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Resume

Profile

UI/UX + product designer with experience in graphic design and branding. Driven by the challenge to make information, user experiences, and concepts as simple, engaging, and intuitive as possible for the audience. Excels at understanding users’ needs and translating them into thoughtful and visually pleasing experiences.

Skills

User Research

  • Competitive Analysis

  • User Surveys and Interviews

  • Data Analysis

  • User Personas

  • Journey Mapping

  • Usability Testing

  • A/B and Preference Testing

Design

  • Task Analysis and User Flows

  • Information Architecture

  • Sketching

  • Wireframes and Mockups

  • Prototypes

  • User Interface and Interaction Design

  • Product Design

  • Visual Design

  • Style Guides

  • Branding

  • Graphic Design

Collaboration

  • Project Management

  • Design Critiques

  • Detail-oriented

  • Flexible

  • Problem Solving

Tools

UI/UX

  • Sketch

  • Figma

  • Adobe XD

  • InVision

  • Balsamiq

  • Zeplin

  • Marvel

  • Framer

  • HTML / CSS

Adobe

  • InDesign

  • Illustrator

  • Photoshop

  • Acrobat Pro

MS Office

  • Outlook

  • Word

  • PowerPoint

  • Excel

  • Teams

Collaboration

  • Slack

  • Asana

  • Zoom

Experience

2020 – PRESENT

Senior Graphic Designer – Contractor
IES, Inc.  |  San Diego, CA
 

  • Contracted by staffing agency IES to work on a temporary basis as a remote senior graphic designer for Leidos, Inc., a FORTUNE 500 technology company.

  • Successfully designed and delivered eight high-level executive presentations within a short time frame, which helped maintain tight conference schedule.

  • Created a cohesive suite of printed brochures to promote and introduce new visitors to the company’s multiple meeting facilities and amenities.

2013 – 2020

Senior Graphic Designer
Leidos Health (acquired by ettain group in 2020)  |  San Diego, CA
 

  • Managed the design, development, and implementation of print and web assets for a healthcare IT consulting firm.

  • Headed creative direction of company website rebuild into a responsive platform, which attracted a wider client-base, generated 120+ marketing-qualified leads and 2,000+ database contacts within first two quarters.

  • Bolstered new business by transforming complex health concepts into visually appealing graphics for high-level presentations at company’s Innovation Center.

2010 – 2013

Senior Graphic Designer

SAIC   |   San Diego, CA
 

  • Self-managed the completion of multiple, large-scale, high-priority campaigns, on-time and on budget.

  • Leveraged innate creative ability to design compelling marketing collateral for internal and external clients.

  • Influenced creation of corporate visual identity design system by collaborating with creative directors, writers, editors, and legal teams.

Education

2020 – 2021

CareerFoundry

  • Certificate: UX Design Program (500+ hours)

  • Specialization: UI Design

2003

University of California, San Diego

  • B.A., Interdisciplinary Computing in the Arts and Music (ICAM)

  • Minor: General Biology

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