User Experience Designer
Resume:
PATRICK BRENNAN
Catawba, SC *****
Cell: 803-***-****
************@*****.***
Website: https://www.patbresume.com
Have truck, packed and will be at your location within the week, for the right position.
Summary
I’m a highly motivated, creative UX/UI Designer with WCAG experience. Designing products through collaboration with users, stakeholders, product partners and developers to create user-centered designs, prototypes and UI Design Systems for your products has been a passion of mine.
I use my investigative methods (surveys or interviews) to develop an understanding of user and business needs. I then start whiteboarding user centered workflows using my deep understanding of design principles. Once I feel they are ready, I test them out with our stakeholders/business, before creating the prototypes. I even test the new workflows with the developers to make sure the backend code can handle the new work. If there are any issues, I ask for an estimate to bring up the code and I report my findings to the Product Owner so the PO can adjust the project timeline to allow the dev's to work on the backend code.
Skills
Responsive Designs
Semantic HTML
Foundation
Hand code XHTML
Agile Environments
HTML 5
CSS1, CSS2, CSS3
Bootstrap
Material Design
CSS Optimization
LESS
Wireframes
WCAG Compliance
SCSS
Atomic Design
Tools
Sublime Text 2
Figma
Invision
Dreamweaver
Adobe Photoshop
Sketch
Visual Studio
Adobe XD
Adobe Illustrator
Color Analyzer
Jira
Hotjar
Professional Experience
Cigna
Senior UX Designer
Remote Consultant
Mar 2023 – May 2024
Responsibilities
Cigna gave me a 12 month contract to redesign one of their drug SAAS enterprise applications. I completed the job in 7 months and due to my skills and experience, they extended me for another 12 months. In 2024, Cigna sold the application I completed for them for $1,000,000 per app.
I was able to finish the application ahead of schedule due to the process I use. Here are some examples of how I approach every contract.
Redesign the Enterprise application using today’s standards.
Work as a conduit between the stakeholders, business team, product owner and development team.
Used Hotjar in my usability testing phase.
Create a UI Design system using the Atomic Design Methodology.
Create a color scheme to be compliant with the company and Section 508.
Breakdown the application per user persona.
Work on UI story’s when UX work slowed down.
Mentor Developers on best UI/UX practices.
Environment and Tools: Agile, Scrum, Figma, Jira.
Client Engagement Manager – Patrick has been a great resource for us at Cigna.
PWC
Senior UX Designer
Remote Consultant
Jun 2022 – Jan 2023
Responsibilities
PWC gave me a 12 month contract to redesign their Marketplace application. I worked heavily with the Product Owner and their engineer to make the look and feel more modern. Together we added more features to the application and increased the usability of the app.
Work with Shareholders, Product Owners and Business to receive requirements for the redesign.
Create UI Design System and components in Figma.
Work on UI story’s when UX work slowed down.
Used Hotjar in my usability testing phase.
Mentor Developers on best UX practices.
Design custom SVG icons.
Environment and Tools: Agile, Scrum, Figma, Jira.
Wells Fargo
Lead Wireframe Designer / Consultant
Oct 2021 – Feb 2022
Responsibilities
Convert legacy wireframes into Figma.
Receive requirements and create workflow wireframes.
Mentor junior UX Designers on best UX practices.
Environment and Tools: Agile, Scrum, Figma, Adobe XD, Jira.
Baker and Taylor
Lead UI/UX Designer / Full-Time
Charlotte NC
Jun 2019 – Oct 2021
Responsibilities
Transferred from Follett to their sister company (Baker & Taylor) to improve usability.
Lead user experience from start-to-finish that delivered results.
Mentored various departments and offshore team to increase the usability and UI layouts.
Implemented standards using Style Guides and Pattern libraries.
Collaborated with product manager to define features and how they map to customer needs.
Help guide business and development teams on our Android/IOS mobile app to better serve our customer needs through wireframes and prototypes.
Conducted workshops for developers on best practices for HTML/CSS and SCSS.
Environment and Tools: Agile, Scrum, Pair Programming, Sketch, Invision, Figma, Adobe XD, Photoshop, Illustrator, Bootstrap, Foundation.
Follett
Lead UI/UX Designer / Full-Time
McHenry ILL
Aug 2013 – Jun 2019
Responsibilities
Increase usability by implementing Style Guides and Pattern Libraries.
Mentored developers and offshore team to increase the usability and UI layouts.
Conducted workshops for developers on best practices for HTML /CSS and SCSS.
Lead user experience from start-to-finish that delivered results.
Reduced negative comments by fixing usability.
Collaborated with product manager to define features and how they map to customer needs.
Increase sales through leadership and standards.
Environment and Tools: Agile, Scrum, Pair Programming, Sketch, Invision, Figma, Adobe XD, Photoshop, Illustrator, Bootstrap, Foundation, Material Design.
InfoTech
UI/UX Designer
Gainesville FL Consultant
Apr 2013 - Aug 2013
Responsibilities
Increase UX/UI by implementing standards using Style Guides and Pattern Libraries.
Implemented HTML/CSS/SCSS standards to reduce time for future enhancements.
Conducted workshops for developers on best practices for HTML/CSS and SCSS.
Improve usability workflows.
Environment and Tools: Agile, Scrum, Pair Programming, Sketch, Adobe XD, Photoshop.
Quill
UI Designer / Consultant
Dec 2011 – Jul 2012
Responsibilities
Redesign their eCommerce application.
Increase UX/UI by implementing standards using Style Guides and Pattern Libraries.
Implemented HTML/CSS standards to reduce time for future enhancements.
Improve usability workflows.
Environment and Tools: Agile, Scrum, Pair Programming, Photoshop.
FIS
UI Designer
Milwaukee WI Consultant
Jan 2011 – Oct 2011
Responsibilities
Increase UX/UI by implementing standards using Style Guides and Pattern Libraries.
Implemented HTML/CSS standards to reduce time for future enhancements.
Improve usability workflows.
Environment and Tools: Agile, Scrum, Pair Programming, Photoshop.
MasterCard
UI Designer
O’Fallon MO Consultant
Sep 2009 – May 2010
Responsibilities
Increase UX/UI by implementing standards using Style Guides and Pattern Libraries.
Implemented HTML/CSS standards to reduce time for future enhancements.
Improve usability workflows.
Environment and Tools: Agile, Scrum, Pair Programming, Photoshop.
Education
Fox Valley Technical College – Appleton WI.
Web Development / System Analyst
Jan 2003 – May 2005
Degrees
Associate of Applied Science in Systems Analyst.
Associate of Applied Science in Web Development.
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