Resume

EXPERIENCE

Software Engineer at Trunk Club October 2013 - Present

• Design and develop interfaces for both internal and client facing experiences
• Produce web and iOS applications using Backbone.js and Objective-C / Swift
• Rapidly prototype and test product variations to drive analytical experience decisions
• Ensure all product experiences create a cohesive ecosystem for users

Information Architect at Razorfish June 2013 - October 2013

• Employ user-centered design practices for a fortune 50 financial services company
• Design rich, data heavy web-based application experiences
• Perform research and analysis to influence data-driven design choices
• Implement agile methodology for quick iteration and testing

Web Team Manager at The State News September 2012 - May 2013

Web DeveloperMay 2012 - September 2012

• Plan and design information architecture, wireframes, design documents
• Develop websites/web-apps using HTML5, LESS, JavaScript, Twig
• Manage projects for State News web development initiatives as well as several other universities
• Oversee student web team

User Experience Designer at MSU College of Arts and Letters May 2012 - September 2012

• Plan, design, and develop university web applications
• Make analytics driven user interaction decisions on current web applications
• Work closely with designers, developers, and content creators to produce a seamless user experience

Lead UX Analyst at RHS Marketing Communications May 2011 - May 2012

• Develop, test, and report heuristic evaluations for user experience on websites for specific user bases
• Measure and report on web analytics for user/brand specific websites
• Generate and manage web content for user-based web applications

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts in Digital & Technical Writing • Design Specialization

Michigan State University • 2013

• Dean's List Fall 2010 - Spring 2013
• Cognates in design and telecommunications

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• UI ( Swift | Objective-C | HTML | CSS | SASS | JavaScript | jQuery | CoffeeScript | Git )
• UX ( User Research/Testing | Wireframing | Prototyping | Information Architecture | Analytics )
• Graphic Design ( Sketch | Photoshop | Illustrator | Photo Capturing and Editing )
• Willing and able to learn new concepts and technologies