• Rationalize design decisions and get buy‐in at the necessary levels to ensure an optimum, consistent user experience
• Gain deep subject knowledge of products and processes to function as a SME to train and assist other designers
• Plan and conduct research activities to understand market trends and to gain user, product and business insights
• Plan and facilitate Design Strategy workshops to generate big ideas, strategic opportunities and differentiators
• Work with internal and external stakeholders, suppliers, customers and end users to gather requirements and goals
• Consult and guide business, product and development teams in creating a strategic vision of products and features
• Provide guidance to product and development on MVP and iterative enhancements throughout the project lifecycle

• Collaborate with designers to create a simple design language based on industry leading UX and UI design guidelines
• Convey the vision and strategy of projects through wireframes and prototypes to product managers and stakeholders
• Provide wireframes and high‐fidelity mockups for use by stakeholders for planning and by the agile teams for sprints
• Coordinate development teams and designers to ensure adherence to the design vision and corporate design language
• Work closely with the team to design for end state while providing support for iterative development

• Shopping portal with simplified checkout – Provide UX vision and define UX process for working with agile teams
• Maintenance portal – Lead a team of designers with UX guidance, system knowledge and project strategy
• Collaborate with product owners, analysts, system matter experts and technical leads to prioritize roadmap and sprints
• Design site maps, user flows and wireframes while helping to create the backlog and user stories with agile teams
• Communicate the design concept & software goals to the agile team during iteration planning and user story grooming
• Create wireframes & prototypes to convey vision & strategy along with mockups, assets &artifacts for development
• Coordinate with visual designers and agile development teams to ensure adherence to the project standards
• Work closely with the UX Research group to ensure the focus of the usability tests and observe user interviews
• Present completed user stories in software to internal & external stakeholders during iteration and release demos

Content Management: Create, test & maintain web pages, online assets, content & images using HTML & CSS

• Improve efficiency by overhauling previous filing method for online assets
• Create protocols and train others on specific tasks using various OMS and CMS systems
• Verify and troubleshoot XML between the OMS and Business Manager (orders, shipping, product data, etc.)
• Validate and test code before replicating from Staging to Production environments

Partnered with a colleague to acquire and complete 29 projects in nine months

Web UX Design: Website design focused on branding, usability and user experience

• Create wireframes, mockups and pixel perfect mockups of the designs for review by client
• Design and implement eight website projects using HTML, CSS and Flash in various CMS systems
  
  Project Management: 18 projects for seven repeat customers
• Work with clients to establish schedules and keep projects on time and within budget
• Gather and document design and functionality goals working directly with the client

Project Management:

• Work with clients to establish schedules and keep projects on time and within budget
• Gather and document design and functionality goals working directly with the client

Added additional revenue sources with web & interactive design services; identity and logo design services

Web and Interactive Design: Design focused on brand and usability

• Work with clients to establish schedules and keep projects on time and within budget
• Gather and document goals working directly with the client and teams
• Create mockups and pixel perfect designs for review by client, code HTML & CSS and Flash production
• Created and secured proposals for clients such as Neiman Marcus, BNSF, Turner Construction, Brandywine Realty, etc.
• Conduct company-wide training classes for standards implementation and software updates

Furniture 4 Kids event: Designed and built entries in the citywide design competition for the Mavs Foundation

• 2008 Best of Furniture 4 Kids
• 2007 Best Conceptual Table

• Started the rendering and animation department at JHS to expand in-house services
• Assumed management of the network, servers, computers, printing equipment and software
• Design and maintain the company marketing materials, website, advertisements, etc.
• Work directly with clients and consultants for web, graphic design, visualization and architectural projects
• Attended short list interviews and public forum presentations to provide support for the firm’s principals
• Migrate the firm from paper to software based contract document system
• Implement BMI software into the firm to shorten the construction documentation phase