Nike (FTE)

Mar 2021 to Present
Portland, Oregon (Remote)

• Partner with cross-vertical product owners and international key stakeholders (Korea, China, Japan, Europe) to gather requirements, author user stories, and map the user journey

• Cultivate proactive design thinking and problem solving discussions with Product and Engineering team to unearth things earlier in the process, brainstorm, and identify opportunities to improve the overall user experience

• Innovate and iterate on the end-to-end user journey, driving design from planning to release over multiple releases

• Tirelessly advocate for the end-user – examining the problem, prioritizing user research, gathering quantitative and qualitative customer data to validate solutions

• Build and develop documentation of scalable, foundational elements and core components across the Post Purchase design system

• Actively contribute to testing, building, and maintaining design system alignment of Nike’s Digital Ecosystem

• Lead, design, mentor, and cover operational and program support while independently managing own priorities and design execution

• Develop solutions for effective cross-functional organization, communication, and collaboration

• Evolve Product, Engineering, and Design relationship from reactive solution-based production design strategy towards a more collaborative thought partnership and counter-measure approach

Nike (ETW)

Nov 2019 to Mar 2021
Portland, Oregon

• Collaborate closely with product managers and engineers to balance consumer needs and business goals, while operating within technical limitations

• Ideate, produce high-fidelity designs, and iterate on the end-to-end user experiences utilizing Figma

• Observe usability testing sessions, synthesize real-time feedback, and incorporate design improvements alongside product partners

• Translate and hand-off designs to product and engineering team

Freelance

Jul 2015 to Present
Tennessee / Oregon

• Work alongside digital product teams to synthesize field research and develop ideas and concepts

• Transform concepts into scenarios, user journeys, wireframes, mockups, and interactive prototypes

• Rapidly iterate on design concepts from discovery to final delivery

• Produce high-fidelity mockups to solidify concepts, communicate design intentions to stakeholders, and improve customer and employee experiences

Clearform

Sep 2016 to Nov 2017
Portland, Oregon

• Designed user interactions for IoT mobile and desktop applications

• Identified opportunities for design process efficiencies

• Assisted in the planning, design, and delivery of client-facing projects

• Utilized a working knowledge of development languages (HTML, CSS) to effectively collaborate with the engineering team, blending together the best possible solution for a product’s design and experience

• Facilitated and guided user testing sessions to aid in design iterations

South Central Digital

March 2013 to July 2015
Nashville, Tennessee

• Collaborated during project kick-off with Project Manager and clients

• Participated in information architecture and content restructuring

• Produced brand-cohesive design across web, mobile and social media

• Assisted with adapting to an Agile design and development environment

Buzz Architect
now Anthem Republic

August 2012 to January 2013
Nashville, Tennessee
 

• Co-produced pre-existing brand print and web assets

• Maintained tight and high-expectation deadlines

• Collaborated with clients & third-party printers throughout production

Expertise

• Whiteboarding – Figjam, Freehand

• Prototyping – Figma, Marvel, InVision, InVision Studio, OmniGraffle

• UX, UI, and Design Systems – Figma, Sketch

• Handoff – Sketch, Zeplin

• Graphic Design – Adobe Suite / Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign

• Doc editing – Google Suite, Microsoft Office

  • Gmail, Google Sheets, Docs, Slides

  • Outlook, Word, Excel, Powerpoint

Knowledge

• Analytics, User Testing, Heatmapping, and Recording – Google Analytics, Fullstory, Lucky Orange, Hotjar

• Keynote, Pages, Numbers

• Versioning and File Handling – Dropbox – Box, Plant.io

Familiarity

• HTML, CSS, Javascript

Middle Tennessee State University

August 2008 to December 2012
Murfreesboro, Tennessee

• Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design

• Minor in Interactive Design

MTSU Senior Thesis

Spring Semester 2012
Murfreesboro, Tennessee

• Coordinated with print, web and logistics teams

• Conducted print and web production team meetings

• Oversaw print and web assets for senior thesis exhibit