Portfolio: www.micheleharperdesign.com
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Summary
• I am a NN certified UX designer with 6 years experience in UX/UI design and 10 years in visual design
• I am passionate about the role of design in creating flexible structures in our connected environment
• Over the past few years I have been the lead information architect and UX designer for applications across multiple touchpoints for creative agencies and the brands they inspire as well as individual clients
• I manage and mentor a talented team of UX designers, as well as educate the executive level and cross- disciplinary team members on a UX process that is both lean and radically collaborative
• Mobile is my passion!
Skills
• Intimate understanding of Usability Testing, User Centered Design and User Interface Standards
• Producing wireframes from low- fidelity to high-quality comps
• Creating fully annotated documents including site maps and user flows
• Personas, scenarios and customer journeys
• Rapid Interactive Prototyping using Axure, Sketch and inVision
• Heuristic evaluations
• Conducting user research, competitive evaluation, and usability testing
• Solid knowledge of human-computer interaction and navigation
• In-depth experience in data visualization
• Creating low-fidelity and high-fidelity wireframes using tools such as Omnigraffle, Lucidchart and Balsamiq
• InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator
Experience
UX/UI Designer, designory, Long Beach, CA 12/2013 – present
• Building of rapid, clickable prototypes for usability tests and to help illustrate design concepts
• Collaborating across internal teams (strategy, content, creative design & brand)
• Creating site maps, storyboards, flowcharts, wireframes, prototypes, and detailed designs
• Designing user interfaces and assets for multiple platforms
• Presenting internally and to client
Designer, Michele Harper Design Paris, France 2009 – 2013
• Design of various UI elements and interactions for mobile devices
• Use cases, building user interfaces, wireframes, icons, page flow documentation, interactive prototypes and creation of all test materials (including script and questions)
• Print - collateral, signage, posters
CreativeDirector, Closerie Publishing Los Angeles, CA 2002 - 2009
• Design and development of new product lines including Louis Award winners
• Management of in-house design, research, front end development and editing teams as well as contractors, offshore teams and third party vendors for both small and large companies
• Monitoring the production chain from end to end
• Defining the company’s visual design standards and guidelines MICHELE HARPER
UI/UX Designer
UXC#1011089
Clients
Audi of America
Subaru of America
VCA Animal Hospitals
G31000, Paris, France
Uster Technologies, Zurich, CH
TokyoBay, San Francisco, CA
Nikkiso, Hanovre, Germany
Gurus
Donald Norman
Jesse James Garrett
Jared Spool
Steve Krug
Education
University of California Los Angeles
Certificate in Design Communication Arts and
Advanced Print
University of Southern California
B.S. in Chemical Engineering