Matt Guzauskas Red Bank, NJ *****

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattguzauskas/

ad3bnv@r.postjobfree.com

732-***-****

About

Lead/Senior UX Designer. Hands-on professional who thrives in high-pressure, creative driven environments. Collaborated with international teams including the United Kingdom and Israel. I have proven expertise in managing product design processes and taking desktop and mobile and device specific applications to market. Innovative, entrepreneurial thinker with the ability to recognize opportunity and contribute to strategy, creation and design of successful, valuable products that help delight users.

Expertise & Tools

Design and Production, Design Thinking, Prototyping, Research, IA, Wireframing, User Testing, Heuristic Evaluation, Accessibility, UI/Design Systems, Hi-Fi Design, HTML, CSS

Figma, Adobe CS, Sketch, Invision, Axure, Balsamiq, Jira, Confluence

Experience

Senior UX Design Lead - Wells Fargo - 8/2023 - Present

Reporting directly to the Technology Director of Compliance Data Management, I was responsible for the UX/UI overhaul of the DCF (Data Control Framework) while supporting all of Corporate Risk. Coordinating with the business users and engineers to create a unified user experience, look and feel across all applications in this space. Design thinking, research, personas, wireframes, testing, hi-fi design and branding.

Senior UX Design Lead - Verizon - 2/2023 - 3/2023

Assigned to the API Program to design for business-critical APIs and other developer tools on internal and external facing portals. Responsible for creating intuitive, user-centered designs for Verizon s digital products and services, reported directly to the UX Design Director. Worked closely with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements, conduct user research, create in-depth personas, develop wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity mockups that communicated design concepts and ideas.

Senior UX Design Lead - Deloitte - 8/2022 - 1/2023

Assigned to the Digital Foundry & Operations team. Collaborated with the Enterprise Operations group to bring a flexible, intuitive model to the delivery of large technology projects and enhancements. Worked and collaborated alongside team members of all levels of business stakeholders using Figma to wireframe, prototype, and final product design. Also trained team to use Figma to capture notes from all parties involved.

Produced design visualizations that helped stakeholders across disciplines understand what the best experience looks like. Utilizing Data Driven Design, and Design Thinking. Created presentations, storyboards, user-flows, wire frames, mock-ups and prototypes in Figma. Conducted research/competitive analysis to identify leading practices.

Senior UX Designer - Citizens Bank - 10/2021 - 01/2022

Worked on the Digital Finance team to create a best in class mobile experience for banking customers by analyzing data, user research and Design Thinking. Contributed directly to the financial firm s design system in Figma, creating and updating components by collaborating with Marketing to ensure brand consistency. Designed solutions to address critical user pain points and recognize opportunities to increase efficiency. Applied user-centered design processes that incorporate data (e.g., from real user monitoring), user insights, and continuous feedback and improvements.

Senior UX Designer - Practicing Law Institute - 03/2021 - 05/2021

Lead designer for a new eCommerce solution. Implemented an existing design system into an enhanced user experience. PLI is basically the Amazon for Legal Research and content. Established designs based on an initial set of product business requirements. Continued to collect insights from internal operators and produced the best possible solutions in journey maps, wireframes, prototypes and polished designs. Worked collaboratively with developers and product managers to ensure designs were executed flawlessly.

Lead UX Designer - Vonage - 07/2012-11/2020

Direct contribution to architecture and UX Design. Collaborated with international teams to overhaul the entire customer app and all related task flows to meet specific best practices. Utilized customer data analysis and conducted usability studies. Produced wire frames, hi-fidelity comps, personas, user flows, style guides and navigational structures. to best suit the customer base. Worked with product managers and business stakeholders to steer product direction and translate business requirements for new functionality into a best in class experience with the use of data/research to make design decisions. Collaborated with Marketing/Branding and Development teams to create a design system to integrate with Sketch/Figma to increase design productivity across all teams. Worked with a cross-functional team to enhance the mobile app and existing flows, refresh UI and bring the app into compliance with re-branded visual design guidelines. Responsible for Visual Design and Usability Studies. Created wireframes.. prototypes, hi-fidelity comps.

UX Designer - LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell - 08/2005 - 07/2012

Lead Product & Visual Designer. Redesigned the entire app and all related task flows to meet Apple HIG and device specific best practices. Performed task analysis, usability studies and visual design. Created wireframes, hi-fidelity comps, personas, user flows, style guides and navigational structures. Worked in tandem with product, development and quality assurance to ensure successful launch. Designed marketing materials for promotion.

Education

Certificate / Pragmatic Marketing 2012

Mini-Masters, UX / Rutgers University - 2011

BA - Public Relations & Journalism / Monmouth University 2001

Recommendations

"Matt is a talented UX Designer with a keen eye for visual cohesiveness and clean, intuitive layouts. During his time reporting to me Matt owned numerous, concurrent project initiatives and delivered in expert fashion regardless of the task or platform. As a designer, Matt applies a wealth of experience across web and mobile devices and can be counted on to come up with excellent designs and see them through from concept to deployment. From initial wireframes, to discovery testing, hi-fi comps, to UI code or prototype - Matt can be counted on to produce and do so with quality and a great attitude.I highly recommend him." Director of UX & Strategy - Online & Mobile Solutions

“I've worked with Matt for more than five years and, in that time, have come to know him as a talented designer, project manager and entrepreneur. He has a "whatever it takes" attitude with no excuses or complaints. I'd recommend him for any position requiring an effective manager but, specifically, would recommend him for a design or design manager/director position without hesitation.” Senior Vice President- UX

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