User Experience Designer
Resume:
Brian Pollard
********.*@*****.*** LinkedIn bpollard.com
Education
University at Albany, SUNY. Graduated May 2017
• Bachelor’s of Science. Studied Informatics with a concentration in Interactive User Experience User Experience Design and Engineering courses
• Human-Computer Interactive Design, Programming for Problem Solving, User Interaction, Object Oriented Programming, Digital Project Management, Intermediate Interactive Design, Web Programming, User Interface, User Experience Design, Emerging Trends in Technology Psychology courses
• Human Behavior, Learning & Motivation, Research Methods in Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Cognitive Control & Development, Psychology of Judgement & Decision Experience
WIRLIX LLC - UX Designer Intern Summer 2017 - Present
• Using Invision, creating clickable interactive prototypes for the mobile app.
• Creating proto personas for both mobile app and website.
• Conducting in person user testing for idea validation for the mobile app.
• Using Sketch, designing UI’s for the mobile app as well designing the iOS app icon.
• Consulting on design and user experience.
• Introduced a Lean UX approach to the team which emphasized rapid sketching, prototyping, user feedback and design mockups which created a strong sense of ownership across different disciplines.
• Conducted remote usability testing for their beta website. Student Project - Web App Spring 2017
• Wrote clean and validated HTML, CSS and JavaScript code using the compiler Brackets.
• Mental Modeling / Hand drawn wireframes first of every screen and state.
• Incorporated responsive design techniques into website and conducted in-person usability testing. Forbes - iOS Developer Intern Summer 2016
• Managed given tasks on the development team’s Trello Board.
• Preform rigorous QA on the Forbes Under 30 iOS app and completed feedback reports.
• Performed code review of all Pull Requests with the development team. TheArtofLacrosse - UX Designer Intern Summer - 2013
• Increased company’s brand awareness by creating an Instagram account.
• Joined in conference calls with clients conducted usability testing sessions.
• Product sales and online traffic has increased.
Skills / Interests
• Software Proficiency: Sketch 3, Invision, HTML, CSS, Java, Xcode, Swift and GUI development tools.
• UX Skills: Face to face interviewing, User flows, Product design, Interactive Prototyping, Information Architecture, Interface layouts, Brainstorming sessions, User interviews, Low/mid/high fidelity designs and Collaboration with team members and Collaborating across disciplines.
• Interests: Lean UX, The design of everything, User Experience Design, Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality, Human Computer Interaction, UI Trends, Modern Schematics, Web and Mobile technology, UI Interfaces, Apple products, iOS design guidelines, Lacrosse, Soccer and World News.
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