UX/UI/Visual Designer, User Experience, Sr. Graphic Designer, Art Dire
Resume:
VISUAL DESIGNER, THE BIZZELL GROUP JUNE **** - APRIL 2022
• 2019 Platinum Hermes Creative Award Winner from the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals for Integrated Marketing Materials for the 2020 CMS Quality Conference event. Client facing meetings with SME's.
• UX Design for various contracts; National Institute of Health (NIH), National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Office of Child Care (OCC), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Office of Women’s Health (OWH), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Prototypes in Figma and Axure RP software
• Designed marketing materials that won $20 Million contract for Department of Transportation
• UX Design of websites for contracts NIMH, NCER and NIH SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER, THE AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH (AIR) AUGUST 2017 - MARCH 2018
• Designed and developed educational testing manuals for Grades 3-11 in the areas of Math, Algebra, Geometry, Reading and Writing
• Scientific Illustrator for education manuals for the state of AZ GRAPHIC DESIGN ANALYST, THE U.S DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS MARCH 2016 - JULY 2017
• Awards of Merit for Design, October 2016 - February 2017
• Designed social media campaigns, web banners, exhibits and marketing materials for Veterans I am an award-winning UX Designer with 20+
years as a professional Designer. My passion
is helping users have a better experience.
I’ve worked on various digital products in the
advertising, healthcare, IT, education, and
marketing industries. My goal is to to deliver
a quality product that pleases the client and
helps the end user.
UX DESIGNER, NORTHROP GRUMMAN AUGUST 2022 - MARCH 2023
• 6-Month contract. I created user experiences for stakeholders and team members by designing wireframes and prototypes for BOENext, a proposal development and financial calculation app/tool. Duties also include 508 compliance and accessibility, brand style develop- ment, user research, testing designs. I work with Engineers/Developers/Scrum Masters/Principal Researchers to produce quality MVPs. Participate in Design Sprints, work in an Agile environ- ment. Work with Developers, Researchers, Information Architects, Scrum Masters. Axure RP. UX DESIGNER, MANHATTAN STRATEGY GROUP APRIL 2023 - JUNE 2024
• Designed the Arts and Education website (AAEC), created the user experience for the Department of Education website. developed information architecture, user flow, UX/UI for entire site. Client Interaction on direct projects. Figma, Axure RP, Adobe Creative Suite.
• Developed wireframes, high fidelity prototypes for contracts such as Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Healthy Marriage and Responsible Father- hood (HMRF) and National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition (NCELA), and more. UX DESIGNER, IQ SOLUTIONS APRIL 2022 - JULY 2022
• 3-Month contract. Designed prototypes, wireframes, did heuristic analysis, card sorts, UX audits, qualitative and quantitative testing, A/B testing, for government contracts such as the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR), Combat COVID-19, and The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) contracts. UX DESIGNER, FORAGA NOVEMBER 2021 - DECEMBER 2021
• I created the UX for a college debate forum. Developed the Home, Features, Pricing and Documents pages for the client. Prototypes designed in Figma.
• Increased users click rates and retention by 80% Darcel Pugh
UX/UI/VISUAL DESIGNER
****@*************.***
www.darceldesigns.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/
darcel-pugh/
ABOUT ME
WORK EXPERIENCE
CONTACT
• UX Design • User Research • User Testing
• Information Architecture • Personas
• Sketching • Mockups • Wireframing
• Prototyping • Metrics & Analytics • Design
Sprints • Problem Solving • HTML/CSS
• Affinity Maps • Empathy Maps • Interviews
• User Flows • Journey Maps • User Story
• Agile Methodology • 508 Compliance
• Design Thinking • Web Design • SharePoint
• Illustrator/Hand Drawing • SEO
SKILLS
• Axure RP • Adobe XD • InVision • Sketch
• Figma • Illustrator • Photoshop • InDesign
• Acrobat • Adobe Creative Suite • Premier
Pro • Canva • PowerPoint
TOOLS
• Springboard UX Design Career Track, 2021-22
Certification, 350+ hours of immersive course
work in UX/UI Design methodologies and
techniques
• George Mason University, Web Design, 2017
Certification, HTML/CSS
• University of Maryland, College Park, 1987
Bachelor of Science, Applied Design
EDUCATION
UX/VISUAL DESIGNER, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY JUNE 2024 - DEC. 2024
• Design for the Elective Pay Tool App and Invest Map 2.0 server applications. Work also includes UI and illustrations for the DOE website. UX Research for Invest Map app 2.0. 6-Month contract. Software: Figma, Adobe Creative Suite.
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