Contact
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Biography
I enjoy solving difficult problems that have a positive impact for as many people as possible.
Experience
OPOWER
User Experience Designer
I designed both internal and client-facing applications.
Dates:
October 2011 - March 2013
Mule Design Studio
User Experience Designer
I participate in collaborative design work sessions and document decisions using site maps, user flows, page diagrams, wireframes, or other forms of documentation that best capture and convey agreed upon decisions. I assist with project discovery by analyzing user and stakeholder interviews and creating personas, and by conducting comparative audits. I also present documentation and recommend design decisions to clients and help set expectations for feedback.
Dates:
October 2010 - October 2011
Viget Labs
User Experience Design Intern
I was the first to work as a UX intern at Viget Labs, which started a 6-week rolling internship program in the summer of 2010.
Through the course of my internship I owned an independent project concerned with redesigning the user experience for a regional non-profit. The project scope involved defining the functionality, content, and navigation for the website redesign.
User research methods included heuristic evaluation, competitor review, content audits, interviews, card sorting, questionnaires, usability testing, and analytics.
Design deliverabl
Through the course of my internship I owned an independent project concerned with redesigning the user experience for a regional non-profit. The project scope involved defining the functionality, content, and navigation for the website redesign.
User research methods included heuristic evaluation, competitor review, content audits, interviews, card sorting, questionnaires, usability testing, and analytics.
Design deliverabl
Dates:
August 2010 - September 2010
Go! transportation magazine
Editorial Assistant
My primary role was as a strategic partner in workforce development for the transportation pipeline. Day to day, I was responsible for feature writing, content strategy, proposal writing, public speaking, direct marketing, social media marketing, and web analytics.
As a graduate student writer, I was the recipient of a Dwight D. Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship, awarded by the Federal Highway Administration for both 2008-2009 and 2009-2010.
As a graduate student writer, I was the recipient of a Dwight D. Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship, awarded by the Federal Highway Administration for both 2008-2009 and 2009-2010.
Dates:
August 2008 - August 2010
Iowa State's Department of Environmental Health &
Instructional Designer
My primary responsibilities included instructional design, graphic design, multimedia development, publication design, and technical writing.
Dates:
May 2009 - July 2009
Iowa State University's Center for Transportation
Graphic Designer
My primary responsibilities included graphic design, visual identity design, publication design, report design, brochure design, and copywriting.
Dates:
May 2008 - August 2008
Iowa State Daily
Copy editor
My primary responsibilities included copy editing, illustration, graphic design, infographic design, reporting, and photojournalism.
Dates:
October 2007 - April 2008
Wells Fargo
Corporate Manuals Intern
My primary responsibilities included content management and graphic communications.
Dates:
March 2008 - March 2008
Education
Iowa State University
Dates:
2008 - 2010
Iowa State University
Dates:
2005 - 2008
Washington High School
Dates:
1999 - 2003