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Employment Highlights

Employment Experience:

June 2022 to Current
Senior UX/UI Developer - CATCH Enterprises
Lead all design aspects of a project from start to finish with articulated design rationale and quality deliverables that communicate design directions and details. Guide product direction through research with customers enabling cross-functional partners with experience-led strategies. Create responsive designs for and prototype innovative solutions in HTML/CSS/Javascript. Participate with Stakeholders and clients to define user goals and journey maps. Develop Brand Standards and Design System for multiple Sass applications.

December 2019 to May 2022
UX/UI Manager - Werner Enterprises
Manage UX/UI team supporting mobile apps and internal applications. Establish Brand Standards, documentation and standards. Provide wireframes and working prototypes. Grow recruiting efforts and internship program. Established UI Designer role to deliver HTML/CSS/Javascript, Reporting Dashboards, Support roadmap planning for Design and User Research as part of the SDLC process. Internship program, and student project sponsorship.

August 2019 to December 2019
UI/UX Consultant - Humana & Blue Cross Blue Shield
Obtained clientele, corresponded with the client’s requests and deliver to timeline. Design intuitive and engaging user experiences. Work closely with product to identify and articulate user needs and define product requirements. Participate in usability testing and user research including building user interface mockups and prototypes as needed. Create wireframes, sitemaps, process flows, working prototypes and other deliverables to support product definition and development. Humana and Blue Cross Blue Shield

October 2018 to July 2019
UI/UX Manager - InEight/Kiewit
Manage UX/UI team serving various Product lines. Support resource planning and allocation, outline role responsibilities, process improvements, and parameters to support success metrics. Design internal Design System in React with online resource library. Established UI Designer role to deliver HTML/CSS/Javascript prototypes. Provide wireframes and working prototypes as needed. Weekly checkins for performance feedback and motivation for direct supports. Establish yearly goals, success metrics to meet goals, training and tracking. Evangelize a stronger UI Resource to cut costs and reduce quality defects. Support roadmap planning for Design and User Research as part of the SDLC process.

April 2018 to October 2018
Senior User Experience Design Engineer- biBERK Business Insurance
Execute on all phases of the design process—from wireframing concepts to unit tested HTML/CSS proof of concepts final hand-offto engineering. Create responsive designs for multiple contexts and device types (desktop, mobile, tablet). Prototype innovative solutions that go beyond interfaces and product specs to user goals, storyboards and journey maps. User Analytics that involves reporting, A/B testing, and assimilating user testing. Evangelize optimal UCD by thoroughly understand user motivations, market opportunities and competition. Establish and manage project tasks and timelines.Develop Brand Standards, Bootstrap and Material UI library resources.

2013 to 2018
Associate Director - User Experience Design Engineer- Moody's Analytics
Manage User Experience team and oversee design projects supporting three SaaS applications.Collaboration with departments: Product, Sales, Marketing, Customer Support, Development, QA and Architecture. Provide concepts and working prototypes of software screens for user interviews and presentations to stakeholders. Establish and manage project tasks and timelines.Development of Brand Standards, manage Bootstrap and Angular JSUI libraries, documentation resources: UI Library, CSS coding standards, patterns, personas, user flows and project backlogs. Achievements:Grew UI/UX team from one designer to six positions.Created Omaha’s Developer Intern program. Internships grew from two to four per year and 15 team members have been hired full time. Mentor to technology rotation program. Lead college recruiting for Omaha office. Steering Committee forEmployee Resource Groups and Create Confidence awards.

2012 to 2013
UI/UX Designer – iNet Solutions Group
Conceptualize and create innovative UI concepts. Develop flat and HTML prototypes: wireframes, flowcharts, and screen mock-ups. Participate in design process consultation with clients and assist with training, support and usability testing of Apps. Define UI graphic specifications: screen layouts, sizing, optimization, color palettes, typography, and graphic elements.  Establishing training program for clientele utilizing internal CMS. Assist with internal marketing strategies and design various marketing collateral. 

2012 to 2012
User Interface and Website Designer – Mortech a Division of Zillow
Responsible for leading design creation from concept through production and execution, provide multiple design solutions, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, web page design standards, including but not limited to: usability and navigation, search engine optimization, keyword tracking, load times and content management system.  Report upon online communications, budget and vendor management.  Interact with sales, training and software development to implement best approach upon online, print and verbal communication. 

1994 to Present
Freelance Graphic Artist
Obtained clientele, corresponded with the client’s requests and needs in producing a project, coordinate proposals, project planning, print bids, research discounts, manage vendor relations, PR writing, media planning and meet demanding project deadlines. Conceptualize, proof, design and layout upon projects ranging from company brand identity, magazines, website development and flash animation.

2004 to 2010
Schawk, Inc – On-Site Account Services/Project Manager - ConAgra Foods
On-site project manager to ConAgra Foods frozen food retail category for food packaging design, art production and branding.  Work directly with ConAgra Brand Design Managers, Marketing, and Integrated Marketing on the following brands:  Banquet, Healthy Choice, Kid Cuisine, and Marie Callender’s. Manage projects from initial creative development through to final art production and advertising communications.  Coordinate projects on various marketing communications plans and manage vendor relations.  Report upon project timelines, task performances, creative review, and final proof approval.  Strive to build further client relations and incorporate more services from Schawk into Studio workflow.

2003 to 2004
Wildwood International
Art Director
Managed catalog production schedule and planning, photography of products, coordinate photo shoots, interaction with vendors, creative direction of product catalog, develop project schedule and deadlines, design and development of catalog layout under demanding deadlines, data entry and proofing of text, color correction and prepress, meet budget proposals, purchasing of hardware and software, design and layout of marketing materials.

2000 to 2003
The Creative Center
Instructor
Subjects Taught: Art Media Techniques 101 & 102, Drawing 101, 102, 103 & 204, Color Theory 101, Design Theory 101 & 102, Illustration 101, Design & Layout 101, Electronic Design 202, Graphic Arts and Desktop Design & Publishing 203, Portfolio Development, and Advertising Design 202.
Responsibilities: Lectures, resource materials, lesson plans, assignment objective, student tracking, student council, attendance, grading, train & manage instructor assistants, student motivation and discipline, planning files, student recruitment and placement.

Summary of Qualifications:
Software: Adobe Creative Suite, Adobe Robohelp, FrameMaker and Captivate, Microsoft Visual Studio (TFS project management and version control), Sharepoint, Vault, Java Beans, Balsamiq, OnmiGraffle, Git, GitHub, Bootstrap, Microsoft Office: Word, Outlook, Excel, Powerpoint, Project and Access.

Web Technologies: Bootstrap, HTML5, CSS3, SCSS, LESS, JavaScript, Jquery, Angular, PHP, MySQL, CMS systems

Website Development: Product development, project planning, Wireframing, high fidelity layouts, HTML prototyping, UI component library, documentation and code resource library, QA testing, user testing, user analytics, browser testing and support, device and screen display testing

Education
Bellevue University - Omaha, Bachelor of Arts - Marketing Management

University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Senior Status, Attended 1992 - 1996, Fine Arts - Emphasis in Graphic Arts

Scribner-Snyder High School, Scribner, Nebraska, 1992

UX Certification - nng - UX Management