truck

  • 2 degrees in Information Science

  • Freelanced for 50+ clients across a variety of mediums

  • A habit of caring deeply about the work and the people behind it

  • Learned that momentum is just as important as insight and brought both to the table


Likes

  • Approaching software creation with a holistic, pragmatic mindset

  • Turning ambiguous problems into thoughtful, impactful solutions

  • Handmade webs

  • Drawing with the Figma pencil tool (yes)

  • Getting better at being human (s/o Raptitude)


Dislikes

  • Writing "About Me" pages

  • Updating profile pic

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Experience

Macy's & Bloomingdale's

UX Design

Upped Events

Product Design

Himalaya
Product Design & Management

Freelance Designer
2019 -

Digital/Video/Print

Cornell Information Science

MPS, BA concentrating in UX

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Skills

Core UX Design

Accessibility Design
Information Architecture
Interface Design

Interaction Design

Wireframing & Prototyping

Design Systems

Visual Design

Strategic Research & Methods

UX Audit & Heuristic Evaluation

Brainstorming & Affinity Diagramming

Competitor Analysis

Customer Interviews & Surveys

Journey Mapping

Workshop Facilitation

Usability & A/B Testing

Design Tools

Figma, Framer, Webflow, Photoshop

Code Literacy

HTML/CSS/JavaScript, Python, Unity

Audiovisual & Creative Tech

Max/MSP, Final Cut Pro, Premiere

&
a big dose of dancing with AI

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