CV

Experience

Amazon
Senior UX Designer (Full-time)
2016 - Present · 7+ years
Greater Seattle Area

2019 - Current DA (Digital Acceleration)
Leading design efforts across multiple PMs (6 to17) and Tech Teams (40+). There have been as many as 3 design roles within an org of 400+.

Example product lanes or projects have included:
Your Membership and Subscriptions", "My Content and Devices", Digital Checkout, Client Payments, Internal Contract Management Hub, AI LLM Digital Recommendations, “Launch Acceleration”.

I structure design touchpoints for the entire DA (300+ headcount) org, including; UX office hours, design intake processes, quarterly design newsletters. My goal is to build Amazon's design culture and growth by providing mentorship opportunities and giving audits, feedback to teams lacking UX resources.
· I create all branded assets for the organization: such as logos, presentation templates, UI/patterns across internal products.
· Provides UX artifacts (mocks, wires, writing, UI libraries, site audits) across org initiatives.
· Engaged in hiring practice across disciplines, including 25 interviews in 2021.

2018 - 2019 Kids & Family Team
UX owner of the Echo Glow smart lamp for kids.

Responsible for:
· The device setup process.
· Unique lighting animations for kids.
· Software features, including Dance Party.
· Organizing and conducting research and play-with sessions with kids or parents.

2016 - 2018 Kids & Family Team
UX owner for Parent Dashboard.
· Coordinated feature releases with Product and Development teams.
· Provided design documentation including flows, visual designs, and specs for developers.
· Organized usability sessions for both Parent Dashboard and intermittently for UX Kids & Family Team. I created prototypes for kids and parents when necessary.
· Strategize A/B testing and provide design oversight and assets.
· Regularly acting scrum master for UX group.
· Contributor and editor of UX team tenets.
· Drafted UX design doc templates.

Nickelodeon
Senior UX Designer (Full-time)
2015 - 2016 · 1 yr 11 mos
New York, NY

· Owned UI / UX for Nick and Nick Jr. Websites.
· Worked with UX and Product App Teams to provide solutions that may be implemented across platforms.
· Created wires and prototypes for Visual, Product and Development.
· Formed usability and analytic tests with research teams. Applied findings to improve and iterate designs.

Conde Nast
Designer (Contract)
2016 · 4 mos
New York, NY

· Handled visual designs for responsive replatform of Golf Digest (desktop resolutions, tablet, and mobile).
· Offered detailed specification documents for development cycles.
· Aided UI wireframes for Teen Vogue’s homepage and article pages.
· Created comps for Details magazine's responsive newsletter.

Razorfish
Senior Designer (Contract)
2014 · 6 mos
New York, NY

· One of three designers contributing to redesign of Mercedes Benz Lifestyle Store and JP Morgan Funds Site.
· Designed Product Detail, Checkout, My Account Pages.
· Prepared mockups across platforms; desktop, tablet, and mobile.

Barnes & Noble
Designer (Contract)
Oct 2013 - Apr 2014 · 7 mos
New York, NY

· Created visual treatment and templates for 2013 Holiday.
· Maintain all website assets for BN.com
· Made GUI assets for replatform.

New York & Company
UI/UX Designer (Full-time)
Jun 2011 - Aug 2013 · 2 yrs 3 mos
New York, NY

· UI Design; updating site’s navigation and interface patterns.
· Updated or refreshed creative on all areas of the site
· Approved, tested, and provided direction to site's relaunch (2014)
· Created and update online marketing templates; including email, social media, and advertising.]

Random House, Crown Imprint
Web Designer (Full-time)
Jun 2008 - May 2011 · 3 yrs
New York, NY

Victoria’s Secret
Web Designer
Jun 2008
New York, NY

· Created email blasts for online marketing.
· Updated various web areas for site launches.
· Retouched hi-res photography for web usage.

FAO Schwarz
Creative Designer
2006 - 2008
New York, NY

· Created visual template/program for online catalog.
· Generated cross-branded web pages for boutiques.
· Photographed and corrected a plethora of products for print and web.
· Created innovative new designs, illustrations, and animations for all of fao.com's areas.
· Created and edited copy for web assets.
· Perceived and expanded branding initiatives.