work Experience

Visual UX Designer II - Low Code/No Code Apps

Amazon Web Services (AWS) | June 2022 - April 2023

  • Visual/brand designer for the AWS Hexagon Design System. Designed customizable UI components, patterns, and detailed layout specs specialized for use in Low Code/No Code applications, leading to an immediate increase in Engineering output.

  • Supported non-visual design business goals across Product, Design, and Engineering to maintain schedule. Examples are: managing the UI team’s project intakes and timelines, interpreting product requirements, advising Product and Engineering teams, wireframing new features, writing spec documentation, and building functional hi-fidelity prototypes for user-testing.

  • Supported Low Code/No Code org as Subject Matter Expert for AWS-based design system implementation and usage guidance.

  • Conducted user research and audits in collaboration with Lead UX Researcher on visual branding, UI workspace navigation, and accessibility standards.

  • Mentored as a peer advisor for UX, Engineering, and Product Management teams as a design review specialist within the Amazon Design Community.

UI Designer II - Business Intelligence & Analytics

Amazon Web Services (AWS) | July 2020 - June 2022

  • Lead UI designer for the new-to-market development, launch, and implementation of the AWS Vega Design System, featuring components and patterns targeted for use in enterprise-grade Business Intelligence applications. My work was adopted in orgs supporting critical AWS services as a way to create a more universal visual customer experience.

  • Lead visual/brand designer for QuickSight’s ML-powered search mechanism. Work presented by Amazon CEO for Reinvent 2022 keynote.

  • Designed customizable workspace UI’s for QuickSight, an AWS-based data visualization dashboard tool.

  • Collaborated with Engineering and Product Management teams on design redlines, hand-off’s, demo sessions, and Q&A’s for component builds.

  • Organized project timelines and workflow efficiencies in collaboration with Product Management and team leadership.

Senior Visual UX Designer

Dell | February 2017 - July 2020

  • Lead visual designer for the new-to-market unstructured data management and storage monitoring application, Dell DataIQ.

  • Owned interaction and visual design for conceptual customer-facing project sponsored by the Office of the CTO.

  • Directed and designed the brand-new Skyline Design System, developed for accessibility and complex, data-centric UI’s.

  • Supported component and pattern library for Dell Design System, specializing in high-contrast “dark mode” themes and enterprise-grade user interfaces.

  • Collaborated in a five-month competitor analysis project alongside Lead UX Researcher that serves as a standard reference across Dell’s Experience Innovation Group.

  • Mentored entry-level UX professionals as a peer advisor and portfolio reviewer via Dell’s internship partnership with the University of Washington’s Human Centered Design & Engineering program.

Senior Graphic Designer

Paula’s Choice Skincare | May 2014 - Feb 2017

With focus on the digital media space, I art-directed and designed assets for partner retailers (Nordstrom, Ulta, Amazon) and globally-featured magazine ads (Vogue, Elle, Essence, Glamour, InStyle). I owned concept work and production of the full-line launch of the Calm Redness Relief collection. My responsibilities included leading monthly promo designs, product photo shoots, press checks, and competitive email marketing campaigns in support of an industry-leading research and evidence-driven skincare brand.

Volunteer Work

  • Northwest Youth Services

  • Domestic Fair Trade Association

  • Emerald City Comicon

  • Seattle Design Festival

  • Northwest Harvest Food Bank

  • AIGA Seattle

  • The Laurel Fund

  • Nivi Empowerment Initiative

  • Melanoma Support Runners

  • Utah Multiple Sclerosis Walk

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Graphic Design

University of Utah