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Portfolio: www.ashkenaziportfolio.comEmail: EMAIL AVAILABLECell: PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLESUMMARYSkilled and creative user experience designer with a focus on end-to-end design, UX research, and information architecture for both traditional and mobile platforms. Collaborated with multiple departments, each with different needs. Created and developed projects in all stages of development, from concept sketches to interactive wireframes. Partial client list includes, but not limited to, University of Washington, Amazon, Microsoft, Kaiser Permanente, GM, Committee for Children Woot, and Buddy TV.TECHNICAL EXPERTISEAxure Pro Figma iRise Lucid Charts Sketch Miro Microsoft Office Photoshop CCIllustrator Edge ReflowCompetitive Analysis Personas UX Research Sitemaps Information Architecture Experience Maps User Journeys User Flows Wireframes Interactive Prototypes Style Guide Usability Testing Agile Design ScrumEXPERIENCESENIOR UX DESIGNERUniversity of Washington, Seattle WA October 2021 to May 2024University of Washington Workday implementation for their finance sites and systems. Engaged with stakeholders to ensure designs remain consistent with requirements and user-friendly.Designed and coordinated multiple site migrations to new systems.Mediated with teams across the University to gather requirements and ensure their needs are met.Analyzed requirements and developed a plan, present findings and recommendations to university leadership.SENIOR UX DESIGNERCitibank, Seattle WA April 2021 to October 2021UX designer working on internal applications for Citibank, a multinational corporation with millions of customers. Engaged with teams across the world to create and present designs to better facilitate company-facing interactions and align with federal standards.Collaborated with project managers to define UX goals.Created interactive prototypes to share with management and developers.SENIOR UX DESIGNERCommittee for Children, Seattle WA December 2017 to September 2020Senior UX designer at the Committee for Children, a non-profit that focuses on providing quality teaching material for educators and students. Managed the UX needs for multiple teams and built a UX timeline that smoothly synchronizes work in progress.Defined the goals of each team and created and implemented UX processes to meet those goals.Interviewed students and school staff to better understand the unique challenges present in the education field.Presented designs to stakeholders and advocated for the end user.UX RESEARCHERDomain Tools, Seattle WA June 2017 to August 2017Contract with Domain tools, a cyber security company looking to re-design portions of their website. Responsible for proctoring user interviews, summarized and analyzed data, and synthesized results. Utilized UX knowledge and customer feedback to create a UX suggestion document for Domain Tools.Worked with in-house UX designers to record user feedback.Aggregated interview results and used them to inform UX improvements.Provided concrete solutions to problems through integration of interview feedback and my own professional insight.SENIOR UX DESIGNERAmazon Campus, Seattle WA November 2016 to January 2017Contract position at Amazon as a part of the Amazon connections project. Created the UX for Amazons internal employee data collection application. Designed the interface of connections along the entire UX process, creating sketches, wireframes, and finally low/high fidelity mockups.Designed an application that would be used across the Amazon enterprise.Worked with multiple groups across Amazon to understand their requirements for this project.Presented regularly to project managers.Designs shared with Jeff Bezos.UX DESIGNERMicrosoft Campus, Redmond WA March 2016 to July 2016Contract UX designer for Microsofts Universal Storefront team. Managed the UX process for both mobile and desktop apps for Microsoft customer data. Developed designs from sketch concepts to finalized pixel perfect redlines.Designed projects that will impact thousands of Microsoft customers.Analyzed and incorporated Microsoft design doctrine into future practices.Managed user research that helped the UX team design for specialized internal users.Daily scrums with PMs and production team to critique and defend my design choices.UX DESIGNERWoot, Amazon Campus, Seattle WA September 2014 to August 2015UX designer at Woot, an Internet retailer that specializes in daily deals and comedic site personality. Managed the UX needs of both internal and customer facing projects through the various stages of their development using tools and research made available to Woot by its parent company, Amazon. Designs combined quality user experience in alignment with the Woot brand.Worked as UX lead for multiple customer facing projects.Designed internal tools to streamline shipping.Lead effort to update and modernize Woots mobile presence.Coordinated with PMs, artists, writers, and programmers to push projects through production.Utilized Amazons design resources to evaluate and improve ideas.Conducted research to support or refute design approaches.Presented findings to Woot leadership and engaged for stakeholder buy in.INFORMATION ARCHITECTRamp Group, Bellevue WA July 2013 to March 2014Information architect at a 600+ person consultancy that focuses on user experience design and web development for a team of 22 individuals based in the US as well as overseas in India. Engaged with clients to help accomplish their desired goals. Modified existing websites, built entirely new applications from the ground up.Created fully interactive prototypes for Kaiser Permanente and Montavo.Developed partially interactive wireframes from Microsoft and GM.Reconstructed and conducted usability tests on BuddyTVs tablet application.Engaged with and presented designs to clients.Analyzed client feedback to create the desired deliverables.Coordinated with teams of designers and programmers to facilitate efficient interactions.EDUCATIONUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SEATTLEBachelor of Science in Informatics 2009 2013GPA 3.26 |
