Areas of Expertise
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Softwares
Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, XD, InDesign, AfterEffects), Figma, HTML & CSS editing, Wordpress, Invision, Fusion360, Microsoft Office Suite, Github, various automated email platforms (Dotmailer, iContact, Constant Contact, Mailchimp) |
Work ExperienceUI/UX Designer
WebPresented // November 2024 - present
Lead UI/UX Designer Accelerate Media // April 2019 - August 2024
Mid-Level Graphic Designer Salzman Group // October 2017 - April 2019
Creative Mastermind // CTO Viggi Kids, Corp. // March 2015 - June 2017 Co-founder of children's product design firm. Designer for marketing materials (print, web & video), product design for Digit Widgit® and STEM line, manufacturing strategies and for the Vidget® and Digit Widgit®. General operational and technical guru...basically any software or system that needed integrated into our processes, I configured (and learned a lot along the way). Senior Designer Rove Design Group // February 2013 - March 2015 Consultant for graphic & web design clients. Concept development, brainstorming & new product ideation. Designer and collaborator for Viggi Kids brand and products. |
Continuing EducationInteraction Design Foundation Courses
DEI Awareness Professional Certificate LinkedIn Learning Certificate // April 2024 As an extension of my focus on accessible experiences, I've also developed a deeper interest in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. This learning path explored the definitions of DEI, where it's relevant in the workplace, and ways to create an inclusive environment. The course included 9 topics and ~7 hours of instruction. UI/UX Specialization CalArts via Coursera // January 2020-March 2020 Specialization of 4 courses. Final deliverables were high fidelity mockups of an app [Courses 1 &2] and delivery-only restaurant website [Course 3& 4]. Along with covering the basics of UI/UX, the assignments included full development of the project briefs, user demographics, strategy, and sitemaps. I took the specialization to add technical knowledge to the practical knowledges I've gained from various projects & web site launches I've been a part of. Course 1 | Course 2 | Course 3 | Course 4 Responsive Website Development and Design Specialization University of London via Coursera // June 2019 The course covered the languages of HTML, CSS, and some basic Javascript. Projects included practical applications of those languages to create webpages from scratch. After taking this course, working with developers became a much more informed collaboration. Course 1 | Course 2 Autodesk Fusion 360 Integrated CAD/CAM Autodesk via Coursera // May 2018 The course offered a detailed roadmap to Fusion 360. It provided direction on how to use many features. By choice, I further delved into creating CAM programs, parametric modeling, and rendering. |
Education
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Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, New York Bachelor of Fine Arts in Industrial Design, May 2011 Concentration in Psychology Summa Cum Laude Honors & Exhibitions RIT Honors Program and Honors Scholarship 2009-2011 Dean’s List in all quarters 2007-2011 Outstanding Undergraduate Scholar 2011 |
Exhibitions & Publications
RIT Industrial Design Senior Show 2011 RIT Research and Innovation Symposium, Winter 2011 Walker Metalsmith’s Apprentice Show, 2010 Imagine RIT exhibitor, 2010 Northern Tier Cultural Alliance: Potter County Artisan 2009 Co-author of Explorations in Geometry, a college-level geometry book. Book and course were presented at the 2009 NYSMATYC Conference. |
Patents
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Patent No. US D825,667 S
Design Patent // Issued August 14, 2018 Educational Set of Children's Dice Blocks [ Digit Wigit® ] Patent No. US D843,481 S Design Patent // Issued March 19, 2019 Balance for an Educational Set of Children's Dice Blocks [ Digit Wigit® ] |