Experience
User Experience Design Lead, ZS Associates | Evanston, IL
November 2017 – Present
User Experience Design Lead, IBM Watson for Drug Discovery | Austin, TX
Currently work with design and development teams, offering management, and users to guide the design direction for IBM's Watson for Drug Discovery product within the Life Sciences division of IBM Watson Health. Responsibilities include conceptual wireframing and prototyping, sprint planning, and facilitating design-thinking workshops.
May 2016 – October 2017
User Experience Designer and Researcher, IBM Design | Austin, TX
Worked with development teams, offering management, and designers on both IBM's Bluemix cloud platform, as well as IBM's Watson for Drug Discovery product. Responsibilities included conducting user-research studies, conceptual wireframing, prototyping, and delivering design assets to our development team.
July 2014 – May 2016
User Experience Design Co-op, IBM | Durham, NC
Worked with Information Architects, Lead Designers and UX Designers in the production of client-facing product software. This included conceptual wireframing, creating CSS and HTML prototypes and designing user interface icons, graphics and specs for delivery to developers.
Summer 2013
Graphic Designer, Naughton + Associates, Inc. | Chicago, IL
Projects included environmental graphics, wayfinding signage, map and theming illustrations, and design intent manuals. Contributed to client meetings, design briefings, new business proposals, as well as maintained the office website.
08/2007 – 07/2012
Discussion Panel Leader, SEGD | Chicago, IL
Led a presentation and panel discussion on collaborative visualization with Sketchup for the Society for Environmental Graphic Design conference at Gensler’s Chicago office.
02/2011
Freelance Web Designer, Sophia Global | Based in Lawrence, KS
Redesigned and co-programed the e-commerce website, www.mysupplybuy.com, for this web-based ink cartridge and office supply company.
10/2008 – 2010
Art Editor, The Cauldron Literary Magazine | Kalamazoo, MI
Selected and edited art submissions for the Kalamazoo College art and literary magazine, as well as designed the cover.
09/2006 – 04/2007
Art Editor & Illustrator, The Index | Kalamazoo, MI
Selected and edited art and photo submissions for the Kalamazoo College newspaper, and designed infographics and editorial illustrations.
04/2006 – 05/2007
Design Intern, National Geographic Adventure | New York, NY
Scanned and color-corrected images, assembled issue mock-ups, assisted with photo shoots, and illustrated infographics and locator maps for this monthly magazine.
01/2005 – 03/2005
Architecture Intern, Rockwell Associates | Evanston, IL
Built models of proposed plans, drafted by hand and on the computer, and worked with three other architects on several residential building projects.
06/2004 – 09/2004
November 2017 – Present
User Experience Design Lead, IBM Watson for Drug Discovery | Austin, TX
Currently work with design and development teams, offering management, and users to guide the design direction for IBM's Watson for Drug Discovery product within the Life Sciences division of IBM Watson Health. Responsibilities include conceptual wireframing and prototyping, sprint planning, and facilitating design-thinking workshops.
May 2016 – October 2017
User Experience Designer and Researcher, IBM Design | Austin, TX
Worked with development teams, offering management, and designers on both IBM's Bluemix cloud platform, as well as IBM's Watson for Drug Discovery product. Responsibilities included conducting user-research studies, conceptual wireframing, prototyping, and delivering design assets to our development team.
July 2014 – May 2016
User Experience Design Co-op, IBM | Durham, NC
Worked with Information Architects, Lead Designers and UX Designers in the production of client-facing product software. This included conceptual wireframing, creating CSS and HTML prototypes and designing user interface icons, graphics and specs for delivery to developers.
Summer 2013
Graphic Designer, Naughton + Associates, Inc. | Chicago, IL
Projects included environmental graphics, wayfinding signage, map and theming illustrations, and design intent manuals. Contributed to client meetings, design briefings, new business proposals, as well as maintained the office website.
08/2007 – 07/2012
Discussion Panel Leader, SEGD | Chicago, IL
Led a presentation and panel discussion on collaborative visualization with Sketchup for the Society for Environmental Graphic Design conference at Gensler’s Chicago office.
02/2011
Freelance Web Designer, Sophia Global | Based in Lawrence, KS
Redesigned and co-programed the e-commerce website, www.mysupplybuy.com, for this web-based ink cartridge and office supply company.
10/2008 – 2010
Art Editor, The Cauldron Literary Magazine | Kalamazoo, MI
Selected and edited art submissions for the Kalamazoo College art and literary magazine, as well as designed the cover.
09/2006 – 04/2007
Art Editor & Illustrator, The Index | Kalamazoo, MI
Selected and edited art and photo submissions for the Kalamazoo College newspaper, and designed infographics and editorial illustrations.
04/2006 – 05/2007
Design Intern, National Geographic Adventure | New York, NY
Scanned and color-corrected images, assembled issue mock-ups, assisted with photo shoots, and illustrated infographics and locator maps for this monthly magazine.
01/2005 – 03/2005
Architecture Intern, Rockwell Associates | Evanston, IL
Built models of proposed plans, drafted by hand and on the computer, and worked with three other architects on several residential building projects.
06/2004 – 09/2004
Education
Masters in Graphic Design | North Carolina State University
08/2012 – 05/2014
Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art | Kalamazoo College
09/2003 – 06/2007 magna cum laude
Study Abroad Semester in Rome, Italy | The American University of Rome
09/2005 – 12/2005
08/2012 – 05/2014
Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art | Kalamazoo College
09/2003 – 06/2007 magna cum laude
Study Abroad Semester in Rome, Italy | The American University of Rome
09/2005 – 12/2005
Skills
Wireframing
Adobe Creative Suite
Sketch
Prototyping
Axure
CSS3 + HTML5
Invision
Keynote
User Research
Contextual Inquiries
Evaluative Interviews
Generative Interviews
Surveys
Facilitation
Design-Thinking Workshops
Sprint Planning
Adobe Creative Suite
Sketch
Prototyping
Axure
CSS3 + HTML5
Invision
Keynote
User Research
Contextual Inquiries
Evaluative Interviews
Generative Interviews
Surveys
Facilitation
Design-Thinking Workshops
Sprint Planning