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EXPERIENCE
DESIGNEDBYJAY.COM New York, NY UX Design Consultant 01/10 Present

EDUCATION
UX Designer
PUBLICIS KAPLAN THALER New York, NY 02/13 09/13

Consult with startup founders and small companies with design direction & strategy. Create user interface guidelines and define patterns for UIs. Note feature behavior in detail. Provide strategy for the roll-out of product features and functionality.
AUDIBLE, INC Newark, NJ UX Designer 01/14 04/14

Collaborated with a team of product managers, content managers, visual designers & development teams. Advised internal groups on UX principles. Iteratively created wireframes, sitemaps, annotated layouts, diagrams and flowcharts.
ONSWIPE New York, NY UX Design Intern 06/12 08/12 Collaborated with designers & stakeholders to redesign the planning & visualization of the Onswipe website. Led card sorting sessions with engineers & developers for new platform features and conducted content audits of current platform. Created concepts for mobile layouts to be used with the onswipe platform. APPLE New York, NY Visual Specialist 08/10 06/12

PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN New York, NY

B.F.A. Communication Design & Technology 09/2008 06/2012

KOLN SCHOOL OF DESIGN Cologne, Germany

Integrated Design B.A. Exchange Student 09/2009 02/2010

Designed UI architecture, flow charts and low-fi & high-fi prototypes. Assisted with the creative and design direction for responsive web and native apps. Build upon and expand established style guides.
ADVANCE DIGITAL Jersey City, NJ UX Designer 09/13 12/13

SCHOLARSHIPS
09 10 Study & Internship Scholarship Awarded by: DAAD 08 12 Parsons Deans List - Parsons B.F.A

Oversaw a range of 12 regional websites among both desktop & mobile devices. Participated in user testing & fieldwork. Informed project stakeholders on common UX best practices. Created deliverables that conveyed and provided consensus across teams.

Collaborated with regional coordinator and team to execute events in-store. Implemented new products, signage & arranged product launches. Audited products & their presentation. Mentored employees around Apples standards.

SKILLS
Native in English; Fluent in Spanish; Beginner German. OmniGraffle; Axure; Adobe CS (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Device Central & After Effects); Apple Keynote; Numbers Pages; Final Cut Pro; HTML / CSS3.
(Familiar with both Apple & Windows computer platforms.)

Rapid Prototyping; Agile Process; User Testing; Usability; Information Architecture; Concept Development; User Research; Persona Creaiton; Content Strategy; User Interface Design; Storytelling; Workshops; Video and Film Editing. Production Artist Skills in mounting, trimming, and binding artwork.