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WORK EXPERIENCE

Senior Product Designer

The Walt Disney Company
Los Angeles, CA
Oct 2021

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Today
  • Leads visual and interaction design of offer management web platform that powers 1000+ offers for 50+ Disney Streaming products across 80+ countries and currencies
  • Collaborates closely with Business Operations, Finance, Accounting, Analytics, and cross-functional teams to ensure we can provide the right offers to the right users at the right time
  • Conducts regular discovery interviews, concept feedback, and user testing sessions to inform design strategy, iteration, and refinement

Interim UX Manager

Belkin International, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
Feb 2021

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Aug 2021
  • Led design strategy, roadmap, and team in creating and delivering mobile app experiences for users to personalize their Wemo smart home and Soundform audio products

UX Designer

Belkin International, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
Sep 2019

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Jan 2021
  • Designed mobile app interactions, hardware behavior, and educational materials for setup and control of Wemo smart home and Soundform audio products
  • Achieved high ratings (89% positive) for usability during beta testing of smart dimmer product

UX Designer

Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, CA
Mar 2019

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Aug 2019
  • Led generative research and redesign project for MyLMU, the internal portal for students, faculty, and staff at LMU
  • Facilitated discussions with IT team to prioritize updates, starting with improving findability and navigation for top use cases

UX Designer

Nationwide Insurance
Columbus, OH
Sep 2017

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Feb 2019
  • Designed interactions and workflows for RPLink, Nationwide’s retirement plan management system used by administrators, internal associates, and plan sponsors to store and manage participant data
  • Included the Annual Census Review and Eligibility Management System

Design Consultant

EXAID
Pittsburgh, PA
Jan 2017

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May 2017
  • Researched, designed, and developed front-end for a clinical trial matching tool used to facilitate connecting cancer patients to clinical trials
  • Interviewed 16 physicians, nurses, and patients to inform design decisions

Design Consultant

Eaton Corporation
Pittsburgh, PA
Jan 2017

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Aug 2017
  • As part of my graduate capstone project, I lead a team of 5 students in envisioning innovative emerging tech solutions for Eaton to improve safety and efficiency of work with large electrical equipment
  • Tracked project goals and deadlines and communicated progress with client
  • Conducted ethnographic research with electricians and engineers
  • Prototyped Lumière, a contextual support tool that uses augmented reality and voice control to support workers in the field

UI/UX Designer

Argus International, Inc.
Gahanna, OH
Nov 2015

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Nov 2016
  • Designed interactions and workflows for a private aviation management platform used by flight crew, ops managers, and maintenance teams to ensure flights are scheduled and ready to go on time

Design Engineer

The OSU College of Medicine
Columbus, OH
May 2014

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Sept 2015
  • Worked in Douglas Danforth’s research lab to design and build virtual agents used for medical student training and health promotion. These agents use speech recognition and a chatbot to interact with users.
  • Designed interface and used ChatScript to code functionality for a Virtual Health Coach, a virtual agent that guides and motivates users to take small gradual steps to achieve their health goals
  • Fun Fact: I was a medical student during this time and decided to transition my career to design, a much better fit for me!
EDUCATION

Master of Human-Computer Interaction (MHCI)

Carnegie Mellon University
Aug 2017
GPA
4.0

BS in Biomedical Engineering with 3D Animation Minor

University of Southern California
May 2013
GPA
LEADERSHIP

EXD Culture Crew

Disney Enterprise Design Team
Oct 2022

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Mar 2023

BBBS Mentor ("Big")

Big Brothers Big Sisters
Aug 2022

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Mar 2023

Interim UX Manager

Belkin International, Inc.
Feb 2021

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Aug 2021

MHCI Alumni Mentor

MHCI Alumni Mentorship
Jan 2021

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Aug 2021

Design Mentor

Designers Guild
Sep 2018

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Oct 2018

MHCI Capstone Team Lead

MHCI Capstone Project
Jan 2017

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Aug 2017

Executive Director

USC Kazan Taiko
Aug 2011

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Jun 2013
SKILLS

Design

Facilitating Workshops Sketching & Storyboarding Interaction Design Wireframes and Mockups Prototyping Mobile & Web UI Design Style Guidelines Specifications Documents

Design Tools

Sketch InvisionApp Proto.io Figma Adobe Creative Suite Zeplin Unity Maya

User Research

Contextual Inquiry Interviewing Affinity Diagrams Card Sorting Journey Mapping Usability Testing Heuristic Evaluation

Development

HTML CSS JS

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