UX Research & UI Design
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Experience Overview
Education
Graphic Design education had a heavy focus on user experience & digital design.
Agency
Over 7 years strategizing & designing for the web in digital agencies.
Teaching
Over 5 years teaching design & mentoring student web/mobile app projects.
Agency Work
I have over 7 years experience strategizing and designing for the web in digital agencies. During my career I have lead user experience research, interviews and surveys, competitor analysis, site map and content strategy, wireframing, and user interface design. In my most recent role with Spruce Creative, I was our team's UX and web strategy expert. I would either handle the UX, site map, wireframe, etc. planning and strategy directly, or provide feedback and approval on work completed by colleagues before it was sent to clients and implemented.
Teaching Experience
I have over 5 years experience teaching in the Mobile Applications Design & Development course at Algonquin College. I taught web design and development fundamentals and facilitated student capstone projects in the Applied Industry Projects course. The capstone projects are semester long group projects where students are matched with a real-world client to plan and build a minimum viable product based on the client's web/mobile app idea. My role as their professor is to lead the students through the user experience research, strategy, and design phases. I review their work at each stage, providing feedback and guidance to ensure their project has thorough UX research, informed strategic planning, and UI design that meets the project goals and while implementing the best practices and principles of human-centred design and accessibility.
Applied Industry Projects Course