Ux Designer Web Developer

Nicholas Gardner

UI/UX Designer

& Engineer

Work Experience

Freelance • UI/UX Designer and Engineer

March 2023-Present, Chicago

Illustration & UI Graphics • User flows • Wireframes & mock ups • Style guides & pattern libraries • Rapid prototyping • Interactive flow with front-end stack • Audio Engineering • Figma, Adobe, CSS, React, Angular

Ampersand (B2B, SaaS) • UI Engineer

July 2016-Sept 2018; Mar2019-Jan 2023, Chicago

I led the UI role in the engineering department in creating, launching and maintaining a design system, including style-guides and design pattern enforcement via code-review. I created production-ready prototypes and components using Angular & CSS, custom graphics, and interactive charts and graphs.. I also collaborated with product teams and engineering teams to bridge UI/UX strategies, guide decisions and assess technical debts for sprint planning,

Figma, Adobe CS, CSS, and Angular.

City Colleges of Chicago (B2C) • UI/UX Designer

Oct 2018-Feb 2019, Chicago

I led engineers and designers in a site redesign addressing responsive design, ADA compliance and modern design, conducted research based on user profiles, and created production- ready components. Figma, Adobe CS, CSS, Javascript. Jewish United Fund (B2C) • Web Developer

May 2014-July 2016

I created workflows based on user profiles and guided site design with product teams. I also built and launched a responsive design system and front-end with Adobe CS Bootstrap, and CSS. Matte Black Studio (B2C) • Web Developer

July 2013-May 2014, Chicago

I collaborated with design teams and customers to static mockups into interactive, high-fidelity Shopify sites.

The Pampered Chef (B2C) • Web Designer

Aug 2012-July 2013, Chicago

I designed and produced promotional emails and web pages. nicholasgardner.info

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Skills

User-Centered Design

Product Design

Micro-interactions

Front-end Engineering

Feedback Analysis

Wireframing

Prototyping

Cross-functional collaboration

Accesibility (ADA) Standards

Quality Assurance

3D Design

Adobe CS, Sketch, Balsamiq, and

Figma

JS/TS, HTML/CSS, Angular, React

Bootstrap, Angular Material,

Chakra-UI, Semantic-UI, Liquid

Git, Agile, Sharepoint

Education

University of Illinois Chicago

MA, English Education

2010 - Chicago, IL

Colorado College

BA, English

2002 - Colorado Springs, CO

About Me

I am a motivated, self-starter UI/UX

designer and engineer working

with experience in a variety of

contexts, spanning from small,

mobile-ready shop sites to large

B2B SaaS apps. I pride myself on

strong communication skills,

advanced understanding of visual

design, and an ability to learn new

technologies quickly. I’m also an

artist and in previous lives was a

carpenter, chef and high school

teacher.

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