Work

Travel App Workflows
Donate Redesign
GiveForward Home Page

About

I am a problem solver, designer and builder. I'm a firm believer in the saying "treat people the way you want to be treated." I love supporting local businesses, and enjoy farmers markets in the summer.

I am incredibly passionate about helping women in technology, and encouraging more women to get into tech roles.

Passions & interests

  • Traveling
  • Looking through cookbooks
  • Biking
  • Learning, reading, researching

More samples of my work are available upon request.

Resume

Employment
  • April 2018 - Present Yello yello.co

    Senior Product Designer - I work closely with product managers and engineers on Yello's suite of products to help enterprise level businesses find and hire talent. I work on customer facing features and products as well as internal tools. I established standards for accessibility across our products and lead and maintain our global design system.

  • September 2014 - April 2018 Envoy Global www.envoyglobal.com

    Senior Product Designer - Led efforts to implement a consistent user experience and design vision across a web application that helped businesses and individuals apply for and track immigration applications and visas.

  • October 2012 - September 2014 GiveForward www.giveforward.com

    User Interface Developer - I worked with a team of developers, designers, growth managers, and many other talented people, to build a site and community that helps people raise money for loved ones facing a medical emergency.

  • December 2009 - October 2012 WebSolutions Technology www.wsol.com

    Web Designer - I was responsible for breaking down Photoshop comps into working HTML/CSS. I collaborated with designers on layouts, imagery, technical wireframes and user experience goals. I worked on multiple projects at a time, including QA testing and debugging browser issues, content management, and responsive and mobile designs.

  • January 2007 - December 2009 The University of Iowa
    Web Technology Services

    Web Designer - I designed and developed standards compliant websites for university departments and trained customers on editing and maintaining their websites. I assisted customers with troubleshooting. I also trained new employees in web standards and HTML/CSS.

Experience
  • 2013-2016 Startup Institute
    Adjunct Instructor, Product & Design
    startupinstitute.com Work with students to help form an understanding of product design and development. Teach HTML and CSS and concepts like mobile first and responsive design.
  • 2013-2015 Girl Develop It Chicago
    www.girldevelopit.com Lead classes in HTML and CSS, mentored students.
Education
  • 2006-2009
    BFA Graphic Design with Honors
    Minor in Computer Science The University of Iowa
Skills
  • Software:
    Figma, Sketch, Invision, UXPin, Adobe CC, Sublime Text, Visual Studio, Office
  • I know:
    HTML, CSS, Responsive Design, Mobile First, Pendo, Validately, Git, Optimizely, Mixpanel, KISSmetrics, Bootstrap
  • I am familiar with:
    React, Javascript, Jquery, PHP, Rails, Object Oriented Programming, ASP.NET, XML, CMS