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Senior Product Designer

About me

Crafting digital experiences that leave a lasting impression. I'm a Chicago-based product designer with 7+ years of experience in the industry. From wireframes to pixel-perfect designs, I thrive on creating seamless and intuitive user journeys. Let's collaborate and transform complex problems into beautiful solutions together.

Experience

Foundry
2020 / 2023

Senior Product Designer

Lead designer and product design manager. Product designer specializing in design, strategy, and research.

H Designs
2019 / 2020

Senior Graphic Designer

Contract designer producing physical and digital products for clients. Guiding product design from conception with design principles.

Moonshot
2015 / 2019

Senior Grapic Designer

Creating websites and branding for a variety of clients. From marketing to web design and everything in-between.

University of Wisconsin - Stout
2011 / 2015

Undergraduate Graphic Designer

Working in the marketing department as a graphic designer, wearing as many hats as possible. Projects ranged from editing the Universities website to creating print design for campus use to University marketing materials. Sticking to brand guidelines while coming up with creative solutions was my bread and butter.

Education

University of Wisconsin - Stout
2011 / 2015

B.F.A. Graphic Design and Interactive Media

A study of design for interactivity across web, mobile app, and emerging screen-based media.

Skills

Product Design

Product/UX design is this constant loop of analyzing, designing, testing, launching, monitoring, and evolving. All of this is done because I am constantly solving problems with simple and intuitive solutions.

User Research

Understanding the needs, behaviors, and attitudes of users to inform the design and development of products or services. Collecting and analyzing data about users through various methods such as surveys, interviews, and usability testing.

Visual Design

Creating and making the general aesthetics of a product consistent. Designing the aesthetic style of a brand, website or app, we work with fundamental elements of visual design, arranging them according to principles of design.

Strategy

Taking a closer look at the design process as a problem-solving mechanism, starting by identifying the problem and working with both the client and the team to solve that problem.