Design Assistant

MINA REZAEI

Collaborative Researcher and Designer

Phone: 530-***-**** Address: Davis, CA,95616

Email: adctx3@r.postjobfree.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mina-rezaei-b5642536/

EDUCATION

• University of California, Davis

Ph.D in Geography, Expected 12/2021

Gcert in Landscape Architecture 12/2021

• University of Tehran

M.A. in Urban planning and Design 2/2014

B.A. in Landscape Architecture, 6/2011

SKILLS

•Employing design thinking in solving

problems

•Leadership and executive abilities to lead

and collaborate with team members

•Research abilities and ability to consolidate

materials concisely

•High skill level in analyzing qualitative and

quantitative data to reach meaningful

models/strategies

COMPUTER SKILLS

Graphic: Adobe Creative Suite, Google

Sketchup, AutoCAD, 3d Max

Prototyping: inVision, Axure, AdobeXD,

Sketch

Web: Html, CSS and Javascript

Analytic: ArcGIS, SPSS, Tableau,

Rstudio(basic)

LANGUAGES

English (Fluent)

Persian (Native Speaker)

Arabic (Intermediate)

WORK EXPERIENCE

• UX Researcher — Self Employed

Davis, CA 10/2019-Present

-Discovered and leveraged users’ insights,

incorporated them in the design and created a better interface for listening to “Manasa” podcast

-Researched, designed and prototyped a more

approachable experience for users

-Brainstormed and crafted graphics and wireframes

for the website and podcast cover resulted in the

users’ interactivity

-Maintained users’ engagement with the podcast by

Illustration of the content of the podcast

• Project Manager — Paramadan Consulting Firm

Tehran, Iran 11/2015-7/2017

-Developed community engagement strategies

geared toward revitalizing neighborhoods to appeal to the public.

-Delegated tasks to teams of 3-9 urban designers,

civil engineers and architects and ensured timely and smooth flow of the project

-Involved in the process of designing from the first phase to the end

-Investigated users’ behaviors and created

behavioral maps resulted in a more inclusive design

• Collaborative Designer and Planner —

Farnahad Consulting Firm

Tehran, Iran 9/2014-5/2017

-Reviewed related literature to the concept of a

cityscape to develop a survey for residents

-Held stakeholder group meetings to identify the

problems and address residents’ concerns in the

design of the area

-Analyzed and synthesized qualitative and

quantitative data to distill meaningful findings for placemaking

-Prepared reports and developed graphics and

storyboards to present in official meetings with the employer

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LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

• Head Steward — UC Workers’ Union, UAW2865

Davis, CA 9/2018-Present

-held campaigns to support international student rights

-Organized members for the Union

-Collaborated in establishing of international committee with students all UCs.

• Student Ambassador — University of California

Global Health Institute

Davis, CA 1/2020-Present

• -Developed, organized and promoted planetary health activities on UCDavis campus and across all UC

campuses to expand knowledge of PH issues

• Judge — Davis Feminist Film Festival

Davis, CA 12/2019

• Volunteer — Iranian Student Association

Davis, CA 9/2019-Present

-Collaborated in planning strategies

-Graphic illustrations for the reports and plans

PUBLICATIONS(SELECTED)

• Book chapters

-Owens, Patsy, Rezaei, Mina, The Rocky Hill Trail, A Path of Transformation. In Leobach, J., Little, S., Cox, A., Owens. P., (Ed.) Routledge Handbook for Designing Public Spaces for Young People: Design Practices and Policies for Youth Inclusion, Routledge, Expected

publication:4/2020

-Rezaei, Mina, Golravesh Fekry Negin, Habibi, Seyyed Mohsen., Representation of Urban Female teenagers in Iranian Cinema. In Olson, D(Ed.). The Child in World Cinema (pp.169-195), Lexington, Maryland, 2018

Journal papers

-Rezaei, Mina., The Influence of Literature on the Improvement of Teenagers’ Spatial Knowledge,

Redfeather Journal, 8(2), pp. 34-47, 2017

Website publication

Paving the way –young people’s involvement in Tehran http://designingwithchildren.net/blog/657/paving-the- way-youngpeople_s-invovlement-in-a-tehrancommunity WORK EXPERIENCE

• Strategy Planner — Payest Consulting Firm

Tehran, Iran 7/2015-6/2016

-Did the field works and explored the historical,

environmental, and social values of the cemetery

geared toward improving it as a tourist destination.

-Collaborated closely with the design team in

preparation of the design of the cemetery

-Developed SWOT frameworks and analyze the

potentials of the cemetery

-Managed a team of 3 urban designers, and architects

• Landscape Architect — RayAb Consulting Firm

Tehran, Iran 9/2011-9/2014

-Designed Landscape for water treatment of various cities in Iran

• Teaching Assistant — UCDavis /Design and

Landscape Architecture program

Davis, CA 1/2018-Present

-Maintained a collaborative culture in the classroom by leading discussion sessions in the class of 25 students

(work in groups, sharing ideas on super sticky paper, etc.)

-Taught the concepts of speculative design and

sustainable design to landscape design and design

students

-Taught graphical softwares(Adobe Photoshop and

illustrator) to landscape design students and improved their technical skills

• Research Assistant — UCDavis

Davis, CA 9/2017-9/2018

-Interviewed with teen participants and main

organizers of REACH Youth Coalition, Vacaville

planning department officials for Rockyhill trail project for the book chapter about RockyHill Trail project.

-Reviewed related literature for a chapter of Routledge Handbook for Designing Public Spaces for Young

People: Design Practices and Policies for Youth

Inclusion(4/2020)

• Guest Speaker — UCDavis

Davis, CA 10/2018

-Seminar for freshman students at the Department of Human Ecology, UCDavis

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