Carolyn Scoville - UX Designer 509-***-****

aczid8@r.postjobfree.com

http://www.carolynscoville.com/

• Wireframes

• Low and High-Fidelity Prototyping

• Usability Testing

• Stakeholder Interviews

• Concept Generation

• Information Architecture

• Heuristic Evaluations

• User Flows

• Functional Specifications

• Personas

• Research Plans

• Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis

• Competitive Analysis

• Mockups

• Axure / OmniGraffle / Sketch / InVision

• HTML5 / CSS3 / JS / jQuery

• Style Guides

• Adobe Creative Suite

I am a user experience designer passionate about improving usability. I specialize in understanding user goals and tasks, and leveraging user-centered design best practices to create simple, elegant experiences. My goal is to design experiences that impact users in a meaningful way. Skills

Bachelor of Science in Informatics – Concentration in Human-Computer Interaction University of Washington Sept 2009 – June 2013

University of Washington

Master’s Degree in Human-Computer Interaction and Design Sept 2013 – Aug 2014

Education

Experience

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• Created mobile and desktop e-commerce wireframes with the goal of improving usability and increasing web traffic

• Gathered research insights and provided design recommendations that led to feature improvements

• Designed checkout flows that led to an increase in website sales and profits UpTop

• Visually designed a highly-rated Android app with over 5,000 installs, and received an ‘A’ grade from the client

• Facilitated stakeholder collaboration by presenting work to 20 members of the client executive team in weekly in-person meetings

• Strengthened user capabilities through the design of key product features and multiple use cases on over 10 separate projects

• Designed interfaces for vehicle safey and produced successful proof-of-concept pitches for developing further vehicle design projects POSSIBLE

• Determined multiple user flows and decision paths using current market research on the primary audience

• Built and presented site optimization layouts and updated information architecture to clients with the goal of increasing conversion rates

• Conducted and presented a competitive analysis of 10 companies

• Designed and presented a survey to gather information on current user needs and navigation patterns

• Updated visual design and navigation structure to match current branding and style guides

• Designed a web app for a non-profit that allows community members to donate services to low-income combat veterans

• Determined app features, interface functionality, and visual design

• Acting as an ongoing consultant in user experience, user research, and web development tasks EveryoneForVeterans.org - volunteer

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Projects include:

Freelance User Experience Designer Nov 2014 – Present Seattle, WA

Seattle, WA

Web Developer Sept 2013 – Aug 2014

• Strengthened the story of the program through the design and development of new content and features

• Increased web traffic and improved SEO rankings

University of Washington

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