LEAD UX DESIGNER
ILINK DIGITAL - LOS ANGELES, CA
In a leadership role within Application Services, collaborated with an international team tackling complex challenges to enhance the user experience for stakeholders across the largest network of Veterinary Care Hospitals in the world. Responsible for Scheduling & Appointments' UX and WCAG 2.1 compliance. Highlights include:
• Crafting user-centered designs based on user research, data and customer feedback; aligning business goals and technical constraints with user requirements.
• Cultivating customer relationships and delivering customer-centric service, understanding and supporting customer needs, and articulating strategies that drive action.
• Supporting governance for design experience through the implementation of standards, procedures and quality measures.
Key abilities include:
• Synthesizing industry trends, research, insights and stakeholder feedback into actionable product strategies.
• Expanding the Design System's component library, creating elements in compliance with accessibility standards.
• Communicating clearly and proactively to ensure effective cross-functional partnerships.
• Working in an agile environment to deliver continuous improvements and feature upgrades. Clients include: Mars Veterinary Health
PRODUCT DESIGNER
ORION INNOVATION - NEW YORK, NY (REMOTE)
Design, development and implementation of digital interfaces for media, sports, healthcare, finance and technology services, enhancing user experience and operational efficiency. Collaboration with international, cross-functional teams to streamline processes, elevate product quality and expedite product shipment. Highlights included:
• Leveraging UX research results to formulate personas, user needs, user requirements, feature maps and user journeys, ensuring user-centric designs.
• Distilling qualitative and quantitative feedback to unearth recurring themes and allow for data-driven design decisions.
• Designing wireframes and prototypes and applying user testing results for iterative improvements.
• Collaborating with product, engineering, research and international teams of developers to ensure seamless integration of design and functionality.
• Creating responsive Visual Design Systems and component libraries for Fortune-500 corporations ensuring compliance with WCAG 2.1 accessibility guidelines. Key Abilities included:
• Leading design work to deliver business outcomes with minimal guidance.
• Building business cases for product and/or application improvements.
• Collaborating with international teams in an agile environment to provide ongoing enhancements. Clients included: Ernst & Young, University of Michigan Medical Center, Verizon, Team Sports Betting. CREATIVE DIRECTOR / LEAD PRODUCT DESIGNER
ARTCENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN - PASADENA, CA
Designed, developed and implemented a digital learning channel for ArtCenter College of Design (ACO). Created, designed and produced marketing materials for its launch as well as promotional advertising campaigns which drove gains in subscriptions and re-enrollment numbers. Highlights included:
• Designing ACO’s digital learning interface, showcasing its academic programs and course offerings.
• Spearheading product design efforts for a subscription-based mobile App and content platform (CMS), providing user experience consistency and accessibility on every viewport.
• Designing, developing and implementing ACO’s Visual Style Guide and component library, ensuring look & feel consistency and accessibility in all digital environments. PRESENT
APRIL 2024
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EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - SAN DIEGO
Human-Computer Interaction Certification
Specialization in Interface Design
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Master of Fine Arts in Cinema & Television Production FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR, PURDUE UNIVERSITY
Bachelor of Arts in Design, Bachelor of Science in Economics DOMUS ACADEMY, MILAN, ITALY
Specialization in Design Management
SOFTWARE PROFICIENCY
USER INTERFACE
Figma, FigJam, Adobe XD, Miro
AGILE METHODOLOGY
Jira, Confluence, DevOps
ART DIRECTION
Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After
Effects
PROGRAMMING
HTML5, CSS
LANGUAGES
PORTUGUESE
FRENCH
SPANISH
AWARDS
Taschen Logo Design
Lürzer’s Archive
Best of Brand Design
ARTCENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN - PASADENA, CA - CONT.
• Designing, developing and implementing ACO’s marketing site showcasing its academic programs and course offerings as well as print, digital and social media advertising campaigns to launch and promote it, delivering visually appealing and persuasive content that drove engagement and produced business results.
• Designed print, digital and social media advertising campaigns to launch and promote ArtCenter Online, delivering visually appealing and persuasive content that drove engagement. Key abilities included:
• Working closely with academic content, operations and marketing teams to optimize efforts.
• Leading design work and delivering positive business outcomes critical to company-wide goals. CREATIVE DIRECTOR / LEAD PRODUCT DESIGNER
WORDS + PICTURES - LOS ANGELES, CA
Developed information architecture, user experience and design of user interfaces for corporate sites, branded communications, marketing campaigns and digital products. Managed international developer teams and engaged directly with clients, enhancing business outcomes and client satisfaction. Highlights included:
• Contributing to the development of the information architecture, user experience and user interface of a Google service, optimizing assignment and location of company servers worldwide.
• Elaborating UX processes and standards to guide the development of all of Los Angeles County’s websites, streamlining the delivery of its digital services.
• Contributing to the design and interaction of a CSS user interface for Infiniti Motors and Nissan Motors, unifying their worldwide branding while enabling their CMS’s to cater to each individual country’s needs. Key Abilities included:
• Developing creative design solutions for product education, customer acquisition and activation with diverse sets of requirements.
• Collaborating across various departments to articulate cohesive brand messages. Clients included: Google, Lenovo, Allergan, Nestlé, Bosch, Samsung, University of Southern California, Western Asset Management, Nissan, Infiniti and Boeing, among others. SKILLS
· Human Computer Interaction (HCI) · User Research · Usability Testing & User Testing · Information Architecture
· Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) · Visual Design Systems & Style Guides · Wireframing · Prototyping
· Product Design · User Experience Design (UX/UED) · User Interface Design (UI) · Digital Strategy · Product Design Strategy · Marketing Strategy · Digital Marketing · Creative Storytelling · Interpersonal Skills · Pitch, Presentation & Communication Skills · Collaboration & Relationship Building · Creative Problem-Solving 2 of 2
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