Owner & Artist - Buttonpresser Studios

Building interactive installation pieces for clients and collectors worldwide. Working mainly with Rubik's Cube as their ad-hoc "Artist of Record" since 2010. Sales and logistics for executing creative projects on site and remotely. Public speaking and performance work. Visit buttonpresser.com for a peek.

• World's predominant Rubik's Cube mosaic artist
• Creating installations in foreign locations
• In-person and crowd-interactive work
• Working to promote community through pro-bono and mentorship
• Technical video and time-lapse photography

Senior UX Specialist - DNA

Planning and executing field work, subsequent research synthesis, and delivery of relevant artifacts. Using research-based data to create innovative experiences across a range of public and private sector clients. Art direction for still and video assets for use in print and digital media.

• Leadership through UX research planning, interviewing, synthesis, and delivery
• Brain-storming and prototyping to successfully win RFP bids
• High standards for web accessibility, usability, and SEO
• Focus on written content as a usability element
• Building and managing photo and video assets
• Business goal oriented, self-driven time management
• Mentoring young/small companies to healthy design thinking
• Promoted metric/analytic driven reviews as a new revenue stream

Senior UX Designer - Atlassian

Built delightful user experiences in the marketplace and purchasing teams through research and analytic response. Shaped design process for both small teams and larger design body.

• 180% increase in 3rd-party developer pay-outs
• Constructed system for tracking research users company wide
• Conducted in-person interviews, focus groups, user surveys, and sentiment charting sessions
• Slashed design overhead and process to fit into one-week sprints
• Empowered devs and PMs to use design concepts and tools
• Public speaking engagements in Berlin & Sydney
• Created UX Speed Dating to promote UX practices in Silicon Valley

Contract UI/UX - Aniden Interactive

Front-end developer and UX designer working across teams and projects. Offering UX-driven decision making and direction to technical teams.

• Emphasis on visually striking solutions without compromising technical specs
• Utilizing fringe-tech to build and deploy global products
• Designing large and small-scale touchscreen experiences
• Helped develop a new, "macro-responsive" method using CSS/Jquery
• Mobile-first/cross-browser experiences for some of Silicon Valley’s largest tech companies

Prototype Designer - Granicus

Lead designer for the CTO and CivicIdeas teams focused on young, experimental, expansion projects. Overhauled products using frameworks and agile methodologies.

• Brought industry-changing product from napkin sketch to beta launch
• Pioneered company’s user research process and conducted deep research
• Helped highlight new verticals through research and analytics
• Completely rebuilt application using custom front-end framework
• Used design process to improve internal systems and software

Fellow - Code for America

Worked with federal and city government agencies to develop new ways to encourage online community engagement. Helped establish organization into thriving entity it is today.

• Received bespoke training from industry leaders
• Collaborated with staff to produce branding assets and technical writing for organization
• Developed script for and conducted over 100 in-person research interviews
• Organized and ran multiple tech sector events in Philadelphia and San Francisco
• Launched Philadelphia’s first public transit app, Septa.mobi
• Helped build veteran job search app with Whitehouse + DoVA

Graphic Design/Online Communications - The Salvation Army

Produced CMS-driven websites and social media profiles for 30+ locations. Co-founded the young-adult advisory board. Created “Bell Ringer’s Blend” coffee fundraiser with $200k raised. Helped raise over $40m for Kroc Community Center.

Contract Designer/Front-end Developer - Mobil Travel Guide

Spawned a wide array of static, online content by working closely with copywriters and strategists. Created a multi-author WordPress blog. Introduced and implemented SEO best-practices to improve traffic over 1000%. Created a micro-site for luxury rating system.

Design Integration - Spout

Generated rich-content emails and newsletters for audience of 1.2 million people. Responsible for 400% increase site traffic using SEO best-practices. Conceived of the web’s first online scavenger hunt garnering two million page views over a single weekend.