Skills & Tools

User Research • Affinity Mapping • Competitive Analysis • Heuristic Evaluation • Ideation • Wireframing • Prototyping • Usability Testing • Information Architecture • A/B Testing • Card Sorting • Typography • Iconography • Branding • Illustration • Strategy

Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Miro, G-Suite, Trello, Slack

  • Jan 2024-Present

    Founding designer of an innovative health tech company enabling affordable access to life-changing mental health therapies, leading product design, user insights, and GTM initiatives

    • Developed user personas (enterprise & provider) through interviews with internal stakeholders to guide product decision-making and marketing messaging

    • Gathered insights from therapists while attending the American Counseling Association Annual Conference through user interviews & usability testing. Delivered findings to the team, and implemented recommendations to improve the product

    • Lead redesign of provider page on the company website to better showcase value prop to therapists and prescribers and drive provider network applications

    • Designed wireframes and high-fidelity prototypes for client and provider-facing EHR flows, leveraging competitor and user insights

  • May 2023-Present

    ODE PBLLC

    • Ensured site consistency and accessibility for CTrees, through site audit and redesigned wireframes

    • Enabled policymakers and scientists to predict environmental outcomes of watersheds through the development of a mapping tool prototype for Deloitte & the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

    • Developed mid-fidelity prototype of methane map tool to measure methane emissions on cities and dumpsites for Rocky Mountain Institute

    TARA MIND

    • Drove client engagement through the design of executive sales deck for business development leaders of mental health startup

    • Improved understanding and desirability of TARA Mind product for potential clients through development of clickable prototype of employee onboarding experience

  • Nov 2017 – Feb 2023

    • Crafted effective onboarding emails for new Firefox account holders, driving newsletter sign-ups, mobile downloads, and product usage

    • Utilized user research and web development to launch VPN product in Europe, driving new subscribers and diversifying Mozilla's revenue stream

    • Increased mobile downloads of Firefox through ad campaigns & app store redesigns that took the user journey into consideration

    • Improved Firefox user retention by educating users about feature benefits through onboarding email designs

    • Established brand consistency and improved design team efficiency by developing internal brand guidelines and guidelines for external agencies

    • Led creative problem-solving sessions with studio team and developed a "contracting session" to address team working models and improve team health

  • Sep 2016 – Nov 2017

    • Designed and launched over 6 brand events, creating branding for signage, swag, and digital spaces to inform and inspire users about Mozilla’s key attributes of privacy & social responsibility

    • Informed the internal Marketing team about Firefox users’ relationship with the Internet through user interviews so they could create content, copy, and activations that better connected with user needs

    • Developed design systems for owned channels (blog, podcast, emails) to establish visual consistency and drive brand loyalty

    • Managed external agencies, providing creative direction for brand activations, illustration projects, and production work

  • Mar 2016 – Jul 2016

    • Developed environmental designs for Pandora's office space to enhance the employee experience

    • Increased user retention through email marketing, branded music channels, and social media

  • Jan 2015 – Feb 2016

    • Illustrated Whiteboard Sessions drawings for in-house performances to deepen Pandora’s relationship with Artists and promote employee satisfaction

    • Contributed to ideation phase of brand refresh, providing illustrations and research to inform new logo and design elements

  • Feb 2013 – Dec 2014

    • Designed, edited, and coded web & mobile banners, skins & other ad products to support the Mid-Market Sales team

 Experience

UC Berkeley Extension

2012-2014

Graphic Design Certificate

UC Santa Cruz

2004-2008

BA Language Studies, Phi Beta Kappa

General Assembly

Feb 2023 - May 2023

UX Design Immersive

University of the Arts London

May 2021

UX Design Short Course Certificate

Education

Femme and Function

Oct 2018

Art show participant

Refinery 29

Feb 2012

Interview

Impala Racing Team

2013-Present

Member

Lighthouse Summer Program

Summer 2018 & 2019

Design Mentor

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