UX Design/Research & Teaching Experience
UX Designer | Rocky Mountain University | May 2023 - Present | UT
UI/UX design for university websites.
• Content Inventory & Audit, Tree Testing, Style Guide
• Collaborate on a Web team with Marketing/Communication teams
• Tools: Figma (Design). Jira, Zoom (Meetings), Hybrid (Remote/In-Person)
Adjunct Instructor | Utah Valley University | Aug. 2023 - Present | UT
• Instruction for students in the Department of Digital Media
• Classes are an intro. to design software through concepts like line, shape, color, & gestalt. Using layout, typography, design for websites & mobile apps.
UX Designer | Fortis Solutions Group | Jan. 2022 - Nov. 2022 | UT
• Worked with internal & external (offshore) teams.
• Enterprise UX/UI design
• Usability testing (remote/on-site), field studies/contextual inquiry, surveys, personas
• Tools: Figma (Design), Zoom, Teams (Meetings), Agile/Scrum/Kanban (Team), Hybrid (Remote/In-Person)
UX Designer | Aktify, Inc. | Mar. 2021 - May 2021 | UT
• Created wireframes for internal systems
• Tools: Omnigrafle (Wireframes), Face to Face, Zoom (Meetings)
UX Design Intern | Lucid | May 2021 - Aug. 2021 | UT
• Worked with multiple Scrum teams
• Discovery, user research, wireframes, mockups, Hackathon
• Worked on designs used in their new product Lucidscale
• Tools: Figma (Design) | Zoom (Meetings) | Slack (Communication)
Research Asst., Digital Media Dept. | UVU | Jan. 2020 - May 2021 | UT
• Collaborate in a team on online surveys, interview, affinity mapping
• Tools: Qualtrics (Survey) | Microsoft Teams (Meetings)
UX Researcher/Strategy | RainFocus | July 2020 | UT
• Collaborated in a team on an online survey, did SWOT analysis & experience mapping.
• Tools: Mural (Collaborative) | Microsoft Teams (Meetings)
UX Intern & UX Designer | Equipit | May 2019 - Feb. 2020 | UT
• Collaborated with front-end developer to improve onboarding for website.
• Deliverables: competitive analysis, personas, heuristic markup, affinity mapping,
usability testing, task flow, flowchart, wireframes, client proposals.
• Tools: Sketch, Illustrator (Design) | Trello (Tasks) | Slack (Communication)
UX Designer, Contract | Swell | Dec. 2019 - Jan. 2020 | UT
• Collaborated in a team to create wireframes for app.
• Tools: Adobe XD (Design)
UX Design Mentorship | Product Hive | July 2017 - Sep. 2017 | UT
• Mentored by UX Manager who critiqued UX projects, taught UX design & best practices.
• Tools: Sketch (Design) | Google Hangouts (Meetings)
*Abridged resume only of UX experience & teaching
Skills
Hard
Proficient: Figma, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Sketch, HTML5, CSS
Familiar: Hype, AdobeXD
Soft
Communication, adaptability, active listening, self motivation, teamwork
Education
Radford University | MFA, Design Thinking | Start 2025 (Continue after Certificate)
Radford University | GradCert, Design Thinking | Est. Completion Spring 2025
Utah Valley University | BS, Interaction & Design | 2021
Wayne State University | BFA, Graphic Design | 1994
Utah Valley University | AAS, Web Design & Development | 2021
Honors & Awards
Rocky Mountain University King's Peak Award: demonstrates outstanding performance that significantly impacts a dept./university
Books/Media
I like to grow my knowledge of the industry by reading books and other media. Below are examples of books I am reading or have read.
Credit: Nielson Norman Group
Credit: Nielson Norman Group
Credit: practical-ui.com/
Credit: LUMA Institute