User Experience Designer
Resume:
Janice W. Schnaedelbach
Email: ***************@*****.***
HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS
- Successfully designed intuitive and user centered interfaces for more than 8 years based on a solid knowledge of Human-Computer Interaction research.
- Experienced designing both Web 2.0 rich interactive applications and desktop applications with a strong understanding of the unique design strengths and limitations of each.
- Worked on a variety of applications including social networking, EDI translation, e-commerce, financial, B2B portals, supply chain management and others.
- Skilled in producing user interaction deliverables including requirement specifications, workflows, sketches, wireframes, low fidelity screen and interactive prototypes based on requirement documents.
- Experienced in many methods of usability engineering including designing based on user centered design theories, conceptual inquiry programs, rapid prototyping reviews, utilizing focus groups and customer surveys, and usability testing throughout the development cycle.
ONLINE PORTFOLIO: http://www.coroflot.com/jwschnaedelbach
TECHNICAL SKILLS
- Proficient with Adobe Creative Suite 3, Visio, Fireworks, MS Office Professional.
- Experienced conduction Usability and User Acceptance Testing.
- Strong project & design documentation skills.
RELEVANT SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
User Interface Specialist
Mainstream Holdings, West Palm Beach, FL
3/2007 - 8/2008
- Provided user interface design for a Web-based social networking site (www.moli.com) including dashboard, widgets and products.
- Produced flowcharts and wireframe prototypes for screen design and functionality.
- Performed site audits and identified inconsistency and usability issues.
- Conducted usability tests and focus groups on new and existing designs.
- Developed user interface style guide, based on best practices, on the company Wiki.
- Wrote text for all non-marketing screen verbiage and maintained the translation database.
Client Services
Overgroup Consulting, Pensacola, FL
9/2006 - 12/2006
- Performed site audits and identified inconsistency and usability issues.
- Created an implementation process to successfully bring new customers online.
- Developed a style template for a user's manual and began documenting the software product.
- Created instructional documentation for various manual and automated processes.
- Designed an advertisement introducing our newest product to our customers.
Quality Assistant
K. Hovnanian American Mortgage, West Palm Beach, FL
11/2003 - 9/2006
- Authored and maintained Policy and Procedures documentation and Step-By-Step training instructions.
- Reduced preparation of monthly audits from 8 to 3 days by automating the process.
- Significantly increased revenue by creating a procedure for tracking Brokered loans.
- Designed an Excel spreadsheet that allowed tracking of audit defects with embedded links to Outlook.
Computer Graphic Design
Keiser Career College, Pembroke Pines, FL
8/2002 - 8/2003
- Mastered skills in design theory, sketching, storyboarding, prototypes and the iterative design process.
- Produced sketches, prototypes, and final design pieces.
- Learned numerous graphic design software products.
Human Factors Design Lead
Azulix Incorporated, Pleasant Hill, CA
6/2000 - 6/2002
- Produced detailed user interface screen designs and prototypes for all the web-based applications.
- Lead presentations for potential clients using my interactive PowerPoint prototypes.
- Directed developers building user-interface pages from my design sketches, wireframes & prototypes.
- Authored and maintained comprehensive user interface design documentation.
- Developed a user interface style guide, based on best practices, to ensure design consistency.
Senior Engineer / UI Team
Capstan Systems, San Francisco, CA
9/1999 - 6/2000
- Produced detailed user interface screen designs and prototypes for all the web-based applications.
- Authored comprehensive user interface design documentation including flow charts and specifications.
- Directed developers building user-interface pages from my design sketches, wireframes, & prototypes.
- Founded corporate wide Design Committee promoting user interface design discussions across departments.
- Developed and implemented HTML coding standards to ensure web page consistency.
Product Designer
Autodesk Incorporated, San Rafael, CA
3/1999 - 8/1999
- Participated in a Contextual Inquiry process that included site visits, analyzing the data to create user personas, work flow models, and then presenting the findings to other departments.
- Defined new releases as a member of a joint Product Marketing/Product Designer team.
- Authored and maintained all user interface design documentation for assigned.
Human Factors Manager
Inovis Incorporated (Formerly Harbinger & Premenos), Concord, CA
4/1995 - 2/1999
- Produced storyboards, flowcharts, paper and interactive prototypes for an EDI translation application.
- Authored comprehensive user interface design and functional documentation.
- Conducted usability tests on products both released and in development.
- Developed a user interface style guide, based on best practices, to ensure design consistency.
Quality Assurance Manager
Inovis Incorporated (Formerly Harbinger & Premenos), Concord, CA
7/1991 - 4/1995
- Integrated complete testing procedures into the software development cycle.
- Managed and trained testing staff who worked on multiple concurrent EDI translation projects.
- Wrote unit, integration, and regression testing scripts and procedures.
- Authored and maintained an internal QA procedure manual.
EDUCATION
University of West Florida
Pensacola, Florida
Bachelor of Arts, Experimental Psychology
REFERENCES
References available upon request.
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