Salt Lake City

Resume

Overview

Totaling 5+ years of Product Design experience and 10+ years of graphic design. With over 5 years of experience in startups, Web3, tech, and education, I have successfully completed numerous projects, delivering impactful results. My expertise includes end-to-end product development, user research, SaaS and B2C creation, wireframing, and prototyping. Lead designer on 70% of the products I work on. Experienced in Figma and Adobe XD.

Education

Brigham Young University

Bachelor of Arts in Design
with a minor in Design Thinking

Experience

Lead UX Designer

BlackLapel

Salt Lake City, Utah

01/2024 - Current

Redesigned and drafted B2C ecommerce made to order suit site, crafting an improved navigation design and implemented design thinking in crafting solutions for complex problems within the user flow.
Adjusted the user interface to be more user friendly.
Developed new screens and user flows within a tight deadline of 3 weeks, including delivery of new graphics and videos for the site.

Product Designer

Nerd United

Lehi, Utah

05/2022 - 11/2023

Conceptualized, designed, and oversaw the creation of a hosting service product, for Web3 startup company Nerd United. As the lead designer of the hosting service product, I generated $1.5M of Nerd’s revenue and decreased user drop off by 45%.
Spearheaded and produced a blockchain dashboard interface in a tight two month deadline. The interface was essential in creating a product that gathered $100 million dollars in funding and 12 independent brands to contract with Nerd United.
Implemented new and improved workflows, produced roadmaps and user personas for upcoming projects.

UX Designer

Brigham Young University OIT

Provo, Utah

06/2020 - 01/2022

Designed, improved, and researched for BYU’s websites, including Y-Jobs -a website 98% of all employees of 4,100 staff, faculty, personnel and student employees interact with in order to be hired through the school.
Conducted surveys and test groups to gather data to create research backed designs.
Strategized with OIT UX team and brainstormed with shareholders ways to improve the product for clientele, the end user, and participated in producing high quality websites and app designs aligned with the school’s branding.

Product Designer - Intern

Johnson STEM Activity Center

Atlanta, Georgia

09/2020 - 04/2021

Head product designer for a non-profit Johnson STEM, developing a data system to collect insight for their 1,500 students.
Worked with product managers to create a product, from the entirety of the development process, from conception, design, build, testing, and to release a product that established a reliable channel of data input for shareholders of Johnson STEM.
Conducted user research and testing to develop a product that increased user data by 60%.

Graphic Designer

Brigham Young University

Provo, Utah

09/2018 - 01/2022

Designed quarterly publications for the Political Science department.
Appropriately 9,000 people were exposed to the publication every three months and increased viewer engagement by 25%.
Transformed the publication from a 10 page newsletter to a 20+ page quarterly magazine.
Operated on an adjustable schedule to deliver a finished product by a close deadline.