ASY ALZAHRANI
SUMMARY
Talented, versatile designer with a deep understanding of learning theories, user experience, and visual design principles.
• Intensive experience in Design Thinking, Educational Psychology, and Cognitive Science.
• Expertise in creating visual designs and using prototype tools for multiple devices.
• Proficiency in conducting needs assessments, focus groups, summative and formative evaluations.
Seeking an opportunity to design engaging and easy to follow content in an organization that values people development.
SKILLS
Learning Content Design Storyboard Information Architect UI Design Videography CSS & HTML
EXPERIENCE
Operations Instructional Designer, 08/2020 - Current Cepheid - Sunnyvale, CA
Collaborate with the Learning and Development team to support the manufacturing process and create training around diagnostic machines that save patients' lives. The training programs help employees build high-quality products and avoid defects.
• Deliver both online and on-the-job training programs that focus on product manufacturing technologies and advanced software for 5000+ new hires.
• Build a certificate program for crucial skills such as troubleshooting and safety topics.
• Lead a new initiative to make learning accessible to employees by creating searchable how-to digital guides and quality checklists at the workspace.
• Draw illustrations to simplify and break down technical concepts.
• Film and edit how-to videos.
Learning Experience Designer, 04/2017 - 09/2019
Applied Materials - Santa Clara, CA
• Worked cross-functionally with stakeholders, product managers, SMEs, designers, and data scientists to build personalized e-learning products for 10,000+ engineers.
• Collaborated with upper management to perform needs assessment and identified the performance gap.
• Subsequently, defined the competencies and devised a skill development plan to foster employees' skills in the semiconductor industry. CONTACT
Address: San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone: 408-***-****
Email: ******@*****.***
EDUCATION AND
TRAINING
MS, Instructional Design Systems and
Technologies
San Francisco State University -
San Francisco, CA
BS, Education Science
Al-Baha University
TOOLS
Graphics Software
Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign
Videos and Animation
Premiere Pro, After Effects
eLearning Software
Adobe Captivate, Articulate Storyline,
Rise, Camtasia
Presentation Creation
Keynote, PowerPoint
CSS & HTML
Adobe Dreamweaver, Bootstrap
library, Squarespace
UX Tools
Adobe XD, InVision, Sketch, MS
Visio, Draw.io
• Developed a variety of learning content such as video animations, interactive web lessons, and screencasts.
• Wrote design guidelines, best practices, and style guides.
• Conducted focus groups to evaluate new and existing learning content and made improvements periodically.
Visual Designer, 08/2016 - 04/2017
VAD Organization - San Francisco, CA
• Developed digital assets in a variety of formats to support web pages, email, advertising, presentations, infographics, and training materials. UX Researcher, 01/2014 - 05/2014
San Francisco Public Library - Santa Clara, CA
• Performed usability testing focusing on specific features of the library's calendar filters.
• Conducted multiple user testing sessions.
• Recommended modifications that address efficiency and learnability issues. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Instructional Design Systems Design Thinking Usability Testing Knowledge Acquisition