Experience
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Amazon Web Services
UX Designer · June 2022 - Present
- Building internal tools for the AWS Enterprise Sales teams. These products are responsible for more than half of AWS's total revenue.
- I collaborate with engineers, product managers, and sales team members on a daily basis to build tools and workflows that save sellers time and improve their effectiveness.
Inkwire
Design Advisor · May 2022 - Present
Founding Designer · Jan 2021 - May 2022
- In a volunteer (unpaid) advisory role, I provide mentorship and expertise to the design, product, and marketing teams. Inkwire is building a project-based learning AI copilot for teachers.
- Helped launch and scale an ed-tech startup to its first fundraise and cohort of customers. Led extensive user and market research initiatives in the education space to design the core web product. Created the initial brand identity and kicked off several marketing efforts for the company.
ColorTokens
UX Design/Data Visualization Intern · Sep 2021 - Dec 2021
- Built 8+ functional interfaces that communicate large amounts of data through stunning, interactive visual charts and features.
- Helped build a sense of trust and control for users by mapping their mental models of cyber-security to the functionality of the software.
- Simplified complex workflows for zero-trust implementation and micro-segmentation by abstracting and synthesizing complex user data.
benefit.design
Product Designer and Engineer · Mar 2021 - Dec 2021
- Worked cross-functionally in design and development to help quickly scale a non-profit design community to 350+ members from 20+ countries.
- Strategically designed and implemented 12+ automation projects to optimize team efforts, improve the community member’s experience, and expand operations.
- Developed 8+ marketing websites and full-stack applications using no-code tools for both internal purposes and external clients.
iHeartMedia
UX Design Intern · Jun 2021 - Aug 2021
- Designed core functionality for iHeartMedia’s radio playout software and contributed to its global design system.
- Analyzed competing audio editing/streaming platforms, conducted end to end research with radio talent, and thoroughly tested designs with a wide user base. Defined detailed implementation requirements for developers.
SMU Student Affairs & SMU ADAPT
Undergraduate Research Assistant · Oct 2019 - May 2021
- In two positions with SMU ADAPT and the Student Affairs Undergraduate Research Team, I performed in-depth quantitative and qualitative research (study design, data collection, interviews, data analysis, and other mixed-method tools).
- Research goals were to a) improve the student experience at Southern Methodist University and b) examine the intersection of ethnicity/culture in contemporary social issues.
- Presented findings at NEANN 2020, NASPA 2021, 2021 APA Division 45 Research Conference, and Harvard.
Billion Chants
UX Design Intern · May 2020 - Aug 2020
- Designed new avenues for the Billion Chants daily livestream appeal to a younger, broader audience.
- Accomplished through mobile app and web design, repurposing of existing content into a rich series of videos on the scientific, practical, and spiritual benefits of religious chanting, conducting in-depth user and literature research, and even hosting the daily livestream.
Southern Methodist University
- Undergrad - BS, Creative Computing - Creative computing is a highly interdisciplinary major that combines theory and methodology from computer science and engineering with aesthetic principles and creative practice from the arts
- Undergrad - BA, Psychology - Psychology is the study of human behavior and cognition.
- Certification - User Experience Design Bootcamp - The SMU User Experience Design Certificate was selected as one of Value Colleges’ Top 50 Alternative UX Programs.